Prominent Baptist pastor in military-ruled Myanmar detained again hours after release from prison
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KIFI— By GRANT PECK Associated Press BANGKOK (AP) — A prominent Christian church leader and human rights advocate from Myanmar’s Kachin ethnic minority has been detained just hours after he was released from prison by the military government. The Rev. Hkalam Samson, the former head of the Kachin Baptist Convention, was among 3,300 prisoners released Wednesday
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