Hanoi - Police in the central Vietnamese city of Danang have charged six villagers who participated in an unauthorized Catholic funeral with public disorder, police and local sources said Tuesday.
The charges stem from a May 4 clash between police and Catholic parishioners trying to perform a burial in a cemetery that authorities have closed and slated for a tourism development.
The clash is the latest in a series of recent land disputes between Vietnamese government agencies and Catholic churches and parishioners.
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