Newspapers and lawyers, including a former Chief of Police of Ho Chi
Minh city, raised big concerns over the legitimacy of various evidences
presented in court, including the murder weapons, which were bought new
and added some 5 months after the murder to the exhibitions.
It is believed that the police actually fabricated many of the
evidences. It was also believed that this young man, Ho Duy Hai, was put
to death to protect the real culprit: the son of a high ranking
official. The case has now been reported to the Amnesty International
and the European Union, as all attempts to appeal the possibly wrong
death sentence had been turned down by the Vietnamese authorities .
On the 29 Nov 2014, Mrs Loan, the mother of Ho Duy Hai, the man due to
be executed soon, went to the Supreme Court in Ha Noi to try to protest
his innocence. She had done this in despair over 7 years long but no one
wanted to hear her. Again here, she was refused attendance and was not
even allowed past the gate. As Mrs Loan desperately held the banner
saying her son is innocent to the rails of the gate, a security guard in
plain clothes came out to chase her away and tried to grab the banner
from her, causing her to fall to the ground.
Mr Truong Van Dung, a friend of Mrs Loan, was filming the scene when a
young man, known to be the Leader of Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union,
the Editor of Viet Vision and a medical student turned up on his
motorbike. His name is Minh Anh Do (the one wearing glasses). He is a
well known face at any demonstration of the people, always taking the
stance to protect the Communist Party and abusing the pro democrats.
Minh Anh Do drove right up to Mr Truong Van Dung and started to verbally
abuse him, raving the engine to intimidate and pointing a finger at his
face. He loudly declared that since his parents were communists his
only interest is to protect the regime, and anyone asking for democracy
is his enemy. He then raved the engine some more and pushed forwards,
trying to run Mr Truong over, forcing him to take several steps back and
was unable to continue filming what was happening to Mrs Loan at the
time. Anh Minh Do then hit Mr Truong on the head, knocked his hat off
and tried to grab the camera.
The whole thing happened right in front of the Supreme Court, in plain
view of several policemen guarding the gates, who no doubt had heard
everything, yet turned a blind eye. How and why would Vietnamese police
allow such criminal treatments of the innocent people right in front of
the building of Laws? Are they the one backing these " youths " in
abusing anyone who dares fight for justice and human rights?
Furthermore, later on the same day, Minh Anh Do used his Facebook
account to rave about this "victory" and threaten anyone who dares speak
against the Communist Party that he will not hesitate to beat him or
her up.
If the Vietnamese government respects its own laws and respects the
various agreements it had signed on Humans Rights with the United
Nations, then it can not and should not allow the leader of the Ho Chi
Minh Youth Union, an organization run by the government, supposedly to
train the elites of the young people of Viet Nam, to so blatantly break
the laws right in the middle of Ha Noi like that.
Such a behavior would never be tolerated in a Western free and
democratic country, it would be condemned and prosecuted. Vietnamese
police should not allow this to happen again. It will only bring shame
to the regime and to the country.
Please see the entire video clip below on Youtube.
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