The Police headquarter in District 11 where Mr. V was said to commit suicide
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jul 18, 2015
Rising police harassments have been recorded in many places in Vietnam, with one more death occurring in a police station in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in theSoutheast Asia communist nation.
Mrs. N. T. H. L., the wife of Mr. H.A.V. on July 16 dialed to her husband’s cell phone and a man told her to go to Cho Ray Hospital immediately. Arriving in the hospital, she was informed that her husband died already.
Police told that her husband, Mr. V., born in 1981, went to the police headquarter in District 11, and jumped down from the third floor. The police said they are investigating the case.
Mr. V. has become the 6th person found dead in police stations so far this year.
Mrs. Nguyen Hong Luong in Dien Bien ward, Ba Dinh district in the capital city, Phan Duc Dat, 32, from Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Nguyen Duc Duan, 33, from Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province, and Do Van Binh, 18, in the central province of Quang Nam died in local police stations earlier this year. In Mrs. Luong case, police said she self burned in a toilet of the ward police building while in other cases, the victims were held in detention cells. Severe injuries were found in victims’ bodies.
In addition, a number of victims had been hospitalized in critical health conditions after being tortured by police officers, state media reported.
After being released from the Binh Kieu commune’s police office in Khoai Chau district in the northern province of Hung Yen on June 15 this year, Phan Van Doi felt dizzy, state media reported, adding that his face was deformed with numerous injuries.
Earlier on the same day, Mr. Doi was invited by the communal police to their office to work. At 2.00 PM, he came to the police office, thinking that they will settle disputes between his family and the neighbor. Then two plainclothes men appeared, brought him to a closed room and forced him to report the disputes. They confiscated his cell phone and beat him brutally. Along with kicks and hits, they also used electrical baton to attack him
Pham Khac Chu, 44, from the neighbor province of Hai Duong, fell unconscious since June 6, one day after being detained by Thanh Ha district police and held in the district’s police detention facility. Mr. Chu, who was healthy at the moment of being arrested for allegedly stealing a smart phone according to Thanh Hai communal police Chief Nguyen Van Van, had been under special medical treatment in the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital. His health conditions were reportedly very bad and he was unlikely to recover, medical staff in the hospital said.
Mr. Chu in intensive care in Bach Mai Hospital
In the most recent case in Thuy Nguyen district in the northern city port of Haiphong on July 16, a group of seven-eight plainclothes individuals who selves declared policemen from the district, brutally attacked residents in An Son commune when villagers tried to block stone exploitation of Phuc Son Cement Production Co. Many houses and facilities in An Son have been broken due to the company’s works.
Among the beaten is Mrs. Nguyen Thi Huong, 33, who is in the 8th month of pregnancy. The self-claimed policemen kicked and hit her until other residents told them loudly that she is pregnant, according to Tuoi Tre newspaper. The medical test made later on the same day showed that Mrs. Huong had bleeding and may face birth miscarriage.
Pregnant Huong in hospital after being beaten by self-claimed policemen
Nguyen Huy Hoang, vice chairman of the Thuy Nguyen district’s People Committee said the local authorities had ordered the district police to send officers to settle disputes between residents in An Son commune and Phuc Son Co. while the company claimed that it did not hire thugs to attack protesting residents but reported the case to the district police.
Torture is a systemic problem in the communist-ruled Vietnam, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch while the Ministry of Public Security reported 226 deaths of detainees in police stations between October 2011 and September 2014.
The police said most of the deaths were caused by illness and suicides, however, families of many victims said they died from police torture.
Many deaths were recorded in communal police stations, triggering concerns among public. Many members of the Vietnamese legislative body National Assembly have voiced about the death of detainees, urging the Ministry of Public Security to take measures to halt the problem.
Advocating better respect of human rights for the arrested and detainees, many legislators, including Vice Chairwoman Le Thi Nga of the parliament’s Legal Committee, proposed granting the right to remain silent and the right to have lawyer during interrogation as well as video and audio recording during police’s questioning to prevent torture.
Many lawmakers suggested transferring the prisons and detention facilities, currently managed by the Ministry of Public Security to the Ministry of Justice.
In the communist-ruled Vietnam, the police have been granted endless power.
Height Insoles: Hi, I do believe this is an excellent site. I stumbledupon …
http://fishinglovers.net: Appreciate you sharing, great post.Thanks Again. Keep writi…
Achilles Pain causes: Every weekend i used to pay a quick visit this site, as i w…
July 18, 2015
Increasing Vietnamese Police Harassment against Civilians, One More Death in Police Station
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
The Police headquarter in District 11 where Mr. V was said to commit suicide
Mr. V. has become the 6th person found dead in police stations so far this year.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Jul 18, 2015
Rising police harassments have been recorded in many places in Vietnam, with one more death occurring in a police station in Ho Chi Minh City, the biggest economic hub in theSoutheast Asia communist nation.
Mrs. N. T. H. L., the wife of Mr. H.A.V. on July 16 dialed to her husband’s cell phone and a man told her to go to Cho Ray Hospital immediately. Arriving in the hospital, she was informed that her husband died already.
Police told that her husband, Mr. V., born in 1981, went to the police headquarter in District 11, and jumped down from the third floor. The police said they are investigating the case.
Mr. V. has become the 6th person found dead in police stations so far this year.
Mrs. Nguyen Hong Luong in Dien Bien ward, Ba Dinh district in the capital city, Phan Duc Dat, 32, from Da Lat city in the Central Highlands province of Lam Dong, Nguyen Duc Duan, 33, from Khoai Chau district, Hung Yen province, and Do Van Binh, 18, in the central province of Quang Nam died in local police stations earlier this year. In Mrs. Luong case, police said she self burned in a toilet of the ward police building while in other cases, the victims were held in detention cells. Severe injuries were found in victims’ bodies.
In addition, a number of victims had been hospitalized in critical health conditions after being tortured by police officers, state media reported.
After being released from the Binh Kieu commune’s police office in Khoai Chau district in the northern province of Hung Yen on June 15 this year, Phan Van Doi felt dizzy, state media reported, adding that his face was deformed with numerous injuries.
Earlier on the same day, Mr. Doi was invited by the communal police to their office to work. At 2.00 PM, he came to the police office, thinking that they will settle disputes between his family and the neighbor. Then two plainclothes men appeared, brought him to a closed room and forced him to report the disputes. They confiscated his cell phone and beat him brutally. Along with kicks and hits, they also used electrical baton to attack him
Pham Khac Chu, 44, from the neighbor province of Hai Duong, fell unconscious since June 6, one day after being detained by Thanh Ha district police and held in the district’s police detention facility. Mr. Chu, who was healthy at the moment of being arrested for allegedly stealing a smart phone according to Thanh Hai communal police Chief Nguyen Van Van, had been under special medical treatment in the Hanoi-based Bach Mai Hospital. His health conditions were reportedly very bad and he was unlikely to recover, medical staff in the hospital said.
Mr. Chu in intensive care in Bach Mai Hospital
In the most recent case in Thuy Nguyen district in the northern city port of Haiphong on July 16, a group of seven-eight plainclothes individuals who selves declared policemen from the district, brutally attacked residents in An Son commune when villagers tried to block stone exploitation of Phuc Son Cement Production Co. Many houses and facilities in An Son have been broken due to the company’s works.
Among the beaten is Mrs. Nguyen Thi Huong, 33, who is in the 8th month of pregnancy. The self-claimed policemen kicked and hit her until other residents told them loudly that she is pregnant, according to Tuoi Tre newspaper. The medical test made later on the same day showed that Mrs. Huong had bleeding and may face birth miscarriage.
Pregnant Huong in hospital after being beaten by self-claimed policemen
Nguyen Huy Hoang, vice chairman of the Thuy Nguyen district’s People Committee said the local authorities had ordered the district police to send officers to settle disputes between residents in An Son commune and Phuc Son Co. while the company claimed that it did not hire thugs to attack protesting residents but reported the case to the district police.
Torture is a systemic problem in the communist-ruled Vietnam, according to the New York-based Human Rights Watch while the Ministry of Public Security reported 226 deaths of detainees in police stations between October 2011 and September 2014.
The police said most of the deaths were caused by illness and suicides, however, families of many victims said they died from police torture.
Many deaths were recorded in communal police stations, triggering concerns among public. Many members of the Vietnamese legislative body National Assembly have voiced about the death of detainees, urging the Ministry of Public Security to take measures to halt the problem.
Advocating better respect of human rights for the arrested and detainees, many legislators, including Vice Chairwoman Le Thi Nga of the parliament’s Legal Committee, proposed granting the right to remain silent and the right to have lawyer during interrogation as well as video and audio recording during police’s questioning to prevent torture.
Many lawmakers suggested transferring the prisons and detention facilities, currently managed by the Ministry of Public Security to the Ministry of Justice.
In the communist-ruled Vietnam, the police have been granted endless power.