Additional Name(s): Rmah Bla, Ama Em

Gender: Male

Perpetrator: Vietnam

Ethnic Group: Jarai

Religion or Belief: Christian – Protestant

Reports of Torture: No

Reports of Medical Neglect: No

Sentence: 9 Years' Imprisonment

Date of Sentencing: March//2014

Current Status: Unknown

Religious Leader: No

Most Recent Type of Abuse: Imprisonment

Reason for Persecution: Religious Activity Religious Belief Unregistered Religious Activity

Nature of Charges: Subversion

Ro Mah Pla

Extra Bio Info:

Ro Mah Pla was imprisoned for his religious belief and activity.

In 2013, authorities arrested Pla after accusing him of taking direction from Montagnards overseas to spread Degar Protestantism, a religious movement not approved by the government, and establish separatist networks. 

In March 2014, the People's Court of Gia Lai Province sentenced Pla to nine years in prison and three to five years' probation for "undermining national unity policy" (Art. 87/1999 VCC).

Pla's sentence should have ended.

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