The compulsory recording must be included in the draft law on criminal procedure in a bid to enhance overseeing police interrogation, the Supreme People’s Procuracy said in its report sent to the country’s legislative body National Assembly.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 05, 2015 (Defend the Defenders)
Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy has proposed compulsory recording voice and video during interrogation in a bid to enhance transparency in crime investigation, state media reported.
The compulsory recording must be included in the draft law on criminal procedure in a bid to enhance overseeing police interrogation, the Supreme People’s Procuracy said in its report sent to the country’s legislative body National Assembly.
The regulation will also protect judicial officers, who abide by the law, the highest procuracy agency said.
The Supreme People’s Procuracy has also proposed that the new law on criminal procedure should enhance rights of arrested individuals, including right to remain silent, right not to make a statement or to confess guilty.
Earlier, the Ministry of Public Security said it will not agree to the compulsory recording during the interrogation, saying the move will cost for the state budget.
The proposal of the Supreme People’s Procuracy came after the public is very concerned about rampant miscarriage and unclear deaths of suspects in police station which are supposed to be caused by torture of investigation officers during interrogation.
Torture is systematic in the one-party Vietnam where the police forces are considered the main power to protect the regime.
According to the Ministry of Public Security, 226 detainees died in police detention facilities between October 2011 and September 2014.
Four people have been found dead in police stations so far this year.
The police argued that most of the deaths were caused by illness and suicides, however, families of the victims said they died from police torture.
Last year, Minister of Public Security admitted that 19 police officers have been fired for torturing suspects between 2011 and 2013. During the same period, 183 others were disciplined for violating investigative procedures and regulations through dismissal, demotion or reassignment.
According to a report on legal miscarriage, there are 46 denouncements against police officers on torture. In some cases, a group of five-seven police investigators participated in torture and coercions.
In 2014, Vietnam ratified the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
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May 5, 2015
Vietnam Procuracy Proposes Voice, Video Recording during Interrogation
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 05, 2015 (Defend the Defenders)
Vietnam’s Supreme People’s Procuracy has proposed compulsory recording voice and video during interrogation in a bid to enhance transparency in crime investigation, state media reported.
The compulsory recording must be included in the draft law on criminal procedure in a bid to enhance overseeing police interrogation, the Supreme People’s Procuracy said in its report sent to the country’s legislative body National Assembly.
The regulation will also protect judicial officers, who abide by the law, the highest procuracy agency said.
The Supreme People’s Procuracy has also proposed that the new law on criminal procedure should enhance rights of arrested individuals, including right to remain silent, right not to make a statement or to confess guilty.
Earlier, the Ministry of Public Security said it will not agree to the compulsory recording during the interrogation, saying the move will cost for the state budget.
The proposal of the Supreme People’s Procuracy came after the public is very concerned about rampant miscarriage and unclear deaths of suspects in police station which are supposed to be caused by torture of investigation officers during interrogation.
Torture is systematic in the one-party Vietnam where the police forces are considered the main power to protect the regime.
According to the Ministry of Public Security, 226 detainees died in police detention facilities between October 2011 and September 2014.
Four people have been found dead in police stations so far this year.
The police argued that most of the deaths were caused by illness and suicides, however, families of the victims said they died from police torture.
Last year, Minister of Public Security admitted that 19 police officers have been fired for torturing suspects between 2011 and 2013. During the same period, 183 others were disciplined for violating investigative procedures and regulations through dismissal, demotion or reassignment.
According to a report on legal miscarriage, there are 46 denouncements against police officers on torture. In some cases, a group of five-seven police investigators participated in torture and coercions.
In 2014, Vietnam ratified the Convention against Torture and other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.