Vietnam: police in pursuit of three lawyers representing persecuted Buddhist group
Event- Country
- Viet Nam
- Initial Date
- Jun 12, 2023
- Event Description
Three lawyers Nguyen Van Mien, Dao Kim Lan and Dang Dinh Manh defending the defendants in the Bong Lai Pure House case are being tracked by the Long An Provincial Public Security Bureau.
On the morning of June 12, the Investigation Police Agency of Long An Province Police said that this unit has just decided to search for three lawyers, Nguyen Van Mien (57 years old), Dao Kim Lan (56 years old), Dang Dinh Manh (Korea). 55 years old, same in HCMC). These three people participated in the defense of Mr. Le Tung Van and other defendants in the case that occurred in Tinh That Bong Lai.
According to the police of Long An province, based on the notice of the Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention (Ministry of Public Security), this unit has had 3 summons to deal with crime reports. but all 3 were absent, no reason for absence was announced.
The police of the ward where the lawyers live said that they were not present in the locality and had not yet determined their temporary residence.
Accordingly, three lawyers are suspected of spreading acts of dissemination on the internet through clips, images, words and articles showing signs of abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, the rights and interests of the State. legitimate interests of organizations and individuals.
According to the allegation, the group of people living in Tinh That Bong Lai was directed by Mr. Le Tung Van to post articles and clips on social networks Facebook and Youtube, containing false, fabricated and distorted information. This is to propagate and incite to offend the reputation of the Duc Hoa District Police, to offend Buddhism.
The evidence in the case is 5 clips that have been publicly posted on 2 Youtube channels created, managed and used by a group of people in Tinh That Bong Lai.
On November 3, 2022, the appellate court sentenced the defendants in Bong Lai Tinh That to the first-instance judgment. Accordingly, defendant Le Tung Van (90 years old), who played the role of mastermind, was sentenced to 5 years in prison. The remaining 5 defendants received 3-4 years in prison.
- Impact of Event
- 3
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Freedom of expression
- Offline
- Freedom of expression
- HRD
- Lawyer
- Perpetrator-State
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 10.817443363309525
Longitude: 106.45640016520397
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 12 June 2023, Nguyen Van Mien, Dao Kim Lan, and Dang Dinh Manh, human rights lawyers who represents the persecuted Buddhist group Tinh That Bong Lai, were pursued by the police in Long An, Vietnam.