Vietnam: Anti-corruption Activist arrested
Event- Country
- Viet Nam
- Initial Date
- Mar 9, 2019
- Event Description
Authorities in Vietnam's northern province of Yen Bai have arrested a local anti-corruption activist named Tran Dinh Sang and charged him with"Resisting a law enforcement officer in performance of his/her official duties" under Article 330 in the country's 2015 Penal Code. Mr. Sang, 39, is one of Facebookers covering bribery of trafic police and activities against corruption related to the arbitrary placement of tollboothson national highwayson his account "Tran Dinh Sang and his friends." According to the state media, police went to Mr. Sang's private residence in Yen Bai city in early morning of April 9 to detain him and searched his house. Police declared that Sang will be held in next three months for investigation for his activities on March 23. The state media also said in the evening of March 23, when a patrol unit of the Yen Bai city's Mobile police was carrying out regular checking and imposing administrative fines on some violators, Sang stopped his car and filmed the police's activities. The two sides held quarrel as the policemen requested Sang to stop filming while Sang insisted that he has a right to observe and witness the police's activities as a citizen. The police patrol unit reported that Sang tried to attack one of police officers, however, no solid evidence was shown by the police side. According to Vietnam's 2015 Penal Code, Sang is facing imprisonment of between six months and seven years if is convicted.
- Impact of Event
- 1
- Gender of HRD
- Man
- Violation
- (Arbitrary) Arrest and Detention
- Judicial Harassment
- Rights Concerned
- Right to information
- HRD
- RTI activist
- Perpetrator-State
- Government
- Police
- Source
- Monitoring Status
- Pending
- Event Location
Latitude: 14.058324
Longitude: 108.277199
- Event Location
- Summary for Publications
On 9 March 2019, Tran Dinh Sang, anti-corruption activist was arrested.