By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 7, 2015
Atherosclerosis is the cause of the death of Nguyen Quang Truong during the detention period in a police station in Hanoi, said the city’s Department of Police at a press conference on Aug 6.
Colonel Nguyen Van Vien of Hanoi Police Department announced the preliminary conclusion of the death of Mr. Truong, 43, after the Hanoi-based military forensic unit released its autopsy results on his body, saying there is any sign of harassment on the died person.
Mr. Truong, a resident of Quoc Oai commune in Quoc Oai district was found dead after two days being held in the district police detention facility. He was arrested on July 31, together with six other citizens in a land seizure case of his relatives by the local authorities on the same day.
The arrested individuals have been charged of conducting activities against on-duty state officials and disturbing social orders, the police said.
Responding to the police’s preliminary conclusion on the death of Truong, local human rights activists doubted that the autopsy result may be not true given the lack of independent forensic laboratories in the communist nation.
It is unclear how Mr. Truong’s family reacts with the police’s conclusion.
Mr. Truong has been the second resident in Hanoi died in police detention facilities within two weeks, and the third person in the capital city so far this year.
He has become the 8th Vietnamese dying in police stations due to unclear reasons in the year to date.
Vietnam adopted the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment last year. However, torture and inhumane treatment is still rampant in the one-party country, activists said.
The New York-based Amnesty International said torture is systemic in nearly all localities, including four biggest cities in Vietnam.
According to the government report, 226 detainees and arrested died in police stations and prisons in the past four years. Police said most of their deaths were caused by suicides and illness, however, their families believe that torture and bad treatment are main causes of their deaths.
Few police officers have been lightly disciplined for committing torture, the Ministry of Public Security said.
Vietnam has yet to accept amendments in the current Criminal Procedure Code which aim to protect human rights of detainees, including the right to remain silent and the right to access to lawyers immediately after being arrested.
Many legislators have proposed to hand over detentions and prisons to the Ministry of Justice from the Ministry of Public Security to prevent police power abuse.
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August 7, 2015
Atherosclerosis Causes Death of Detained Hanoi Citizen in Police Station: Official
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 7, 2015
Atherosclerosis is the cause of the death of Nguyen Quang Truong during the detention period in a police station in Hanoi, said the city’s Department of Police at a press conference on Aug 6.
Colonel Nguyen Van Vien of Hanoi Police Department announced the preliminary conclusion of the death of Mr. Truong, 43, after the Hanoi-based military forensic unit released its autopsy results on his body, saying there is any sign of harassment on the died person.
Mr. Truong, a resident of Quoc Oai commune in Quoc Oai district was found dead after two days being held in the district police detention facility. He was arrested on July 31, together with six other citizens in a land seizure case of his relatives by the local authorities on the same day.
The arrested individuals have been charged of conducting activities against on-duty state officials and disturbing social orders, the police said.
Responding to the police’s preliminary conclusion on the death of Truong, local human rights activists doubted that the autopsy result may be not true given the lack of independent forensic laboratories in the communist nation.
It is unclear how Mr. Truong’s family reacts with the police’s conclusion.
Mr. Truong has been the second resident in Hanoi died in police detention facilities within two weeks, and the third person in the capital city so far this year.
He has become the 8th Vietnamese dying in police stations due to unclear reasons in the year to date.
Vietnam adopted the UN Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment last year. However, torture and inhumane treatment is still rampant in the one-party country, activists said.
The New York-based Amnesty International said torture is systemic in nearly all localities, including four biggest cities in Vietnam.
According to the government report, 226 detainees and arrested died in police stations and prisons in the past four years. Police said most of their deaths were caused by suicides and illness, however, their families believe that torture and bad treatment are main causes of their deaths.
Few police officers have been lightly disciplined for committing torture, the Ministry of Public Security said.
Vietnam has yet to accept amendments in the current Criminal Procedure Code which aim to protect human rights of detainees, including the right to remain silent and the right to access to lawyers immediately after being arrested.
Many legislators have proposed to hand over detentions and prisons to the Ministry of Justice from the Ministry of Public Security to prevent police power abuse.