Additional Name(s): Sùng A Khua

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Vietnam

Ethnic Group: Hmong

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 2 Years, 2 Months' Imprisonment

Date of Detainment: January/4/2019

Date of Sentencing: January/2/2019

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Identity

Nature of Charges: Environmental Crimes

Sung A Khua

Extra Bio Info:

Sung A Khua was imprisoned in relation to his religious identity. 

On January 2, 2019, Sung was sentenced to two years and two months in prison. Prior to the ruling, Sung and his family were reportedly expelled from their village and their home was destroyed after they refused to renounce their Christian faith. They were reportedly invited back into the village; however, in April 2017, Sung was charged with unauthorized deforestation when he tried to rebuild his home with trees from a nearby forest.

On January 4, 2019, Sung was taken into police custody to begin his sentence.

In January 2019, it is reported Sung was hospitalized.

Sung's sentence should have ended in March 2021.