On 2 December, Lao National Day, authorities came to a village in Luang Prabang, called all Christians for a meeting and told them to leave the village.
The seven Christian families were asked for their family documents (land title, family book and village identification cards), and asked to leave, as ‘they may further create problems in the community due to their Christian beliefs’.
Pleading for documents
The Christians pleaded with the authorities not to take their family documents from them and not to make them leave their village since they have nowhere to go, but the authorities wouldn't change their decision. The police told them to move out, mocking them saying: ‘If you have nowhere to go, go out and live with Christ!’
