E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1 Page 93 morning of 24 September, hundreds of officials, including paramilitary police from Unit 113, descended on the chapel and the home of Pastor Nguyen Cong Chinh in Kontum province. The attack marked the second time the chapel was destroyed this year (a first attack was reported on 16 January). In the September attack, Government officials confiscated Pastor Chinh’s property and farm animals, set fire to the house and chapel, and then used two bulldozers to flatten the remains. Pastor Chinh was out on a pastoral visit at the time, but his wife and children were arrested by officials and detained at Vinh Quang district headquarters. 368. Montagnards/Degars. According to information received, on 14 September 2004, at around 9 a.m., paramilitary police from Dak Doa district arrested Christian believers in Go-Lar commune, Dak Doa district, Gia Lai province, to try to force them to convert to the Government-approved Evangelical Church of Vietnam. The Christians were taken to Dak Doa district prison by jeep. They are presently being held in jail in Dak Doa district. Among them are Wui, Grac, Blu, Ayuh, Hlou and Pri. 369. On 27 September 2004, at around 7 a.m., the district paramilitary police of Xa Thai commune ordered five Montagnard Christians to report to the communal committee of the commune of Ia Sion. They were allegedly tortured because they were Christians who refused to join the Government-approved Evangelical Church of Vietnam. The five Montagnards were later released. 370. On 5 October 2004, at around 6 a.m., the paramilitary police of Cu Se district arrested nine Montagnard Christians at the village of Ia Ko, Cu Se district, Gialai province. At the time of the communication, the whereabouts of these nine Montagnard Christians were unknown. Their names are Siu Tan, Kpuih Cur, Kpuih Plem, Kpuih Phe, R’mah Hrot, Siu Ablem, Siu Bop, Siu Nuai and Siu Nam. Observations 371. The Special Rapporteur is grateful for the details provided in the reply sent by the Government and wish to underline that, as mentioned in her general report (E/CN.4/2005/61), she carries out a close and detailed assessment of the information in order to ensure that the reliability of the situations or cases that are transmitted to the Governments have is very high. 372. Moreover, the Special Rapporteur notes that her concern was also expressed by the Human Rights Committee on the occasion of its most recent concluding observations on Viet Nam (CCPR/CO/75/VNM). The Committee noted the following: “In the light of information available to the Committee that certain religious practices are repressed or strongly discouraged in Viet Nam, the Committee is seriously concerned that the State party's practice in this respect does not meet the requirements of article 18 of the Covenant. The Committee is deeply concerned by allegations of harassment and detention of religious leaders and regrets that the delegation failed to provide information relating to such allegations. In this context, the Committee is concerned at the restrictions placed on outside observers who wished to investigate the allegations. The State party is requested to provide the Committee with up-to-date information