Mr. Kim (fifth from right) and visiting activists earlier this year
Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh have kidnapped local political dissident, detained his wife for hours and searched his house as well as took away a number of his items, Ngo Duy Quyen, a Hanoi-based activist has informed.
by Vu Quoc Ngu, September 21, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh have kidnapped local political dissident, detaining his wife for hours as well as searching his house and taking away a number of his items, Ngo Duy Quyen, a Hanoi-based activist has informed.
Mr. Quyen said he received a telephone call from Mrs. Thom, the wife of former political prisoner Tran Anh Kim from Thai Binh in evening of Monday [September 21].
Mrs. Thom said at 10 am of Monday, when she was in her office in Thai Binh city, police came and forcibly detained her to a local police station where they held her until 5 pm. After that, police officers brought her to her private house.
Police officer used their keys to open her house and when she went inside, she recognized that the house was searched and some items were missed.
When Mrs. Thom tried to use her cell phone to call her husband, Mr. Kim, police officers violently took her cell phone.
She ran out and used another cell phone to inform Mr. Quyen that her husband maybe arrested by local police in the morning and after that detained her in order not to allow her to spread the information about the arrest.
Mr. Quyen said few minutes later he tried to contact her by cell phone but the connection was lost.
Mr. Kim, 66, is a pro-democracy activist and former lieutenant of the Vietnam People’s Army. He was arrested in July 2009 and chased for attempts of overthrowing the people’s government under Article 79 of the Criminal Code. Later, he was sentenced to 5 years and half in jail.
The army officer and deputy head of the military political department of Thai Binh city before 1990s, completed his sentence on January this year.
During 1995-2005, he participated in a number of groups which promote multi-party democracy, including the 8406 Bloc.
He assisted farmers whose land was illegally seized by local authorities in seeking justice, and participated in anti-corruption campaign.
Mr. Kim was honored with Hellman/Hammett prize of the New York-based Human Rights Watch in 2009.
Vietnam has deployed a tough policy to harass former political prisoners, not allowing them to live a normal life and putting their activities under close surveillance.
Local police have also persecuted other people who want to visit former prisoners of conscience.
In early of this year, Thai Binh police harassed a group of Hanoi-based activists who came to visit Mr. Kim. They brutally beat a number of activists, including female ones and broke their car.
Despite the local authorities’ persecution, Mr. Kim declared that he will not give up fighting for multi-party democracy in the Southeast Asian nation.
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September 21, 2015
Thai Binh Police Kidnap Local Dissident, Detaining His Wife
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Tran Anh Kim
Mr. Kim (fifth from right) and visiting activists earlier this year
Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh have kidnapped local political dissident, detained his wife for hours and searched his house as well as took away a number of his items, Ngo Duy Quyen, a Hanoi-based activist has informed.
by Vu Quoc Ngu, September 21, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s northern province of Thai Binh have kidnapped local political dissident, detaining his wife for hours as well as searching his house and taking away a number of his items, Ngo Duy Quyen, a Hanoi-based activist has informed.
Mr. Quyen said he received a telephone call from Mrs. Thom, the wife of former political prisoner Tran Anh Kim from Thai Binh in evening of Monday [September 21].
Mrs. Thom said at 10 am of Monday, when she was in her office in Thai Binh city, police came and forcibly detained her to a local police station where they held her until 5 pm. After that, police officers brought her to her private house.
Police officer used their keys to open her house and when she went inside, she recognized that the house was searched and some items were missed.
When Mrs. Thom tried to use her cell phone to call her husband, Mr. Kim, police officers violently took her cell phone.
She ran out and used another cell phone to inform Mr. Quyen that her husband maybe arrested by local police in the morning and after that detained her in order not to allow her to spread the information about the arrest.
Mr. Quyen said few minutes later he tried to contact her by cell phone but the connection was lost.
Mr. Kim, 66, is a pro-democracy activist and former lieutenant of the Vietnam People’s Army. He was arrested in July 2009 and chased for attempts of overthrowing the people’s government under Article 79 of the Criminal Code. Later, he was sentenced to 5 years and half in jail.
The army officer and deputy head of the military political department of Thai Binh city before 1990s, completed his sentence on January this year.
During 1995-2005, he participated in a number of groups which promote multi-party democracy, including the 8406 Bloc.
He assisted farmers whose land was illegally seized by local authorities in seeking justice, and participated in anti-corruption campaign.
Mr. Kim was honored with Hellman/Hammett prize of the New York-based Human Rights Watch in 2009.
Vietnam has deployed a tough policy to harass former political prisoners, not allowing them to live a normal life and putting their activities under close surveillance.
Local police have also persecuted other people who want to visit former prisoners of conscience.
In early of this year, Thai Binh police harassed a group of Hanoi-based activists who came to visit Mr. Kim. They brutally beat a number of activists, including female ones and broke their car.
Despite the local authorities’ persecution, Mr. Kim declared that he will not give up fighting for multi-party democracy in the Southeast Asian nation.