Boukham Officials Released Five Lao Christians Being Charged with Leading a Religious Movement Boukham village, Ad-sapangthong district Savannakhet Province, LAOS Released: March 28, 2012
Five Christians attending worship service at Boukham village church, who were arrested on March 25 at 2:00 PM and charged with leading a religous movement without permission, were later released on the same day at 6:00 PM. The arrest and detention, which were carried out under the authority of the village chief and sub-district police, came in the midst of an investigation team on religous freedom violations visiting Savannkhet trouble areas, such as Saibuli and Ad-sapangthong districts.
