Mystery over murder of Lao Christian leader
Police are investigating whether the Hmong man was killed because of his religious beliefs
Updated: February 16, 2021 04:59 AM GMT
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Cha Xiong was described by a neighbour as a good man who was well liked. (Photo: Radio Free Asia)
Two months after Cha Xiong, an ethnic Hmong Christian community leader, was shot and killed on his way home in Luang Prabang province in northern Laos, local authorities say they still don’t have a suspect in the case.
Lao police do not rule out the possibility, however, that the murder was religiously motivated in a conservative, predominantly Buddhist communist country where Christians are routinely marginalized and discriminated against.
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