International news about Lam Dong's trial
(From left): Duong Au, Phung Quang Quyen, Truong Van Kim, Truong Thi Tam
Vietnam jails four for links with banned party
Friday, April 23, 2010 03:17 WIB | International |
Hanoi (ANTARA News/AFP) - Vietnam has jailed four people it accused of associating with a banned opposition party and opposing the communist regime, official media said Thursday.
The three men and one woman were given sentences of between three and five years by a court in the central province of Lam Dong on Tuesday.
They were accused of having links with the Party for the People, which is banned in the one-party state, the Tin Tuc and Cong An Nhan Dan newspapers reported.
The four were identified as Duong Au, Phung Quang Quyen, Truong Van Kim and Truong Thi Tam.
The authorities accused the group of meeting Party for the People leaders in Cambodia and of actively opposing Vietnamese state policies, including those concerning controversial bauxite mines.
The mining ventures in Vietnam`s central highlands, which include Lam Dong, are a highly sensitive issue in the communist nation.
Vietnamese scientists, intellectuals and some in the army have denounced the government in recent months for having authorised Chinese involvement in the project, which they say threatens national sovereignty and the environment.
Human rights groups and foreign diplomats have expressed concern over the rights situation in Vietnam, where at least 20 activists have been jailed since October. (*)
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Vietnam jails four for links with banned party
Vietnam has jailed four people it accused of associating with a banned opposition party and opposing the communist regime, official media said Thursday.
The three men and one woman were given sentences of between three and five years by a court in the central province of Lam Dong on Tuesday.
They were accused of having links with the Party for the People, which is banned in the one-party state, the Tin Tuc and Cong An Nhan Dan newspapers reported.
The four were identified as Duong Au, Phung Quang Quyen, Truong Van Kim and Truong Thi Tam.
The authorities accused the group of meeting Party for the People leaders in Cambodia and of actively opposing Vietnamese state policies, including those concerning controversial bauxite mines.
The mining ventures in Vietnam's central highlands, which include Lam Dong, are a highly sensitive issue in the communist nation.
Vietnamese scientists, intellectuals and some in the army have denounced the government in recent months for having authorised Chinese involvement in the project, which they say threatens national sovereignty and the environment.
Human rights groups and foreign diplomats have expressed concern over the rights situation in Vietnam, where at least 20 activists have been jailed since October.
Vietnam jails four for links with banned party
Vietnam has jailed four people it accused of associating with a banned opposition party and opposing the communist regime, official media said Thursday.
The three men and one woman were given sentences of between three and five years by a court in the central province of Lam Dong on Tuesday.
They were accused of having links with the Party for the People, which is banned in the one-party state, the Tin Tuc and Cong An Nhan Dan newspapers reported.
The four were identified as Duong Au, Phung Quang Quyen, Truong Van Kim and Truong Thi Tam.
The authorities accused the group of meeting Party for the People leaders in Cambodia and of actively opposing Vietnamese state policies, including those concerning controversial bauxite mines.
The mining ventures in Vietnam's central highlands, which include Lam Dong, are a highly sensitive issue in the communist nation.
Vietnamese scientists, intellectuals and some in the army have denounced the government in recent months for having authorised Chinese involvement in the project, which they say threatens national sovereignty and the environment.
Human rights groups and foreign diplomats have expressed concern over the rights situation in Vietnam, where at least 20 activists have been jailed since October.
(Source: AFA)
http://www.rnw.nl/international-justice/article/vietnam-jails-four-links-banned-party-0
Vietnam Penjarakan Empat Orang
HANOI, KOMPAS.com - Vietnam menjatuhkan hukuman penjara kepada empat orang karena dituduh bergabung dengan partai oposisi terlarang dan menentang rezim komunis, kata pejabat media, Kamis (22/4/2010).
Tiga laki-laki dan seorang perempuan telah dijatuhi hukuman antara tiga dan lima tahun oleh pengadilan di ibu kota provinsi Lam Dong, Vietnam tengah pada Selasa.
Mereka dituduh memiliki jaringan dengan Partai untuk Rakyat, yang dilarang di negara-partai-tunggal, surat kabar Tin Tuc dan Cong An Nhan Dan melaporkan, Kamis. Empat orang tersebut diidentifikasi bernama Duong Au, Phung Quang Quyen, Truong Van Kim, dan Truong Thi Tam.
Pihak berwenang menuduh kelompok itu bertemu dengan para pemimpin Partai untuk Rakyat di Kamboja dan secara aktif menentang kebijakan-kebijakan negara Vietnam, termasuk menyangkut tambang bauksit yang kontroversial. Perdagangan tambang di dataran tinggi Vietnam tengah, yang mencakup Lam Dong, merupakan isu yang sangat sensitif di negara komunis itu.
Para ilmuwan dan intelektual Vietnam, sejumlah orang di angkatan darat mengeritik pemerintah dalam beberapa bulan terakhir menyangkut pemberian kuasa terhadap keterlibatan China dalam projek pertambangan tersebut, yang mereka katakan mengancam kedaulatan nasional dan lingkungan.
Kelompok-kelompok pegiat hak asasi manusia (HAM) dan para diplomat asing menyatakan prihatin atas kondisi HAM di Vietnam, tempat sedikitnya 20 aktivis dipenjara sejak Oktober tahun lalu.
http://internasional.kompas.com/read/2010/04/22/19264878/Vietnam.Penjarakan.Empat.Orang