E/CN.4/1995/91 page 107 As far as the Cao Dai Church is concerned, the Special Rapporteur has been informed that after the military occupation of the Holy Seat of Tay Ninh, its senior dignitaries were expelled and replaced by imposters. Moreover, certain senior dignitaries, whom the local administrative authority consider to be refractory, are said to have been reduced to the rank of mere believers. In particular, Archbishop Ho Tan Khoa, after a travesty of a trial by the People’s Court of Hue, is said to have been relieved of his duties and reduced to the rank of a believer by the local administrative authorities at the instigation of bogus senior dignitaries of the Church. Numerous senior dignitaries are reported to have been arrested and imprisoned, some are said to have been tortured to death and others sentenced to capital punishment by people’s courts. They are alleged to include: - Archbishop Thuong Nhan Thanh, arbitrarily arrested and sent to a re-education centre; - Bishop Tran Quang Vinh, who reportedly died under mysterious circumstances in prison. It is said that his mortal remains have never been returned to his family who have not been told where he is buried; - Dignitaries and laymen of Quang Nam province including Mr. Pham Ngoc Trang, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Diem and Mr. Dang Ngoc Liem who are said to have been speedily sentenced to death by a people’s court; - Mr. Huynh Thanh Khiet, Mr. Ho Huu Hia and Mr. Le Tai Thuong, reportedly sentenced to death by a people’s court sitting in the actual precincts of the Holy Seat. The death sentences are said to have been carried out immediately. Moreover, as reported in the communication dated 3 December 1993, addressed to the Government of Viet Nam (see E/CN.4/1994/79), the repression of the Cao Dai Church is said to have resulted, between 1975 and 1990, in the total seizure by the authorities of all its assets, religious, cultural and social centres and schools. With regard to Christians, the Special Rapporteur has been informed that a Muong Christian layman from the north of Viet Nam was convicted of calumny because he denounced the persecution of his community. In addition, the Special Rapporteur would like to receive information about the following cases involving Protestant clergy and religious believers mentioned in the communication dated 10 August 1992, addressed to the Government of Viet Nam (E/CN.4/1993/62, para. 68): Pastor Pastor Pastor Pastor Mr. Y. Tran Xuan Tu Phan Quang Thieu Le Quang Trung Ai Nguyen De Mr. Y. Thang Twenty-four members of the Jeh tribe Reverend Vo Xuan Vo Van Lac.