Even the Hmong are severely divided into Shee Yee and Christian sub-groups. In my opinion, diversify ourselves under external influences is detrimental. I think the Laotian government should do what it can to limit such external religious penetrations. There is no one religion that is better than others. Religions are personal belief only, and if one religion is good, all religions are good.
Nobody can claim that one religion is better than another.
Anyone who does that is none other than a cult. Thus, let the Hmong of Laos be themselves, and let the Lao be Lao and on and on. I wish Mr. Phousy can get out of jail under humanitarian purposes, but in my opinion, what he did was wrong. To be a true democratic all of these principles have to be applied. Being a democratic government does not always solve all the economic ills but it sure helps the moral of its citizen to express their concerns freely when something is wrong with the government.