HUỲNH Xuân Thạch

Age:

35

Injuries:

A 7-centimeter deep cut on forehead

Heavy blood loss

Strongly emotional distress

Residence:

Thạch Kiều hamlet

Tam Xuân 2 village

Núi Thành district

Quảng Nam province

Relatives:

Mrs ĐỖ Thị Lựu: 31, wife

Date occurred:

April 15, 2015

Hospital:

Bệnh viện Đa khoa hospital

Quảng Nam province

Arrived around noon time April 15

Accusation:

Resisting law enforcement officers

Responsible police station:

Núi Thành district police

Incident:

In a working session with police, they held Mr Thạch's head and hitting twice to the glass-surface table, causing serious injuries. He was treated at Bệnh viện Đa khoa hospital.

On April 15, around 7:00AM, Mrs Lựu, while watching her water buffalos, saw district policemen and strangers showed up to inspect her family truck. They suspected the truck was used for hauling woods on the black market and wanted to impound it. She tried to stop and a struggle followed. She was escorted to Tam Xuân 2 village gov office for a working session because resisting law enforcement officers.

Around 11:00AM, after issuing the truck impounding paper, Mr Thạch was asked to report to Núi Thành district police office for interrogating on trafficking woods illegally.

According to Mr Thạch, while working with the police, they forcefully knocked his head twice on the glass-surface table. The first time it caused the glass cracked, the second time the glass broke and cut into his forehead, blood came out all over. About 10 minutes later, police took him to the hospital.

Police major PHẠM Minh Quang, Deputy Chief of Núi Thành district police, said Thạch was self knocking his head to the table.

Blogger's Comment:

According to Vietnam's Security Department's Report in Mar 2015: From Jan 10, 2011 to Sept 30, 2014, there are 226 peoples died in temporary police transitional cells.

Originated from the brutal force, the regime has designed the police CULTURE of beating at first sign and torture. This culture has to be changed.

Link:

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PHAN Đức Đạt

Status:

Died while in police prison

Died on:

April 12, 2015

Around 1:00PM

Occurred date:

December 29, 2014.

Age:

32

Residence:

Phạm Hồng Thái street

Precinct 10

Đà Lạt city

Lâm Đồng province

Family:

HỒ Thị Kim Quyên, wife, 27

ĐOÀN Thị Chè, mother

PHAN Tiến Vũ, older brother

Responsible Police Station:

Chí Hòa prison

Hồ Chí Minh city

Arrest reason:

Resist the law enforcement officers

Incident:

On April 12, 2015, around 5:00PM, Mrs HỒ Thị Kim Quyên, the victim's wife, and Mrs ĐOÀN Thị Chè, the victim's mother, received a telephone call from Mr BÙI Văn Đàm, the investigator of Hồ Chí Minh city police, notified that Mr Đạt died from respiratory problem.

On April 13 evening, colonel NGUYỄN Sỹ Quang, police's spokesman, announced his death.

According to the notification letter signed by colonel NGUYỄN Văn Em, Deputy Director of the prison, stated that Mr Đạt died around 1:00PM in Trưng Vương hospital and the cause of death was unclear.

According the death certificate issued by Dr CAO Tấn Phước, Deputy Director of the hospital, Mr Đạt was dead on arrival, around 1:28PM, in the emergency room.

According to Mrs Chè, in the morning of April 13, two policewomen named H. and N. met her at the hospital's corpse storage to persuade her to bring him home for burying, skip doing the autopsy, the family refused. Upon the autopsy, they saw foam, blood and food in the throat, blood in the left chest, three chest bones no. 3, 4, and 5 broken, the lungs swollen.

Mr Đạt was one of two detainers accused of resisting the law enforcement officers, in a struggle between his group and the police team of Bình Chiểu precinct, Thủ Đức district on December 29, 2014.

According to the police report, his group attacked the police team in Đầu Mối Market of Thủ Đức, the police shot them, hitting 2 persons, Mr BÙI Văn Mạnh died at the scene and Mr Đạt was injured in the thigh.

Đạt and his friend TRẦN Anh Hùng were arrested on December 30, 2014 and prosecuted. They were moved to Chí Hòa prison on January 23, 2015.

Colonel Quang said Mr Đạt developed respiratory problem around 10:00AM on April 12, they brought him to the prison's medical emergency, then to Trưng Vương Emergency Hospital and he died at the later.

Blogger's Comment:

According to Vietnam's Security Department's Report in Mar 2015: From Jan 10, 2011 to Sept 30, 2014, there are 226 persons died in temporary police transitional cells.

Originated from the brutal force, the regime has designed the police CULTURE of beating at first sign and torture. This culture has to be changed.

Links:

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Photos:

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ĐỖ Văn Bình

Status:

Died (police said hanging in jail cell)

April 14, 2014

Born:

1996

Residence:

Đại Hiệp village

Đại Lộc district

Quảng Nam province

Responsible police station:

Hòa Vang district police

Đà Nẵng city

Incident:

According to Hòa Vang district police, Bình involved with a 10-member group that held other person illegally.

In September 2013, Mr. VÕ Văn Chừng (born 1966, lives in Hòa Nhơn village, Hòa Vang district) lost a motorcycle. He suspected that the youths in the village stole it and asked Mr. NGUYỄN Quốc (born 1987, lives in Hòa Nhơn village)  to help him doing the "investigation".

Quốc invited 9 other people and Bình is one of them. The group at first suspected that NGUYỄN Văn Hoàng Nhân (born 1988, lives in Hòa Nhơn village) stole it, so many times they took Nhân to cemetery and other places, beat him for information. Scarily, Nhân lied to them that NGUYỄN Thành Vinh (born 1999, lives in Hòa Nhơn village) took it and sold for 11 millions $VN đồng.

The group was looking for Vinh, stop him many times, took him to remote location for beating. Knowing this, Hòa Vang district police intervened, investigated and finding them to arrest.

Bình tried to evade the arrest, escaped from the local. Police convinced Bình's family to persuade him to surface and report to them. On April 10, 2014 Bình's uncle took him to Hòa Vang district police for reporting. 

On April 13, 2014 the police inspector of Hòa Vang approved a detaining order for further interrogating. On April 14, he died and police said he committed suicide by hanging in jail cell.

In the buried permit issued to Bình's family, police stated that Bình's death and the reason is unclear.

The other fact is that upon Bình's death, Hòa Vang district police paid his family $35 million $VN đồng. The district people's opinion was that this is "to keep silence money".

Blogger's Comment:

According to Vietnam's Security Department's Report in Mar 2015: From Jan 10, 2011 to Sept 30, 2014, there are 226 persons died in temporary police transitional cells.

Originated from the brutal force, the regime has designed the police CULTURE of beating at first sign and torture. This culture has to be changed.

Link:

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HUỲNH Nhật Quang

Status:

Permanent injury 8%

Policeman Dũng shot Quang while he was handcuffed

Location of incident:

Cầu Đút area

Quốc Lộ 1A Highway 

Ấp 1 hamlet

Tắc Vân village

Cà Mau city

Cà Mau province

Causing harm agent:

DUƠNG Trí Dũng, Deputy police chief

Tắc Vân village police station

Court:

Cà Mau province court on April 8, 2015 tried Quang for resisting the government officer performing his duty. The court found Quang not guilty.

Incident:

At 12:00AM late night of February 4, 2013, Dũng and other policemen checked ID papers of Quang's friend due to not wearing hardhead while riding motorbike. Quang was riding nearby and stop to ask for letting his friend go but unsuccessfully. Policeman Dũng and team issued the ticket and left. Quang was unhappy and gave out some bad words, another policeman heard, he told Dũng, Dũng and the team turned back, they argued with Quang and handcuffed him, brought him to Tắc Vân village police station. At the station, Dũng shot Quang on the right face with rubber bullets, causing serious injury, had to go to the hospital emergency. Quang got 8% permanent injury. About little bit over one week later, Quang was prosecuted, temporary in custody for resisting the government officers on performing their duty.

Blogger's Comment:

According to Vietnam's Security Department's Report in Mar 2015: From Jan 10, 2011 to Sept 30, 2014, there are 226 persons died in temporary police transitional cells.

Originated from the brutal force, the regime has designed the police CULTURE of beating at first sign and torture. This culture has to be changed.

Link:

bit.ly/1DqQqe8

bit.ly/1aMlkD4

NGUYỄN Đức Duân

Status:

Died in police station

Personal Information:

Born 1982

Live in Khoái Châu district

Hưng Yên province

Place causing harm:

Khoái Châu District Police Station

Hưng Yên province

Hospital:

Đa khoa huyện Khoái Châu (district) 

Family knew when body was here

Incident:

According to Duân's sister-in-law ĐÀM Tuyết Mai, at 11:00AM April 8, 2015, family members received a telephone call from a friend who happened in the hospital, notified that Duân was dying in there. Ms Mai said the police office didn't give out any information about Duân's death.

On February 14, 2015, a few days before the Lunar New Year, Duân was engaged in a brawl regarding debt's collection and causing injury to a man in the district. Over a month later, on March 16, 2015, he was arrested and jailed. Family received no info since then, until April 8 they received notification for coming to the hospital to receive his corpse.

According to Duân's brother-in-law CAO Xuân Tường, upon coming to the hospital, doctor told family members that Duân was death on arrival. Mr. Tường supplied Tuổi Trẻ News the photos of Duân's corpse with dark purple spots visibly on the ears, chest, neck, head, face, shoulders, and back.

The chief of security police of Khoái Châu district, Colonel ĐỖ Ngọc Cự, has a different story. He said Duân died in the hospital after 20 minutes of arrival. He said at 11:00AM of the same day, 3 prisoners in the same cell with Duân called the police officer on duty. Mr. Cự said when the officer arrived to the cell he saw Mr. Duân lying on the ground shaking with saliva bubbling out. The police officer and 3 prisoners took him by taxi to the hospital.

Mr. Cự confirmed that his police office didn't notify family members, he said due to family accidentally knew the story, so he thinks it's not necessary to do it again.

The province Hưng Yên police chief, Colonel ĐỖ Đình Hào, promised to investigate, but justice is elusive.

Blogger's Comment:

According to Vietnam's Security Department's Report in Mar 2015: From Jan 10, 2011 to Sept 30, 2014, there are 226 persons died in temporary police transitional cells.

Originated from the brutal force, the regime has designed the police CULTURE of beating at first sign and torture. This culture has to be changed.

Link:

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bit.ly/1aLVrU1

NGUYỄN Hồng Lương

Status:

62 years old

Died on April 2, 2015 after visiting the police station

Residence:

No. 9, alley 55/37

Hoàng Hoa Thám Street

Ngọc Hà precinct

Ba Đình district

Hà Nội city

Death Location:

Điện Biên precinct government office

Ba Đình district

Nature/issue:

Land dispute and she was resenting the way this precinct office handled the dispute, she kept visiting to complain

Incident:

According to the precinct's report (may not reflect the reality), around 9:00AM on April 1, 2015, Ms Lương rode a bike to the precinct's government office. There, she met Mr. TRẦN Thanh Bình, the guard on duty, she asked to meet Mr. TRẦN Mạnh Quân, the precinct head, but Mr. Quân wasn't there. In there, she asked to use the female restroom. The report said she burned the restroom and hit her head into the toilet to commit suicide. The precinct people put out the fire and took her to Saint Paul hospital, there she died at 4:15PM on Apr 2, 2015 due to serious burning.

Ms NGUYỄN Thanh Hiền, her daughter, went to the hospital and saw her mother's whole body was seriously burned, blood all over and many purple spots.

Mr. NGUYỄN Tiến Khởi (Ms Lương's husband), a handicapped veteran level 1/4, blind of both eyes, has been strongly suspicious of his wife's death. He said security police guarded the hospital to prevent any visiting until she got into coma and family couldn't get any of her words.

Contrary to the precinct report, Mr. Khởi said his wife died in the early morning of April 2, 2015 and the body was moved to the military hospital 354 for autopsy, there the doctor said in front of dozen people that Ms Lương had 5 broken chest bones, head injury with blood bleeding inside.

Blogger's Comment:

According to Vietnam's Security Department's Report in Mar 2015: From Jan 10, 2011 to Sept 30, 2014, there are 226 persons died in temporary police transitional cells.

Originated from the brutal force, the regime has designed the police CULTURE of beating at first sign and torture. This culture has to be changed.

Link:

bit.ly/1a4mSY3

bit.ly/1Fh7vcC

NGÔ Thanh Kiều

Status:

Died in police station

Nature:

Accusing of burglary of properties

Date:

Arrest 3:15AM on 13/5/2012, died around 2:00PM on the same day by brain damaged due to beating with 72 injured spots, in which 12 on the head and internal organs broken. The beating using police club was lasting from 8:00AM to 2:00PM.

Victim and Residence:

Born 1982

Hòa Đồng village

Tây Hòa district

Phú Yên province

Victim's Relatives:

TRẦN Thị Tâm, wife

Children, parents, sister

Location of Police Beaten Crime:

Police Station of Tuy Hòa city

Phú Yên province

Policemen causing Kiều's death:

LÊ Đức Hoàn (52, Deputy, Colonel)

NGUYỄN Thân Thảo Thành (31, 2nd Lieut.)

NGUYỄN Minh Quyền (43, Major)

PHẠM Ngọc Mẫn (35, Captain)

NGUYỄN Tấn Quang (40, Major)

ĐỖ Như Huy (30, Lieutenant) 

Policemen presents at the crime:

LÊ Hải Phú

HÀ Văn Đại

NGUYỄN Khải Hoàn

Citizens present in police station:

NGÔ Minh Tự

TRỊNH Công Minh

Attorneys:

VÕ An Đôn: Phú Yên Association of Lawyers, for Mrs TRẦN Thị Tâm, wife of victim NGÔ Thanh Kiều

NGUYỄN Văn Thắng: Hanoi Association of Lawyers, for suspect NGUYỄN Thân Thảo Thành

Court Trials:

April 7, 2015: retrying (2nd time) by the primary court of Tuy Hòa city.

Court's Judgment on April 15, 2015:

NGUYỄN Thân Thảo Thành: 8 years

NGUYỄN Minh Quyền: 30 months

PHẠM Ngọc Mẫn: 27 months

NGUYỄN Tấn Quang: 24 months

ĐỖ Như Huy: 12 months, no jail time

LÊ Đức Hoàn: 9 months, no jail time

Right after the announcement, family members were crying out loud, the scene became chaos due to the very lenient sentences.

According to the family's lawyer, Attorney VÕ An Đôn, this is a police killing and illegal arrest, the court let these wrongdoings slipping away. Besides, the mastermind, Mr Hoàn, got away without jail time. The suspects were expressing joy, but the family's members (parents, sister...) were crying and yelling for injustice.

On April 22, 2015, Ms Tâm appealed to the higher court seeking justice for her husband

Looking back, on July 9, 2014 the appellate court of Phú Yên invalidated the primary court trial and ordered a retrial, after the Vietnam's President TRƯƠNG Tấn Sang requested the People's Supreme Prosecuting Office and the People's Supreme Court to look into it according to the law.

March 26 to April 3, 2014: tried by the primary court of Tuy Hòa city, the court issued very lenient sentences, causing socially loud protest, these are:

NGUYỄN Thân Thảo Thành: 5 years

NGUYỄN Minh Quyền: 2 years

PHẠM Ngọc Mẫn: 18 months

NGUYỄN Tấn Quang: 15 mo., no jail

ĐỖ Như Huy: 12 mo., no jail time

Blogger's Comment:

According to Vietnam's Security Department's Report in Mar 2015: From Jan 10, 2011 to Sept 30, 2014, there are 226 persons died in temporary police transitional cells.

Originated from the brutal force, the regime has designed the police CULTURE of beating at first sign and torture. This culture has to be changed.

In this case, the mastermind of the killing, Mr LÊ Đức Hoàn, got away with the murder.

Links:

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Photos:

From various news agencies and attorney VÕ An Đôn