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Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)2004 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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During October 1988, local chiefs seized the Bethel construction site in Kinshasa and confiscated tons of Bible literature. Soldiers regularly stole books and Bibles by the carton, which were then sold at the local markets. People bought them, providing the brothers with ready-made opportunities to start Bible studies.c
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Democratic Republic of Congo (Kinshasa)2004 Yearbook of Jehovah’s Witnesses
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c A Supreme Court decision eventually returned to the brothers the rights to the confiscated property where Bethel construction had started in the early 1980’s. Soldiers later occupied it. However, when the soldiers finally moved out in the year 2000, local officials divided the entire property into smaller plots and illegally sold them to squatters. Hundreds of squatters now occupy the area. That problem has yet to be resolved.
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