A pastor imprisoned in south-east Vietnam was further punished in early June for telling a visiting US diplomatic delegation about abuses he has suffered.
Nguyen Cong Chinh, serving an 11-year sentence for ‘undermining national solidarity’ by religious activities with ethnic groups in the Central Highlands, met US consular officials in Ho Chi Minh City.
Shards of glass
He told them about shards of glass being put into his food, and enduring corporal punishment and humiliation because, he said, he refused to do what prison officers require.