Overdue Detention Rampant in HCM City: Procuracy

by Defend the Defenders, June 9, 2017

Overdue detention is rampant in Ho Chi Minh City as 452 people are kept in police custody for over 12 months without being tried or freed, said the city’s People’s Procuracy.

As of May 31, there are seven people are still in detention while the investigation period for their cases ran out, the Procuracy said.

The People’s Procuracy in the city said the city still holds 6,143 people in detention.

Doan Ta Cuu Long, head of the city’s People’s Procuracy said in many cases, the police investigation agency, People’s Court and the People’s Procuracy do not agree as the police insist criminal acts while the other two agencies say no or just civil relations.