By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 24, 2015
Vietnamese reporter named Tong Van Dat of the Tuoi Tre Thu Do newspaper, who was beaten by Hanoi policemen after filming their working session, has been rejected by his employer, state media reported Tuesday.
In her statement sent to state agencies and media on June 20, Tran Thi Hong Khiem, editor-in-chief of the newspaper, said Mr. Dat is not a reporter of her agency but a new comer and still under a three-month probation period.
Ms. Khiem also rejected to have sent Mr. Dat to Ha Dong district to cover news about on-duty policemen, saying Mr. Dat’s filming of traffic policemen was his own action.
The state media reported that on June 18, Mr. Dat was brutally beaten by policemen and other individuals under civil clothes when he tried to film a group of policemen who were checking traffic in Van Quan street in Ha Dong district.
Mr. Dat said when he was filming with camera, one policeman came to attack him. Another person, looks like a criminal joined and the two brought the reporter into a car and beat him.
The incident attracted many people who used cell phones to record bleeding Mr. Dat with a number of severe injuries.
Ms. Khiem also said she will discipline Mr. Dat for claiming to be a reporter of her newspaper. She also asked authorities to investigate whether the reporter was on duty or just personal disputes with policemen.
Dat is not the first Vietnamese reporter beaten by policemen. On April 24, two reporters of the national Vietnam Voice Radio were brutally beaten by Hung Yen policemen when the journalists covered news on a land seizure in Van Giang for Ecopark urban area development.
Vietnam has over 800 newspapers and hundreds of television channels and radio, all are under close supervision of the communist party’s propaganda agency and the Ministry of Information and Communication.
Many reporters on bribery and corruption have been attacked. On June 8, two journalists of Giao Thong Van Tai newspaper were beaten by mobs in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam’s traffic policemen nationwide have received criticisms for taking bribery from traffic regulations’ violators.
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June 24, 2015
Beaten by Police, Vietnamese Reporter Rejected by Employer
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
Ms. Khiem also rejected to have sent Mr. Dat to Ha Dong district to cover news about on-duty policemen, saying Mr. Dat’s filming of traffic policemen was his own action.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jun 24, 2015
Vietnamese reporter named Tong Van Dat of the Tuoi Tre Thu Do newspaper, who was beaten by Hanoi policemen after filming their working session, has been rejected by his employer, state media reported Tuesday.
In her statement sent to state agencies and media on June 20, Tran Thi Hong Khiem, editor-in-chief of the newspaper, said Mr. Dat is not a reporter of her agency but a new comer and still under a three-month probation period.
Ms. Khiem also rejected to have sent Mr. Dat to Ha Dong district to cover news about on-duty policemen, saying Mr. Dat’s filming of traffic policemen was his own action.
The state media reported that on June 18, Mr. Dat was brutally beaten by policemen and other individuals under civil clothes when he tried to film a group of policemen who were checking traffic in Van Quan street in Ha Dong district.
Mr. Dat said when he was filming with camera, one policeman came to attack him. Another person, looks like a criminal joined and the two brought the reporter into a car and beat him.
The incident attracted many people who used cell phones to record bleeding Mr. Dat with a number of severe injuries.
Ms. Khiem also said she will discipline Mr. Dat for claiming to be a reporter of her newspaper. She also asked authorities to investigate whether the reporter was on duty or just personal disputes with policemen.
Dat is not the first Vietnamese reporter beaten by policemen. On April 24, two reporters of the national Vietnam Voice Radio were brutally beaten by Hung Yen policemen when the journalists covered news on a land seizure in Van Giang for Ecopark urban area development.
Vietnam has over 800 newspapers and hundreds of television channels and radio, all are under close supervision of the communist party’s propaganda agency and the Ministry of Information and Communication.
Many reporters on bribery and corruption have been attacked. On June 8, two journalists of Giao Thong Van Tai newspaper were beaten by mobs in Ho Chi Minh City.
Vietnam’s traffic policemen nationwide have received criticisms for taking bribery from traffic regulations’ violators.