By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jul 14, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Hai Duong have launched an investigation into the driver who ran his bulldozer over a farmer on July 10 in a land dispute case in Cam Giang district.
Speaking to the Thanh Nien newspaper on July 13, Colonel Bui Nhu Luyen, head of Cam Giang district police, said that the investigating agency visited and questioned victim Le Thi Cham who is under medical treatment in the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital for the injuries caused by the bulldozer a few days ago.
The district police are also investigating Nguyen Van Sinh, 42, who ran his bulldozer over Ms. Cham when he was hired to drive the vehicle to clear the disputed land. Currently, Sinh is under medical treatment for injuries as he was beaten by angry farmers after running over the female farmer, Colonel Luyen said.
The driver may face murder charge in the case, said legal experts.
The move came under pressure of local social network and some state-run newspapers. In early July 12, a video clip made by residents in Hoang Xa village, Cam Dien commune, Cam Giang district showed a woman was ran over a bulldozer. Witnesses said many farmers in the village stayed around the bulldozer to protest the land clearing operations of the Cam Dien Industrial Zone project. However, the driver continued to move and the incident happened.
According to social networks, other farmers then threw stone at the bulldozer and the driver stopped the vehicle. People took Ms. Cham out of the bulldozer’s track and brought her to hospital for urgent treatment of numerous injuries at her head and arms.
Many farmers thought she was dead, however, miracle happened and she still survived. After getting urgent treatment in the Hai Duong city’s Central Hospital, she was transferred to Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi. Her health is still critical, however.
Protesting farmers said before incident happened, a number of thugs also came around the bulldozer, insulted and threatened farmers.
On the same day, leaders of the People’s Committees as well as police of Hai Duong province and Cam Giang district rejected the news on the incident, saying it was fabricated. Chairman Vu Hong Khiem of Cam Giang district’s People’s Committee said there was a small incident in the Cam Dien IZ, however, the local authorities successfully convinced farmers to return home without causing any incident.
The Cam Dien IZ is bought by the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP), a joint venture between Vietnam’s Becamex IDC and a group of Singaporean investors presented by Sembcorp Group.
The land clearing is conducted by Ninh Binh province-based Thanh Trung Construction & Trade Co. Ltd.
On July 10, Chairman Nguyen Manh Hien of Hai Duong province’s People’s Committee suspended land clearance, however, Thanh Trung Co. has still continued its works, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported.
By late 2008, over 90% of households whose land was taken for the project received compensation. As many as 56 households disagreed with the compensation prices and demand for higher prices.
So far, two foreign companies have committed to invest in Cam Dien VSIP, according to the Hai Duong provincial Industrial Zone Management Board.
Land grabbing is a problematic and systematic issue in Vietnam where all land belongs to the state and residents have only right to use it.
Under the country’s law, the government and authorities in localities have rights to take land from residents for defense and security or social-economic development projects. Many Vietnamese across the country have been forced to give their land at cheap prices for urban and industrial projects.
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July 14, 2015
Vietnam Police Investigate Driver Running Bulldozer over Farmer in Hai Duong
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jul 14, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Hai Duong have launched an investigation into the driver who ran his bulldozer over a farmer on July 10 in a land dispute case in Cam Giang district.
Speaking to the Thanh Nien newspaper on July 13, Colonel Bui Nhu Luyen, head of Cam Giang district police, said that the investigating agency visited and questioned victim Le Thi Cham who is under medical treatment in the Hanoi-based Viet Duc Hospital for the injuries caused by the bulldozer a few days ago.
The district police are also investigating Nguyen Van Sinh, 42, who ran his bulldozer over Ms. Cham when he was hired to drive the vehicle to clear the disputed land. Currently, Sinh is under medical treatment for injuries as he was beaten by angry farmers after running over the female farmer, Colonel Luyen said.
The driver may face murder charge in the case, said legal experts.
The move came under pressure of local social network and some state-run newspapers. In early July 12, a video clip made by residents in Hoang Xa village, Cam Dien commune, Cam Giang district showed a woman was ran over a bulldozer. Witnesses said many farmers in the village stayed around the bulldozer to protest the land clearing operations of the Cam Dien Industrial Zone project. However, the driver continued to move and the incident happened.
According to social networks, other farmers then threw stone at the bulldozer and the driver stopped the vehicle. People took Ms. Cham out of the bulldozer’s track and brought her to hospital for urgent treatment of numerous injuries at her head and arms.
Many farmers thought she was dead, however, miracle happened and she still survived. After getting urgent treatment in the Hai Duong city’s Central Hospital, she was transferred to Viet Duc Hospital in Hanoi. Her health is still critical, however.
Protesting farmers said before incident happened, a number of thugs also came around the bulldozer, insulted and threatened farmers.
On the same day, leaders of the People’s Committees as well as police of Hai Duong province and Cam Giang district rejected the news on the incident, saying it was fabricated. Chairman Vu Hong Khiem of Cam Giang district’s People’s Committee said there was a small incident in the Cam Dien IZ, however, the local authorities successfully convinced farmers to return home without causing any incident.
The Cam Dien IZ is bought by the Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Park (VSIP), a joint venture between Vietnam’s Becamex IDC and a group of Singaporean investors presented by Sembcorp Group.
The land clearing is conducted by Ninh Binh province-based Thanh Trung Construction & Trade Co. Ltd.
On July 10, Chairman Nguyen Manh Hien of Hai Duong province’s People’s Committee suspended land clearance, however, Thanh Trung Co. has still continued its works, the Thanh Nien newspaper reported.
By late 2008, over 90% of households whose land was taken for the project received compensation. As many as 56 households disagreed with the compensation prices and demand for higher prices.
So far, two foreign companies have committed to invest in Cam Dien VSIP, according to the Hai Duong provincial Industrial Zone Management Board.
Land grabbing is a problematic and systematic issue in Vietnam where all land belongs to the state and residents have only right to use it.
Under the country’s law, the government and authorities in localities have rights to take land from residents for defense and security or social-economic development projects. Many Vietnamese across the country have been forced to give their land at cheap prices for urban and industrial projects.