A group of Hanoi-based activists hold sit-in demonstration indoor on May 15, 2016 to demand for gov’t transparency on massive fish death in the central coastal region
Meanwhile, security forces in Hanoi and HCMC have detained a number of environmentalists who publicly demanded thorough investigation of the massive deaths of aquatic species in the central coastal region and requested the government to have urgent actions to cope with the large-scale environmental disaster. Detainees reported that many of them were severely beaten while being arrested and during detention in police’s custody.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, May 15, 2016
Security forces in Ho Chi Minh City have detained veteran journalist Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Catholic priests Le Ngoc Thanh and Le Van Loc and many other activists when they were sitting-in on Nguyen Hue walking street to protest the local authorities’ recent violent suppressions against environmentalists.
As planned, Mr. Chenh, who was a senior outspoken reporter of the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper, arrived to the walking street in the city to start his sit-in protest at 3 PM of May 15. Few minutes later, security forces took him in police’s custody in Ben Nghe ward.
Priests Thanh and Loc from the Saigon-based Ky Dong Redemptory Church, bloggers Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Vo Chi Dai Duong, Long Tran, Ha Nam, Lau Nhat Phong, Cao Tran Tuan, Vinh Le, Hoang Vuong, Vu Ngoc Lan, and Manh Kim as well as other environmentalists were also arrested for the same reason.
On his statement publicized in social networks several days earlier this week, Mr. Chenh, 64, said he will go to the walking road near the city’s municipal building in the afternoon of Sunday to sit there to express his support for environmental activists who have been severely beaten by HCMC security forces in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, security forces in Hanoi and HCMC have detained a number of environmentalists who publicly demanded thorough investigation of the massive deaths of aquatic species in the central coastal region and requested the government to have urgent actions to cope with the large-scale environmental disaster. Detainees reported that many of them were severely beaten while being arrested and during detention in police’s custody.
Police released some activists and still keep others in custody.
In the past two weeks, security forces in Hanoi and HCMC and other areas have violently suppressed activists who have peacefully rallied in major streets in these localities to protest the discharge of toxic chemicals of the Taiwanese Formosa steel complex in Vietnam’s sea and demand the Vietnamese government to take urgent actions to deal with the large-scale contamination of sea water in the country’s central coastal areas as well as conduct thorough investigation to bring the environmental polluter to courts.
Millions of Vietnamese people believe that the Ha Tinh province-based Taiwanese factory, a unit of Formosa Plastic Corp., is responsible for the massive death of aquatic species in the central coastal region by throwing a huge volume of improperly-treated waste which contains very toxic chemicals in areas near the steel mill.
On May 1 and May 8, security forces in Hanoi, HCMC, Danang and Nha Trang detained hundreds of protestors. Many activists, including women and their children claimed that police officers and militia severely beat them during the detention and in police stations. Police also used tear gas to attack demonstrators.
Police released most of detainees on the same day but kept in custody a number of activists longer, tortured them before freeing on the next day.
Police also attacked activists who came to police stations to request immediate and unconditional release of the illegally-detained environmentalists.
On May 5, two Ho Chi Minh City-based environmentalists Lau Nhat Phong and Mac Vi Luc conducted public protest on environmental issues on the same street that Mr. Chenh was arrested. They were detained in police station where they were tortured by police officers.
In recent days, many Vietnamese activists across the nation said they have been under house arrest as local authorities have deployed many police officers and militia to make monitoring stations near their private residences to prevent them from going out.
Meanwhile, Formosa, which discharged roughly 931,830 cubic meters of waste water into Vietnam’s sea in the first quarter this year, admitted that it imported 300 tons of very toxic chemicals, including CYC-VPrefilm900, CYC-Vprefilm400, CYC-Vclosetrol360, and CYC-VMA 796 for cleaning their machineries and pipes in its steel production project in Ha Tinh.
Vietnam is still conducting investigation on the mass deaths of hundreds of tons of aquatic species in the coastal areas of the four central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. The environmental catastrophe, started on April 6, has also killed vast areas of coral in the region.
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May 15, 2016
HCMC Security Forces Detain Activists Themselves Sitting-in on Street to Protest Violent Suppression against Environmentalists
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights], Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Le Van Loc (Priest), Le Van Thanh
A group of Hanoi-based activists hold sit-in demonstration indoor on May 15, 2016 to demand for gov’t transparency on massive fish death in the central coastal region
By Vu Quoc Ngu, May 15, 2016
Security forces in Ho Chi Minh City have detained veteran journalist Huynh Ngoc Chenh, Catholic priests Le Ngoc Thanh and Le Van Loc and many other activists when they were sitting-in on Nguyen Hue walking street to protest the local authorities’ recent violent suppressions against environmentalists.
As planned, Mr. Chenh, who was a senior outspoken reporter of the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper, arrived to the walking street in the city to start his sit-in protest at 3 PM of May 15. Few minutes later, security forces took him in police’s custody in Ben Nghe ward.
Priests Thanh and Loc from the Saigon-based Ky Dong Redemptory Church, bloggers Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Vo Chi Dai Duong, Long Tran, Ha Nam, Lau Nhat Phong, Cao Tran Tuan, Vinh Le, Hoang Vuong, Vu Ngoc Lan, and Manh Kim as well as other environmentalists were also arrested for the same reason.
On his statement publicized in social networks several days earlier this week, Mr. Chenh, 64, said he will go to the walking road near the city’s municipal building in the afternoon of Sunday to sit there to express his support for environmental activists who have been severely beaten by HCMC security forces in recent weeks.
Meanwhile, security forces in Hanoi and HCMC have detained a number of environmentalists who publicly demanded thorough investigation of the massive deaths of aquatic species in the central coastal region and requested the government to have urgent actions to cope with the large-scale environmental disaster. Detainees reported that many of them were severely beaten while being arrested and during detention in police’s custody.
Police released some activists and still keep others in custody.
In the past two weeks, security forces in Hanoi and HCMC and other areas have violently suppressed activists who have peacefully rallied in major streets in these localities to protest the discharge of toxic chemicals of the Taiwanese Formosa steel complex in Vietnam’s sea and demand the Vietnamese government to take urgent actions to deal with the large-scale contamination of sea water in the country’s central coastal areas as well as conduct thorough investigation to bring the environmental polluter to courts.
Millions of Vietnamese people believe that the Ha Tinh province-based Taiwanese factory, a unit of Formosa Plastic Corp., is responsible for the massive death of aquatic species in the central coastal region by throwing a huge volume of improperly-treated waste which contains very toxic chemicals in areas near the steel mill.
On May 1 and May 8, security forces in Hanoi, HCMC, Danang and Nha Trang detained hundreds of protestors. Many activists, including women and their children claimed that police officers and militia severely beat them during the detention and in police stations. Police also used tear gas to attack demonstrators.
Police released most of detainees on the same day but kept in custody a number of activists longer, tortured them before freeing on the next day.
Police also attacked activists who came to police stations to request immediate and unconditional release of the illegally-detained environmentalists.
On May 5, two Ho Chi Minh City-based environmentalists Lau Nhat Phong and Mac Vi Luc conducted public protest on environmental issues on the same street that Mr. Chenh was arrested. They were detained in police station where they were tortured by police officers.
In recent days, many Vietnamese activists across the nation said they have been under house arrest as local authorities have deployed many police officers and militia to make monitoring stations near their private residences to prevent them from going out.
Meanwhile, Formosa, which discharged roughly 931,830 cubic meters of waste water into Vietnam’s sea in the first quarter this year, admitted that it imported 300 tons of very toxic chemicals, including CYC-VPrefilm900, CYC-Vprefilm400, CYC-Vclosetrol360, and CYC-VMA 796 for cleaning their machineries and pipes in its steel production project in Ha Tinh.
Vietnam is still conducting investigation on the mass deaths of hundreds of tons of aquatic species in the coastal areas of the four central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue. The environmental catastrophe, started on April 6, has also killed vast areas of coral in the region.