By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 12, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s central province of Binh Thuan have arrested six individuals on accusations of conducting social disorders and acts against on-duty state officials during April protests against the China-built Vinh Tan 2 thermal power plant.
Of the arrested, four people are from Vinh Tien village, Vinh Tan commune, Tan Phong district, the most affected location by waste of the coal-fired power plant invested by the state-owned Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Thursday.
They were accused of inciting demolition of Vinh Hao hotel as well as triggering activities against police forces who strived to disperse demonstrations of thousands of local residents.
Authorities in Binh Thuan province have deployed security forces to tighten control in the areas as well as launch investigation on environmental violations of the Vinh Tan 2 power plant.
Earlier on April 14-15, thousands of people living near the power plant rallied in the National Road No. 1 and blocked the road to protest the plant’s severe pollution to demand for ending the pollution since the operation of the plant six months ago.
The demonstrators blocked a highway, causing a twenty-kilometer traffic jam for two days after dust from the 1,244-MW thermal power plant covered their homes. The protesters said that their entire villages of Vinh Tan commune were covered with dust, sparking fears about health conditions because the plant’s dust filter releases dust into the air every day.
Following the case, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai demanded EVN to have immediate action to settle the pollution caused by the $1.3-billion plant.
During the two-day rally, local police came with an aim to disperse the crowd but they failed. Finally, EVN, the country’s sole power distributor, was forced to stop releasing dust in ten days to ease the situation.
Vinh Tan 2 plant was built by China’s Shanghai Electric Group (SEC) under the engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) basis and, generating 7.2 billion kWh of electricity per year.
Many Vietnamese have been arrested and charged with public disturbance and conducting acts against on-duty state officials when they participate in peaceful demonstrations.
In the one-party Vietnam, the rights of freedom of expression and assembly are enshrined in the country’s Constitution 2013. However, the communist-controlled parliament has delayed to build a law on demonstrations for decades.
The Vietnamese government considers all gatherings not organized by state agencies illegal and the participants may be detained, arrested and charged under Article 245 of the Criminal Code for conducting public disorders.
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June 12, 2015
Six Vietnamese Arrested for Protesting Polluting China-built Power Plant
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 12, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s central province of Binh Thuan have arrested six individuals on accusations of conducting social disorders and acts against on-duty state officials during April protests against the China-built Vinh Tan 2 thermal power plant.
Of the arrested, four people are from Vinh Tien village, Vinh Tan commune, Tan Phong district, the most affected location by waste of the coal-fired power plant invested by the state-owned Vietnam Electricity (EVN), the Tuoi Tre newspaper reported Thursday.
They were accused of inciting demolition of Vinh Hao hotel as well as triggering activities against police forces who strived to disperse demonstrations of thousands of local residents.
Authorities in Binh Thuan province have deployed security forces to tighten control in the areas as well as launch investigation on environmental violations of the Vinh Tan 2 power plant.
Earlier on April 14-15, thousands of people living near the power plant rallied in the National Road No. 1 and blocked the road to protest the plant’s severe pollution to demand for ending the pollution since the operation of the plant six months ago.
The demonstrators blocked a highway, causing a twenty-kilometer traffic jam for two days after dust from the 1,244-MW thermal power plant covered their homes. The protesters said that their entire villages of Vinh Tan commune were covered with dust, sparking fears about health conditions because the plant’s dust filter releases dust into the air every day.
Following the case, Deputy Prime Minister Hoang Trung Hai demanded EVN to have immediate action to settle the pollution caused by the $1.3-billion plant.
During the two-day rally, local police came with an aim to disperse the crowd but they failed. Finally, EVN, the country’s sole power distributor, was forced to stop releasing dust in ten days to ease the situation.
Vinh Tan 2 plant was built by China’s Shanghai Electric Group (SEC) under the engineering-procurement-construction (EPC) basis and, generating 7.2 billion kWh of electricity per year.
Many Vietnamese have been arrested and charged with public disturbance and conducting acts against on-duty state officials when they participate in peaceful demonstrations.
In the one-party Vietnam, the rights of freedom of expression and assembly are enshrined in the country’s Constitution 2013. However, the communist-controlled parliament has delayed to build a law on demonstrations for decades.
The Vietnamese government considers all gatherings not organized by state agencies illegal and the participants may be detained, arrested and charged under Article 245 of the Criminal Code for conducting public disorders.