By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 04, 2015
The Hanoi police said they will stop investigation into the death of Mrs. Nguyen Hong Luong in a local police station, saying her death was caused by respiratory and circulatory failures as she immolated herself, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported Wednesday.
Three-star Colonel Nguyen Van Tinh, deputy head of the Investigation agency of Ba Dinh district police said Mrs. Luong, 62, who came to Dien Bien ward police station to complain about illegal seizure of her family’s land on April 1, bought gasoline and burned herself in a toilet of the police building.
The breaking of her five ribbons was result of the artificial respiration, the urgent assistance of local policemen, said Mr. Tinh.
Based on the finding, the police investigation agency decided to close the case, he added.
However, Mrs. Luong’s family has not believed in the conclusion of the police. The autopsy made by the Hanoi-based military laboratory showed that she had many injuries in her skull and ribbons.
Some witnesses said Mrs. Luong quarreled with some of senior police officers before being burned.
Mrs. Luong is one of four Vietnamese have been found dead in police stations in Vietnam so far this year, according to state media.
Other victims were Phan Duc Dat, 32, from Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Nguyen Duc Duan, 33, from Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province, and Do Van Binh, 18, in the central province of Quang Nam.
Dat was arrested on Dec. 29, 2014 and charged with allegation of objecting on-duty police officials in Ho Chi Minh City. On the day, his friend was shot to dead while Dat was injured by police bullet in his leg.
HCM City’s police said Dat had a breathing problem and brought to hospital for urgent emergency but doctors couldn’t save his life. The autopsy carried out by the city’s police found no injuries in his body, said three-star colonel Nguyen Sy Quang, the spokesman of the city’s police department.
One week later, on April 8, Duan died in the detention facility of the Khoai Chau district police. He was arrested on March 16 for clashing with a local resident in Dong Tao commune. His relatives said there were a number of injuries in his body.
Earlier this year, Binh died in the police detention facility in Hoa Vang district in the central city of Danang. His family suspected that his death was caused by police torture since his body had a number of injuries.
Torture is systemic in the one-party Vietnam, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security reported that there were 226 deaths of detainees in police stations between October 2011 and September 2014.
The police said most of the deaths were caused by illness and suicides, however, families of many victims said they died from police torture.
Last year, Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang admitted that 19 police officers have been fired for torturing suspects between 2011 and 2013. During the same period, 183 others were disciplined for violating investigative procedures and regulations through dismissal, demotion or reassignment,
In 2014, Vietnam adopted the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, Vietnamese continue to suffer while being detained by local police.
Vietnamese top legislator Nguyen Sinh Hung said police are fully responsible for the deaths of detainees./.
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June 4, 2015
Hanoi Resident Said to Self-immolate in Police Station, Investigation Stopped
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Some witnesses said Mrs. Luong quarreled with some of senior police officers before being burned.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 04, 2015
The Hanoi police said they will stop investigation into the death of Mrs. Nguyen Hong Luong in a local police station, saying her death was caused by respiratory and circulatory failures as she immolated herself, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported Wednesday.
Three-star Colonel Nguyen Van Tinh, deputy head of the Investigation agency of Ba Dinh district police said Mrs. Luong, 62, who came to Dien Bien ward police station to complain about illegal seizure of her family’s land on April 1, bought gasoline and burned herself in a toilet of the police building.
The breaking of her five ribbons was result of the artificial respiration, the urgent assistance of local policemen, said Mr. Tinh.
Based on the finding, the police investigation agency decided to close the case, he added.
However, Mrs. Luong’s family has not believed in the conclusion of the police. The autopsy made by the Hanoi-based military laboratory showed that she had many injuries in her skull and ribbons.
Some witnesses said Mrs. Luong quarreled with some of senior police officers before being burned.
Mrs. Luong is one of four Vietnamese have been found dead in police stations in Vietnam so far this year, according to state media.
Other victims were Phan Duc Dat, 32, from Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Nguyen Duc Duan, 33, from Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province, and Do Van Binh, 18, in the central province of Quang Nam.
Dat was arrested on Dec. 29, 2014 and charged with allegation of objecting on-duty police officials in Ho Chi Minh City. On the day, his friend was shot to dead while Dat was injured by police bullet in his leg.
HCM City’s police said Dat had a breathing problem and brought to hospital for urgent emergency but doctors couldn’t save his life. The autopsy carried out by the city’s police found no injuries in his body, said three-star colonel Nguyen Sy Quang, the spokesman of the city’s police department.
One week later, on April 8, Duan died in the detention facility of the Khoai Chau district police. He was arrested on March 16 for clashing with a local resident in Dong Tao commune. His relatives said there were a number of injuries in his body.
Earlier this year, Binh died in the police detention facility in Hoa Vang district in the central city of Danang. His family suspected that his death was caused by police torture since his body had a number of injuries.
Torture is systemic in the one-party Vietnam, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch.
Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security reported that there were 226 deaths of detainees in police stations between October 2011 and September 2014.
The police said most of the deaths were caused by illness and suicides, however, families of many victims said they died from police torture.
Last year, Minister of Public Security Tran Dai Quang admitted that 19 police officers have been fired for torturing suspects between 2011 and 2013. During the same period, 183 others were disciplined for violating investigative procedures and regulations through dismissal, demotion or reassignment,
In 2014, Vietnam adopted the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. However, Vietnamese continue to suffer while being detained by local police.
Vietnamese top legislator Nguyen Sinh Hung said police are fully responsible for the deaths of detainees./.