Defend the Defenders, September 05, 2017
On September 4, a group of around 20 pro-government thugs led by a man namely Nguyen Trong Nghia went to Tho Hoa pparish in Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai in a bid to attack Catholic priest Nguyen Duy Tan and local followers.
The group, armed with a gun and electronic batons, was detained by local followers who later called police and handed over the attackers to the local authorities.
In their written confession in presence of local police, Nghia and his partners said they came to threaten priest Tan because the father publicly defames late President Ho Chi Minh and calls for multi-party democracy.
Priest Tan has been a subject to the government’s harassments recently after he publicly criticizes the communist government for its bad socio-economic management and systemic corruption as well as poorly settlement of environmental pollution.
In April, when he visited the central province of Nghe An, local authorities sent a letter to the Vinh Diocese to ask the local Catholic church not to allow him to hold vigils for local followers after priest Tan and thousands of followers in Phu Yen parish held a peaceful demonstration on April 24 to protest the Quynh Luu district police for beating two followers and robbing their t-shirts, which showed “No-Formosa” slogans.
Priest Tan had criticized the ruling Communist Party and its government, encouraging local Catholic followers to participate in demonstrations which have caused “social disorder” and calling for not respecting the party’s leadership in the country, Nghe An province’s authorities said.
Meanwhile, a number of Vietnamese activists have been attacked by pro-government thugs who remain unpunished or even protected by the government.
Among victims of assaults carried out by pro-government thugs are activists Le My Hanh and Trinh Dinh Hoa. Hanh was brutally beaten by thugs in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi while Mr. Hoa was assaulted once by Hanoi-based thugs.
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September 5, 2017
Armed Pro-government Thugs Threaten Catholic Priest, Followers in Southern Vietnam
by Nhan Quyen • Priest Nguyen Duy Tan
Defend the Defenders, September 05, 2017
On September 4, a group of around 20 pro-government thugs led by a man namely Nguyen Trong Nghia went to Tho Hoa pparish in Vietnam’s southern province of Dong Nai in a bid to attack Catholic priest Nguyen Duy Tan and local followers.
The group, armed with a gun and electronic batons, was detained by local followers who later called police and handed over the attackers to the local authorities.
In their written confession in presence of local police, Nghia and his partners said they came to threaten priest Tan because the father publicly defames late President Ho Chi Minh and calls for multi-party democracy.
Priest Tan has been a subject to the government’s harassments recently after he publicly criticizes the communist government for its bad socio-economic management and systemic corruption as well as poorly settlement of environmental pollution.
In April, when he visited the central province of Nghe An, local authorities sent a letter to the Vinh Diocese to ask the local Catholic church not to allow him to hold vigils for local followers after priest Tan and thousands of followers in Phu Yen parish held a peaceful demonstration on April 24 to protest the Quynh Luu district police for beating two followers and robbing their t-shirts, which showed “No-Formosa” slogans.
Priest Tan had criticized the ruling Communist Party and its government, encouraging local Catholic followers to participate in demonstrations which have caused “social disorder” and calling for not respecting the party’s leadership in the country, Nghe An province’s authorities said.
Meanwhile, a number of Vietnamese activists have been attacked by pro-government thugs who remain unpunished or even protected by the government.
Among victims of assaults carried out by pro-government thugs are activists Le My Hanh and Trinh Dinh Hoa. Hanh was brutally beaten by thugs in Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi while Mr. Hoa was assaulted once by Hanoi-based thugs.