It is likely that the Thai Royal Police have started their investigation of the missing case of Vietnamese blogger Duong Van Thai who has been in Thailand since February 2019 as a political refugee.
Representatives of the Thai Royal Police have contacted Ms. Grace Bui, a Vietnamese American who works as a human rights defender in Thailand for many years, to collect information about the disappearance of the Vietnamese refugee who often conducts live streams on Facebook and Youtube to talk about leaked information of Vietnam’s senior leaders and their corruption as well as businesses with economic groups.
Ms. Bui and several Vietnamese refugees are reportedly tracing the footage of Mr. Thai who was likely kidnapped by Vietnam’s secret police on April 13.
For more details on Duong Van Thai’s case, please visit:
On April 21, The Project 88 launched a report titled “Weaponlizing the law to prosecute the Vietnamese four” saying four environmental activists named Nguy Thi Khanh, Dang Dinh Bach, Mai Phan Loi, and Bach Hong Duong in Vietnam are in prison for “tax evasion.” But that is not the real reason. They were close associates working on a campaign to reduce Vietnam’s reliance on coal, and they were trying to build a civil society movement. Three of them had created nongovernmental organizations and the fourth created an independent online video channel. All pressed for change under Vietnam’s authoritarian state.
Police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have completed their investigation against college lecturer Dang Dang Phuoc and sent the investigation results to the province’s Procuracy with proposal to prosecute him on allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” per Clause 1 of Article 117 of the Criminal Code with imprisonment of between five and 12 years if convicted.
Mr. Phuoc, 60, was arrested on September 8 last year for his online activities criticizing Vietnam’s regime on various fields, including human rights, environment, corruption, and weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the South China Sea.
Police in the central city of Danang also wrapped their investigation against Bui Tuan Lam on the same accusation. The investigation results have been sent to the city’s Procuracy for prosecution. Lam was arrested on September 7 last year.
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April 24, 2023
Vietnam Defend the Defenders’ Weekly Report for April 17-23, 2023: Thai Police Likely Start Investigation of Vietnamese Blogger Duong Van Thai’s Disappearance
by Defend the Defenders • [Human Rights] • Tags: Defenders' Weekly
Defend the Defenders | April 23, 2023
It is likely that the Thai Royal Police have started their investigation of the missing case of Vietnamese blogger Duong Van Thai who has been in Thailand since February 2019 as a political refugee.
Representatives of the Thai Royal Police have contacted Ms. Grace Bui, a Vietnamese American who works as a human rights defender in Thailand for many years, to collect information about the disappearance of the Vietnamese refugee who often conducts live streams on Facebook and Youtube to talk about leaked information of Vietnam’s senior leaders and their corruption as well as businesses with economic groups.
Ms. Bui and several Vietnamese refugees are reportedly tracing the footage of Mr. Thai who was likely kidnapped by Vietnam’s secret police on April 13.
For more details on Duong Van Thai’s case, please visit:
Thai police, Vietnamese activists gather clues on blogger’s disappearance
Friends say it’s likely Vietnamese blogger was abducted from Bangkok
Video shows Vietnam blogger leaving his Bangkok home for the last time
Vietnamese police confirm missing blogger is in their custody
International reaction:
Vietnam accused of abducting blogger from Thailand, The Bangkok Post
Vietnamese Blogger Reportedly Kidnapped in Bangkok, The Diplomat
Journalist Duong Van Thai arrested in Vietnam after disappearing in Thailand, CPJ
Vietnam: Concerns for Vietnamese journalist after abduction, IFJ
On April 21, The Project 88 launched a report titled “Weaponlizing the law to prosecute the Vietnamese four” saying four environmental activists named Nguy Thi Khanh, Dang Dinh Bach, Mai Phan Loi, and Bach Hong Duong in Vietnam are in prison for “tax evasion.” But that is not the real reason. They were close associates working on a campaign to reduce Vietnam’s reliance on coal, and they were trying to build a civil society movement. Three of them had created nongovernmental organizations and the fourth created an independent online video channel. All pressed for change under Vietnam’s authoritarian state.
For full report: https://the88project.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Weaponizing-the-law-report-Project-88-ENG.pdf
Police in the Central Highlands province of Dak Lak have completed their investigation against college lecturer Dang Dang Phuoc and sent the investigation results to the province’s Procuracy with proposal to prosecute him on allegation of “conducting anti-state propaganda” per Clause 1 of Article 117 of the Criminal Code with imprisonment of between five and 12 years if convicted.
Mr. Phuoc, 60, was arrested on September 8 last year for his online activities criticizing Vietnam’s regime on various fields, including human rights, environment, corruption, and weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the South China Sea.
Police in the central city of Danang also wrapped their investigation against Bui Tuan Lam on the same accusation. The investigation results have been sent to the city’s Procuracy for prosecution. Lam was arrested on September 7 last year.
Ahead of the Vietnam-Australia Annual Human Rights Dialogue, Human Right Watch calls on the Australian government to press Vietnam on poor rights record: https://www.hrw.org/news/2023/04/20/australia-press-vietnam-poor-rights-record