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US calls on VN to release American citizen arrested in protests
2018-06-15 21:28:49
Observer network
The British "Guardian" reported on June 15 that an American-Vietnamese citizen was arrested for participating in a parade in Ho Chi Minh City. The U.S. foreign affairs department is aware of this matter and takes action.
The arrested person named Will Nguyen, 32, from Houston, Texas, is currently studying in Singapore. He was arrested by the police after he participated in a protest march in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10.
According to eyewitnesses and surveillance videos, Yingying was bleeding from the head and was dragged away by the plainclothes police. He is currently being detained for "disturbing public security," but has not been charged.
Family and friends claimed that the only British student was a Vietnamese American who happened to be looking for a post-graduation residence in Ho Chi Minh City. He watched the protest march out of interest and there was no political appeal.
阮 Yingying's Twitter homepage, the last tweet for the June 10 protest scene
Mary-Alice Daniel, the alumni of Yale University, is currently coordinating for him.
She said, "There are very few protests in Vietnam. The only thing that happened to him on the day was because he saw this as a form of civil participation. He did support this kind of activity."
“He was on the scene because he supported the Vietnamese people. He did not have political aspirations or ideology. None of the participants at the time presented evidence that he had any form of misconduct. He did nothing except peaceful protests. But he Unfortunately, in the crowd it happened that he was selected to take away."
Danielle believes that the Vietnamese police do not know that senior citizens are only American nationals.
Le Thi Thu Hang, a spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, denied having used violence against Ms. Ying.
Pope Thrower, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, said that the embassy has been informed of the arrest but declined to comment further.
“When a U.S. citizen is detained overseas, the U.S. Department of State will make every effort to provide appropriate consular assistance. We will not comment further on confidentiality concerns.”
According to a report by Yaledailynews.com on the 14th, Ms. Yingying is a descendant of Vietnamese refugees who studied at Davenport College of Yale University and majored in East Asian studies. Now he is a graduate student of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. I received a master's degree in July this year.
Danielle and Ms. Yingying, who are alumni of Yale University, have already published information on the Yale University Alumni Facebook page and joined other supporters in lobbying for pressure from American politicians.
They have contacted several American members such as Richard Blumenthal, John Culberson, and Chris Murphy on the 14th.
Observer Network reported previously that the fuse of the protest marches in various parts of Vietnam on June 10th and 11th was part of the "Law of the Special Administrative Units for Yuntun, Beiyunfeng and the Welfare of the People's Republic of China" to be reviewed recently by the Vietnamese National Assembly. The draft plans to add three special economic zones and proposes "allowing leases for a period of up to 99 years." Many people took to the streets to protest against the government's "renting land to China for 99 years."
However, the Vietnamese National Assembly voted again on the 11th, not only postponing the vote on the relevant draft until the end of the year, but also canceling the relevant content of the “allowed leases for 99 years”.
There may be protests this weekend
However, Vietnam’s official compromise may not always be effective.
The British "Guardian" also mentioned in the report that more protests may take place this weekend. The main appeal is to protest the new "Network Security Law" passed by the Vietnamese National Assembly.
The Guardian claimed that this was also one of the demands of the protests last week. The law required Google, Facebook, and other companies to store user data in Vietnam and open offices in the country. People are worried that this will lead to more cyber censorship, and Vietnam has set up cyber forces to counter the “wrongdoing” on the Internet.
At the time of the protests last weekend, some activists who were conducting tandem and live on social networks are still active. They have quoted articles from the New York Times, the Financial Times, Reuters and other media that have been intensively published and pointed their finger at the spearhead. The "Network Security Law", these reports said that the law impedes the freedom of the Internet and speech and will hinder the economic development of Vietnam.
2018-06-15 21:28:49
Observer network
The British "Guardian" reported on June 15 that an American-Vietnamese citizen was arrested for participating in a parade in Ho Chi Minh City. The U.S. foreign affairs department is aware of this matter and takes action.
The arrested person named Will Nguyen, 32, from Houston, Texas, is currently studying in Singapore. He was arrested by the police after he participated in a protest march in Ho Chi Minh City on June 10.
According to eyewitnesses and surveillance videos, Yingying was bleeding from the head and was dragged away by the plainclothes police. He is currently being detained for "disturbing public security," but has not been charged.
Family and friends claimed that the only British student was a Vietnamese American who happened to be looking for a post-graduation residence in Ho Chi Minh City. He watched the protest march out of interest and there was no political appeal.
阮 Yingying's Twitter homepage, the last tweet for the June 10 protest scene
Mary-Alice Daniel, the alumni of Yale University, is currently coordinating for him.
She said, "There are very few protests in Vietnam. The only thing that happened to him on the day was because he saw this as a form of civil participation. He did support this kind of activity."
“He was on the scene because he supported the Vietnamese people. He did not have political aspirations or ideology. None of the participants at the time presented evidence that he had any form of misconduct. He did nothing except peaceful protests. But he Unfortunately, in the crowd it happened that he was selected to take away."
Danielle believes that the Vietnamese police do not know that senior citizens are only American nationals.
Le Thi Thu Hang, a spokesperson for the Vietnamese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, denied having used violence against Ms. Ying.
Pope Thrower, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy, said that the embassy has been informed of the arrest but declined to comment further.
“When a U.S. citizen is detained overseas, the U.S. Department of State will make every effort to provide appropriate consular assistance. We will not comment further on confidentiality concerns.”
According to a report by Yaledailynews.com on the 14th, Ms. Yingying is a descendant of Vietnamese refugees who studied at Davenport College of Yale University and majored in East Asian studies. Now he is a graduate student of the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy at the National University of Singapore. I received a master's degree in July this year.
Danielle and Ms. Yingying, who are alumni of Yale University, have already published information on the Yale University Alumni Facebook page and joined other supporters in lobbying for pressure from American politicians.
They have contacted several American members such as Richard Blumenthal, John Culberson, and Chris Murphy on the 14th.
Observer Network reported previously that the fuse of the protest marches in various parts of Vietnam on June 10th and 11th was part of the "Law of the Special Administrative Units for Yuntun, Beiyunfeng and the Welfare of the People's Republic of China" to be reviewed recently by the Vietnamese National Assembly. The draft plans to add three special economic zones and proposes "allowing leases for a period of up to 99 years." Many people took to the streets to protest against the government's "renting land to China for 99 years."
However, the Vietnamese National Assembly voted again on the 11th, not only postponing the vote on the relevant draft until the end of the year, but also canceling the relevant content of the “allowed leases for 99 years”.
There may be protests this weekend
However, Vietnam’s official compromise may not always be effective.
The British "Guardian" also mentioned in the report that more protests may take place this weekend. The main appeal is to protest the new "Network Security Law" passed by the Vietnamese National Assembly.
The Guardian claimed that this was also one of the demands of the protests last week. The law required Google, Facebook, and other companies to store user data in Vietnam and open offices in the country. People are worried that this will lead to more cyber censorship, and Vietnam has set up cyber forces to counter the “wrongdoing” on the Internet.
At the time of the protests last weekend, some activists who were conducting tandem and live on social networks are still active. They have quoted articles from the New York Times, the Financial Times, Reuters and other media that have been intensively published and pointed their finger at the spearhead. The "Network Security Law", these reports said that the law impedes the freedom of the Internet and speech and will hinder the economic development of Vietnam.
