Despite having gained a seat at the Human Rights Council of the United
Nations, and despite having pledged strict adherence to the rules and
regulations of the Council regarding human rights, Viet Nam continues to
harass its citizens and especially its dissidents for voicing their
thoughts on social media such as Facebook.
On one hand the Communist government secretly allows as many as 80 thousands "opinion shaping" cyber
police to follow, harass, threaten and report the Facebook accounts of
all those who dare tell the truth about the regime, to try to shut down
their activities. On the other hand it summons dissidents living in Viet
Nam to the police department to question them on the use of such
personal account. This is a scaring tactic used to mentally terrorize
the people into silence.
Below is the summoning letter received by Mr Dinh Nhat Uy, who was
already jailed for a short time in the past for using Facebook to talk
about what is really going on behind closed doors in this one party
authoritarian country.
THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Independence – Freedom – Happiness
* * *
Long An, 18th July 2014
SUMMONS
Summoning Mr/Mrs : Dinh Nhat Uy
Residential address (or place of work) Number 584 highway 62, ward 6, Tan An city, Long An province.
At exactly 8 am on the 22nd July 2014 to be present at the Security
Investigation Office of Long An Police Department (address: Number 76
Chau Van Giac, ward 4, Tan An city) to answer questions on the use of a
personal account on Facebook.
To bring along this summoning letter and see Investigating Officer Nguyen Van Hon.
We require Mr/ Mrs Dinh Nhat Uy be present at the indicated time and place above.
Deputy Chief of the Security Investigation Office
Colonel Nguyen Thanh Son
Mr Dinh Nhat Uy and his family has spoken out about this treatment from
the Vietnamese government, saying that this is the most blatant form of
violation of the freedom of speech.
A day before receiving this summoning letter, Mr Dinh Nhat Uy 's
personal Facebook account was mass reported by the cyber police
mentioned above and was temporarily locked down by Facebook 's automated
program, designed to handle a large number of reports, but has been
used as a technical loophole by the cyber police to attack those they
want to shut up.
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