Young protestor Cao Tran Quan was released on May 16 after 28-hour detention by HCMC police
Local activists said police released some protestors on Monday but still keep many detainees for further interrogation.
By Vu Quoc Ngu, May 16, 2016
Security forces in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in Vietnam, have yet to release all peaceful protestors who were detained on Sunday [May 15], local bloggers said.
On Monday, the city’s police deployed huge number of police officers and militia the tighten security in the major streets to prevent southern activists from holding peaceful demonstrations to voice their concerns about the ongoing environmental disaster in the central coastal region which has killed hundreds of tons of marine species since April 6.
Police officers were patrolling and ready to disperse any gathering of people. However, a number of demonstrations with small number of participants still broke in many places in the city.
Shortly later, police came and arrested many activists and took them into custody. Hundreds of activists, including Vo Chi Dai Duong, Long Tran, Nguyen Tan Nhuyen, Ho Nhat Minh, Hoang Dang Tue, Nguyen Huu Dung, Le Xuan Dieu and Cao Tran Quan were held in a rehabilitation center in No Trang Long street, Ward 13, Binh Thanh district where hosts criminals and drug addicts.
Local activists said police released some protestors on Monday but still keep many detainees for further interrogation. Freed activists said police officers have tortured detainees during questioning.
The names of many detainees are unknown for activists since the arrested participated in the peaceful demonstration for first time while police refused to unveil their personality.
The detainees may face criminal charges as the communist government has used controversial articles in the country’s Penal Code to criminalize people who exercise their universal human rights.
Vietnam has tightened security several weeks ahead of the general elections for the parliament and People’s Councils in provincial, district and communal levels scheduled on May 22.
Since May 1, police forces in Hanoi and HCMC as well as other localities have violently suppressed peaceful demonstrations in which people have demanded the government to be transparent about the massive deaths of aquatic species in the four central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue, and ask the government to have urgent acts to deal with the issue as well as thoroughly investigate the real causes of the disaster.
Police in Hanoi and HCMC have detained hundreds of people, beating them during the detentions and in custody, especially on May 1 and May 8. Police have also put many other activists under house arrest.
Vietnam has yet to release the final results of investigation about the environmental disaster while many experts and local activists believe that the discharge of huge volume of toxic waste of the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Corp which has a steel plant in Ha Tinh province.
Vietnam has tolerated any government criticism and suppressed all spontaneous demonstrations. It considers unregistered civil society organizations as “reactionary groups”.
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May 16, 2016
HCMC Police Still Hold Many Environmentalists after Detention on Sunday
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Young protestor Cao Tran Quan was released on May 16 after 28-hour detention by HCMC police
By Vu Quoc Ngu, May 16, 2016
Security forces in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in Vietnam, have yet to release all peaceful protestors who were detained on Sunday [May 15], local bloggers said.
On Monday, the city’s police deployed huge number of police officers and militia the tighten security in the major streets to prevent southern activists from holding peaceful demonstrations to voice their concerns about the ongoing environmental disaster in the central coastal region which has killed hundreds of tons of marine species since April 6.
Police officers were patrolling and ready to disperse any gathering of people. However, a number of demonstrations with small number of participants still broke in many places in the city.
Shortly later, police came and arrested many activists and took them into custody. Hundreds of activists, including Vo Chi Dai Duong, Long Tran, Nguyen Tan Nhuyen, Ho Nhat Minh, Hoang Dang Tue, Nguyen Huu Dung, Le Xuan Dieu and Cao Tran Quan were held in a rehabilitation center in No Trang Long street, Ward 13, Binh Thanh district where hosts criminals and drug addicts.
Local activists said police released some protestors on Monday but still keep many detainees for further interrogation. Freed activists said police officers have tortured detainees during questioning.
The names of many detainees are unknown for activists since the arrested participated in the peaceful demonstration for first time while police refused to unveil their personality.
The detainees may face criminal charges as the communist government has used controversial articles in the country’s Penal Code to criminalize people who exercise their universal human rights.
Vietnam has tightened security several weeks ahead of the general elections for the parliament and People’s Councils in provincial, district and communal levels scheduled on May 22.
Since May 1, police forces in Hanoi and HCMC as well as other localities have violently suppressed peaceful demonstrations in which people have demanded the government to be transparent about the massive deaths of aquatic species in the four central provinces of Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri and Thua Thien-Hue, and ask the government to have urgent acts to deal with the issue as well as thoroughly investigate the real causes of the disaster.
Police in Hanoi and HCMC have detained hundreds of people, beating them during the detentions and in custody, especially on May 1 and May 8. Police have also put many other activists under house arrest.
Vietnam has yet to release the final results of investigation about the environmental disaster while many experts and local activists believe that the discharge of huge volume of toxic waste of the Taiwanese Formosa Plastic Corp which has a steel plant in Ha Tinh province.
Vietnam has tolerated any government criticism and suppressed all spontaneous demonstrations. It considers unregistered civil society organizations as “reactionary groups”.