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Viewing cable 07VIENTIANE341, LAO SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS ISSUES

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07VIENTIANE341 2007-04-26 10:01 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Vientiane
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FM AMEMBASSY VIENTIANE
TO SECSTATE WASHDC 1160
UNCLAS VIENTIANE 000341 
 
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DEPT FOR DRL 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: KIRF PHUM SOCI PREL LA
SUBJECT: LAO SENIOR OFFICIAL DISCUSSES RELIGIOUS ISSUES 
 
Ref: Vientiane 0167 
 
SENSITIVE BUT UNCLASSIFIED: PLEASE PROTECT ACCORDINGLY. 
 
1. (SBU) Summary: Following up on the Ambassador's recent meeting 
with the Lao Front for National Construction (reftel), Poloffs met 
with recently-appointed Religous Affairs Khaophone Vannabout to seek 
updates on several outstanding cases.  Khaophone provided an update 
on 12 detained Khmu who may be "reeducated" and released soon, 
although no information on the case of missing Mr. Khamsone is yet 
available.  Khaophone outlined plans for a major seminar on religion 
to be held during May and followed by inspections carried out by 
central-level officials which may help limit the propensity of local 
officials to claim religious violations in local disputes.  The 
Embassy plans to follow this process closely.  End Summary. 
 
Planning A Major Seminar 
------------------------ 
2. (SBU) PolOffs met April 20 with Khaophone Vannabout, Director of 
Religious Affairs for the Lao Front for National Construction (LFNC) 
- the mass organization charged with supervising religious and 
ethnic affairs in Laos.  Khaophone remarked that most religious 
problems in Laos involve Protestants, specifically members of the 
Lao Evangelical Church (LEC) (even though the LEC is an approved 
religious group within Laos).  He mentioned that during the next 
month the LFNC will hold a nation-wide seminar for representatives 
of all four approved religions (Buddhists, Christians, Muslims, and 
Baha'i) to review religious rights given under the Constitution and 
in the law and to discuss resolving religious problems.  Local 
officials such as district chiefs, district police chiefs, LFNC 
district-level representatives, and other relevant governmental 
agency representatives will also be invited to attend and to take 
back lessons learned to be applied locally.  (Note: this seminar 
will be Khaophone's first significant activity since becoming the 
LFNC Religious Affairs Director earlier this year.) 
 
The 12 Khmu 
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3. (SBU) Khaophone told Poloffs that LFNC President Sisavath 
Keopbounphanh had called in the head of the Religious Affairs 
Section from the Vientiane Provincial LFNC Office earlier on April 
20 to report on the situation of the 12 ethnic Khmu detainees in 
Vientiane Province.  LFNC President Sisavath urged the provincial 
LFNC representative to work closely with the Hinheup District Chief 
to resolve this issue.  The provincial LFNC representative reported 
to Sisavath that provincial and Hinheup district officials are 
organizing training (reeducation) for the 12 Khmu to become familiar 
with government policy on religion including Prime Minister's Degree 
No. 92 on Religious Freedom.  When the group completes the 
"reeducation" course, the 12 should be released. 
 
Education to Resolve Religious Problems 
--------------------------------------- 
4. (SBU) Khaophone also discussed with Poloffs problems in general 
he is finding at the local level.  In a few cases, local officials 
and even some heads of religious congregations try to use religion 
for their personal benefit.  If local officials do not like someone 
because that person is a religious believer, the officials may 
accuse the believer of violating rules or laws and have the person 
arrested.  (Note: Local officials have used provisions against 
unlawful gatherings, or undermining social stability, or even 
spurious accusations as extreme as drug trafficking.)  Khaophone 
said that LFNC President Sisavath is paying significant attention to 
this issue.  According to Khaophone, President Sisavath instructs 
his staff to try to solve problems peacefully by educating people to 
respect the law and regulations as well as training local officials 
to respect religious believers.  Immediately before Khaophone's 
meeting with Poloffs, LFNC President Sisavath met with Khaophone and 
insisted that the Religious Affairs Department work quickly not only 
to solve the problem of the 12 Khmu but also to have a clear agenda 
for resolving other religious problems by June. 
 
Mr. Khamsone's Case 
------------------- 
5. (SBU) Asked by Poloffs about the case of Mr. Khamsone, an 
employee in Oudomxay Province of the American-owned company Natural 
Products Inc. who has been missing since January, Khaophone said he 
had asked Mr. Chittaphong, Vice President of the Oudomxay Provincial 
LFNC Office, to find out the reasons for the arrest and the lengthy 
detention.  Chittaphong has not yet replied.  After the major 
seminar the LFNC will hold in May, central-level LFNC officials will 
pay inspection visits to the provinces.  Khaophone himself will 
visit Oudomxay as well as Vientiane, Savannakhet, and Luang Namtha 
Provinces to learn more the local situations and look for ways to 
address the religious problems occurring in these areas - not only 
Khamsone's case in Oudomxay but also the problem of the confiscated 
church in Dong Nong Khun Village in Savannakhet.  Once these 
inspections are completed, the LFNC will report the results to other 
GOL agencies - including the Ministry of Foreign Affairs so MFA may 
inform the Chief of each diplomatic mission, including the U.S. 
Embassy. 
 
Comment 
------- 
6. (SBU) Although much religious practice (especially Buddhism but 
also Catholicism, Islam, and the Baha'i faith) takes place in Laos 
without significant difficulty, religious problems involving 
Protestant groups repeatedly erupt in five localities: Vientiane, 
Oudomxay, Bolikhamxay, Luang Namtha, and Savannakhet Provinces.  The 
Embassy continues to push the GOL to resolve individual cases - the 
12 Khmu and Mr. Khamsone for example - through the MFA and the 
LFNC's Department of Religious Affairs both formally through 
official meetings including that of the Ambassador reported reftel 
and also via regular informal phone calls.  We look forward to 
hearing the results of newly-appointed Director Khaophone's 
nation-wide seminar and the follow-on inspection process by LFNC 
officials.  If the problems facing local Protestants result in part 
from a lack of understanding by local officials, perhaps it is not 
only the 12 Khmu who need reeducation.  This seminar may help. 
 
HASLACH