Official from HCMC Procuracy apologizes Mr. Truong Ba Nhan (left) for wrong detention (sourced: vov.vn)
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 12, 2015
The People’s Procuracy in Vietnam’s southern hub Ho Chi Minh City, has publicly apologized to a local resident who had been imprisoned for four years in a legal miscarriage case, state media reported.
In 2001, Truong Ba Nhan, then 39 years old, was arrested and accused by HCM City’s authorities of killing and stealing property of a local resident.
The city’s People’s Procuracy then affirmed that Mr. Nhan was the murder of the case after police found his fingerprints on the scene and a large volume of gold in his house which was said to be part of stole gold from the victim.
However, in October 2006, Mr. Nhan was released due to a lack of solid evidence.
After being freed, Nhan had filled a number of petitions demanding the city’s Procuracy to admit his wrong detention and compensation for him.
In late 2014, the city’s People’s Procuracy and Mr. Nhan agreed on the case, on which the state agency will publicly apologize to him and pay a compensation of VND300 million ($13,700).
Mr. Nhan is among many Vietnamese who have been compensated for wrong detentions and imprisonments recently.
Earlier this year, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Chan from the northern province of Bac Giang, was compensated with VND7.2 billion for spending ten years in prison in a murder case. He was sentenced to a life imprisonment after being found guilty of killing a local resident. He was freed after the real killer came to police to confess his sin.
In 2013, authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang arrested a group of seven young citizens, accusing them of killing a taxi driver. The group was freed in early 2014 after two other females confessed that they were the true murders of the case. The seven-member group was compensated with VND500 million.
In all cases, the victims of legal miscarriages claimed that they were tortured by police officers during interrogation.
Many Vietnamese legislators have proposed a number of measures to prevent torture and ensure human rights for the detainees and arrested in criminal cases. They have proposed allowing detainees to have access to lawyers immediately after being arrested as well as installing video and audio equipments to record interrogation in police stations.
The right to remain silent should be respected, they said.
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August 12, 2015
HCMC Procuracy Publicly Apologizes to Local Resident Wrongly Detained for Four Year in Murder Case
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Official from HCMC Procuracy apologizes Mr. Truong Ba Nhan (left) for wrong detention (sourced: vov.vn)
In late 2014, the city’s People’s Procuracy and Mr. Nhan agreed on the case, on which the state agency will publicly apologize to him and pay a compensation of VND300 million ($13,700).
Mr. Nhan is among many Vietnamese who have been compensated for wrong detentions and imprisonments recently.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 12, 2015
The People’s Procuracy in Vietnam’s southern hub Ho Chi Minh City, has publicly apologized to a local resident who had been imprisoned for four years in a legal miscarriage case, state media reported.
In 2001, Truong Ba Nhan, then 39 years old, was arrested and accused by HCM City’s authorities of killing and stealing property of a local resident.
The city’s People’s Procuracy then affirmed that Mr. Nhan was the murder of the case after police found his fingerprints on the scene and a large volume of gold in his house which was said to be part of stole gold from the victim.
However, in October 2006, Mr. Nhan was released due to a lack of solid evidence.
After being freed, Nhan had filled a number of petitions demanding the city’s Procuracy to admit his wrong detention and compensation for him.
In late 2014, the city’s People’s Procuracy and Mr. Nhan agreed on the case, on which the state agency will publicly apologize to him and pay a compensation of VND300 million ($13,700).
Mr. Nhan is among many Vietnamese who have been compensated for wrong detentions and imprisonments recently.
Earlier this year, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Chan from the northern province of Bac Giang, was compensated with VND7.2 billion for spending ten years in prison in a murder case. He was sentenced to a life imprisonment after being found guilty of killing a local resident. He was freed after the real killer came to police to confess his sin.
In 2013, authorities in the Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang arrested a group of seven young citizens, accusing them of killing a taxi driver. The group was freed in early 2014 after two other females confessed that they were the true murders of the case. The seven-member group was compensated with VND500 million.
In all cases, the victims of legal miscarriages claimed that they were tortured by police officers during interrogation.
Many Vietnamese legislators have proposed a number of measures to prevent torture and ensure human rights for the detainees and arrested in criminal cases. They have proposed allowing detainees to have access to lawyers immediately after being arrested as well as installing video and audio equipments to record interrogation in police stations.
The right to remain silent should be respected, they said.