Monk Truong Vinh Hau fell in coma after being beaten by thugs
By Defend the Defenders, June 29, 2017
Catholic clergy and followers in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been brutally assaulted by thugs when they were trying to protect the pine forest belonging to the Thien An Saint Benedict Monastery.
Dozens of men believed to be plainclothes police arrived at the monastery and demolished a cross and a statue of Jesus on land the church says it owns for decades. When the priests, monks and nuns from the monastery came to protect their religious signs and the monastery’s property, the men used sticks, saws and water pipes to beat them.
The attack occurred on June 28 and continued in the morning of June 29. Due to the assaults, a number of the monastery’s staff suffered from severe injuries. Monk Gian Batis Truong Vinh Hau fell in coma.
When other monks tried to take him to a hospital, police blocked their way, bloggers posted on social networks.
The Thien An pine forest is a subject of dispute between the monastery and the local authorities. The Thien An Monastery affirmed that they owns the land and has developed the pine forest since 1940.
Authorities in Thua Thien-Hue province wants to seize the land to build a road to connect a lake and a tourist resort over its land.
Land disputes are common in Communist-ruled Vietnam, and conflicts over property between Catholics and local authorities have been one of the main obstacles over a normalization of relations between Vietnam and the Vatican.
In Vietnam which has been ruled by communists for decades, all land belongs to the state and residents and organizations have only right to use it. The government can take land for socio-economic development or just to give to investors to build industrial and property projects.
For more information on the attack, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/gioan.namphong/posts/1081548471978771?pnref=story
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June 29, 2017
Catholic Clergy in Central Vietnam Brutally Beaten by Thugs as Local Authorities Want to Seize Thien An Monastery’s Land
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Monk Truong Vinh Hau fell in coma after being beaten by thugs
By Defend the Defenders, June 29, 2017
Catholic clergy and followers in Vietnam’s central province of Thua Thien-Hue have been brutally assaulted by thugs when they were trying to protect the pine forest belonging to the Thien An Saint Benedict Monastery.
Dozens of men believed to be plainclothes police arrived at the monastery and demolished a cross and a statue of Jesus on land the church says it owns for decades. When the priests, monks and nuns from the monastery came to protect their religious signs and the monastery’s property, the men used sticks, saws and water pipes to beat them.
The attack occurred on June 28 and continued in the morning of June 29. Due to the assaults, a number of the monastery’s staff suffered from severe injuries. Monk Gian Batis Truong Vinh Hau fell in coma.
When other monks tried to take him to a hospital, police blocked their way, bloggers posted on social networks.
The Thien An pine forest is a subject of dispute between the monastery and the local authorities. The Thien An Monastery affirmed that they owns the land and has developed the pine forest since 1940.
Authorities in Thua Thien-Hue province wants to seize the land to build a road to connect a lake and a tourist resort over its land.
Land disputes are common in Communist-ruled Vietnam, and conflicts over property between Catholics and local authorities have been one of the main obstacles over a normalization of relations between Vietnam and the Vatican.
In Vietnam which has been ruled by communists for decades, all land belongs to the state and residents and organizations have only right to use it. The government can take land for socio-economic development or just to give to investors to build industrial and property projects.
For more information on the attack, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/gioan.namphong/posts/1081548471978771?pnref=story