Nguyen Van Dai (middle) and other defendants at the trial (Source: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi People’s Court onApril 5 handed down a jail sentence of 15 years to Nguyen Van Dai for “tryingto overthrow the people’s administration” under Clause 1, Article 79 of the1999 Penal Code.
Dai,born in 1969 and residing in Bach Khoa ward of Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi,will also be under house arrest for five years after he completes the prisonterm.
Otherfive defendants got jail terms ranging from 7-12 years for the same charge.
Accordingly,Pham Van Troi, born in 1972 and residing in Chuong Duong commune of Thuong Tindistrict, Hanoi, will spend 7 years behind bars and one year under house arrest.
NguyenTrung Ton, born in 1972 and residing in Quang Yen commune of Quang Xuongdistrict, Thanh Hoa province, and Truong Minh Duc, born in 1960 and residing inVinh Thuan town of Vinh Thuan district, Kien Giang province, received a jailsentence of 12 years and a three-year house arrest each.
NguyenBac Truyen, born in 1968 and residing in Ward 4 of District 4, Ho Chi MinhCity, got a 11-year imprisonment and a three-year surveillance. Meanwhile, LeThu Ha, born in 1982 and residing in Dong Giang ward of Dong Ha city, Quang Triprovince, will serve 9 years in prison and a surveillance period of two years.
According to the indictment of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, from March 2013to July 2017, Nguyen Van Dai, Pham Van Troi, Nguyen Trung Ton and Nguyen BacTruyen initiated and established the “Hoi anh em dan chu” (Brotherhood forDemocracy) organisation. They built the organisation’s platform, statutes andregulations and also steered its activities.
Dai andhis accessories induced Truong Minh Duc, Le Thu Ha and some others to set uprepresentative offices and a website of the organisation and build a “briefplatform” of “Hoi anh em dan chu”. This organisation had a strict structure,strategies for internal and external affairs, and activities to develop itsmembership.
[Vietnam affirms consistent policy of ensuring human rights]
Theindictment said the defendants took advantage of fighting for “democracy, humanrights” and “civil society” to conceal the purposes of “Hoi anh em dan chu”.They connected with foreign organisations and illegal organisations in Vietnamto seek overseas support and financial aid and conduct propaganda against theState, aiming that when their force was strong enough and the time was right,they would publicly confront the administration and change the political regimein Vietnam so as to build a regime of “pluralism, multiparty” and “separationof powers” and topple the people’s administration.
Accordingto the Supreme People’s Procuracy, Nguyen Van Dai was the mastermind and actedas the second Vice President of “Hoi anh em dan chu”. He built the platform ofthe organisation, engaged in discussing and planning operation methods anddeveloping the force, and induced Le Thu Ha to take part.
Dai wasalso accused of training and instructing other members about methods andexperience of implementing activities, setting up schemes and contactingforeign organisations and individuals to call for donation, and receiving71,726 USD and 9,161 EUR financed for activities of “Hoi anh em dan chu”. Hewas accused of conducting propaganda against the State.
Meanwhile,Pham Van Troi founded and acted as President of “Hoi anh em dan chu”, heldpositions in charge of the organisation’s activities in the northern region,and built the platform. He was accused of discussing and planning developmentof the organisation’s membership, inducing six people to join “Hoi anh em danchu”, and guiding other members about methods and experience of implementingactivities.
Troi was also accused of being in charge ofthe fund of “Hoi anh em dan chu”, directing the organisation’s members tooppose the National Assembly election in May 2016, and conducting anti-Statepropaganda.
The jurysaid the activities of the defendants were especially dangerous as they haveaffected directly the existence of the people’s administration, therefore,harsh punishments needed to be given to them.-VNA
Dai,born in 1969 and residing in Bach Khoa ward of Hai Ba Trung district, Hanoi,will also be under house arrest for five years after he completes the prisonterm.
Otherfive defendants got jail terms ranging from 7-12 years for the same charge.
Accordingly,Pham Van Troi, born in 1972 and residing in Chuong Duong commune of Thuong Tindistrict, Hanoi, will spend 7 years behind bars and one year under house arrest.
NguyenTrung Ton, born in 1972 and residing in Quang Yen commune of Quang Xuongdistrict, Thanh Hoa province, and Truong Minh Duc, born in 1960 and residing inVinh Thuan town of Vinh Thuan district, Kien Giang province, received a jailsentence of 12 years and a three-year house arrest each.
NguyenBac Truyen, born in 1968 and residing in Ward 4 of District 4, Ho Chi MinhCity, got a 11-year imprisonment and a three-year surveillance. Meanwhile, LeThu Ha, born in 1982 and residing in Dong Giang ward of Dong Ha city, Quang Triprovince, will serve 9 years in prison and a surveillance period of two years.
According to the indictment of the Supreme People’s Procuracy, from March 2013to July 2017, Nguyen Van Dai, Pham Van Troi, Nguyen Trung Ton and Nguyen BacTruyen initiated and established the “Hoi anh em dan chu” (Brotherhood forDemocracy) organisation. They built the organisation’s platform, statutes andregulations and also steered its activities.
Dai andhis accessories induced Truong Minh Duc, Le Thu Ha and some others to set uprepresentative offices and a website of the organisation and build a “briefplatform” of “Hoi anh em dan chu”. This organisation had a strict structure,strategies for internal and external affairs, and activities to develop itsmembership.
[Vietnam affirms consistent policy of ensuring human rights]
Theindictment said the defendants took advantage of fighting for “democracy, humanrights” and “civil society” to conceal the purposes of “Hoi anh em dan chu”.They connected with foreign organisations and illegal organisations in Vietnamto seek overseas support and financial aid and conduct propaganda against theState, aiming that when their force was strong enough and the time was right,they would publicly confront the administration and change the political regimein Vietnam so as to build a regime of “pluralism, multiparty” and “separationof powers” and topple the people’s administration.
Accordingto the Supreme People’s Procuracy, Nguyen Van Dai was the mastermind and actedas the second Vice President of “Hoi anh em dan chu”. He built the platform ofthe organisation, engaged in discussing and planning operation methods anddeveloping the force, and induced Le Thu Ha to take part.
Dai wasalso accused of training and instructing other members about methods andexperience of implementing activities, setting up schemes and contactingforeign organisations and individuals to call for donation, and receiving71,726 USD and 9,161 EUR financed for activities of “Hoi anh em dan chu”. Hewas accused of conducting propaganda against the State.
Meanwhile,Pham Van Troi founded and acted as President of “Hoi anh em dan chu”, heldpositions in charge of the organisation’s activities in the northern region,and built the platform. He was accused of discussing and planning developmentof the organisation’s membership, inducing six people to join “Hoi anh em danchu”, and guiding other members about methods and experience of implementingactivities.
Troi was also accused of being in charge ofthe fund of “Hoi anh em dan chu”, directing the organisation’s members tooppose the National Assembly election in May 2016, and conducting anti-Statepropaganda.
The jurysaid the activities of the defendants were especially dangerous as they haveaffected directly the existence of the people’s administration, therefore,harsh punishments needed to be given to them.-VNA
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