The missionary organisation behind the visit of John Allen Chau to North Sentinel Island, where he was killed by the inhabitants, has responded to questions answering about the visit of John Chau to the Islands were he met his unfateful death with a defence of his actions.
North Sentinel Islanders are a 30,000-year old tribe who have repeatedly repelled efforts to contact them. They have been isolated by the Indian government to protect them from the diseases carried by outsiders and the government has set up an exclusion zone around the island. It has said Chau’s landing was illegal and the fishermen who helped him have been arrested.
While some regard him as a hero and martyr, his actions have been widely criticised.
As reported from Christian Today, Dr Pam Arlund, a member of the international leadership team of All Nations, told Christian Today by email that her organisation did not accept that North Sentinel Island ought to be isolated, that the landing was not illegal and that Chau had been well prepared for his venture. Her answers are given below.
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