after his participation in the peaceful demonstration at the commune of Ea Knoec...

after his participation in the peaceful demonstration at the commune of Ea Knoec, for the release of 3 Christians who were arrested on April 9, Y-Cung Nie, went back to his village. Not long after he arrived home, the Vietnamese security police from the district of Cu Mgar stormed into his house to arrest him. They then took him into a nearby wooded area and tortured him to death. The Vietnamese security police went back to the village and told his parents and family to go pick up his corpse and bury it. Then, the Vietnamese security police threatened the family not to tell anyone about Y-Cung’s death, especially to Degars who are living in the US. When the family went to pick up the corpse, they were horrified to see that his body was in terrible condition, beaten beyond recognition. His face and body were covered with blood, his skull was fractured and every inch of his body was bruised and broken. Y-Cung Nie was born in 1982, from the village of Buon Cuor Hdang, district of Cu Mgar in the province of Dak Lak.