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Viewing cable 01HANOI2197, INTERROGATIONS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVISTS

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01HANOI2197 2001-09-06 10:07 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Hanoi
This record is a partial extract of the original cable. The full text of the original cable is not available.


2001HANOI02197 - UNCLASSIFIED
 
 
 
                           UNCLASSIFIED     PTQ4789

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FM AMEMBASSY HANOI
TO SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 3874
INFO AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 
ASEAN COLLECTIVE
NSC WASHDC
USCINCPAC HONOLULU HI
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HANOI 002197 
 
SIPDIS 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP/BCLTV AND DRL 
 
SENSITIVE 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PINS PGOV VM HUMANR DPOL
SUBJECT: INTERROGATIONS OF ANTI-CORRUPTION ACTIVISTS 
 
1.  (SBU)  REFORM ACTIVIST NGUYEN THANH GIANG CONFIRMED TO 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        HANOI  02197  01 OF 02  070126Z 
POLOFF ON SEPTEMBER 6 THAT POLICE HAD VISITED FELLOW 
ACTIVISTS HOANG MINH CHINH AND PHAM QUE DUONG BETWEEN 7 AND 
8 AM ON SEPTEMBER 5 AT THEIR HOMES. POLICE THEN "INVITED" 
THEM TO THE HANOI POLICE STATION AND QUESTIONED THEM 
SEPARATELY FOR SEVERAL HOURS BEFORE RELEASING THEM.  LATER 
THAT DAY, POLICE SIMILARLY "INVITED" FIVE OTHER ACTIVISTS, 
INCLUDING GIANG, HOANG TIEN, LE CHI QUANG, NGUYEN VU BINH, 
AND TRAN DUNG TIEN, AS WELL AS SOME FRIENDS OF CHINH'S 
DAUGHTER WHO HAPPENED TO BE VISITING HIS HOUSE, TO VARIOUS 
HANOI DISTRICT POLICE STATIONS FOR QUESTIONING BEFORE 
ULTIMATELY RELEASING THEM LATER THAT DAY AS WELL. 
 
2.  (SBU) ACCORDING TO GIANG, BOTH CHINH AND DUONG BEGAN 
HUNGER STRIKES WHILE UNDER QUESTIONING.  BEFORE BEING 
RELEASED, POLICE "INVITED" THEM AGAIN TO REPORT TO THE 
POLICE STATION ON SEPTEMBER 6 FOR FURTHER QUESTIONING. 
EMBASSY DOES NOT YET HAVE INFORMATION ON THE OUTCOME OF THAT 
SESSION. 
 
3.  (SBU) GIANG SAID THAT HE BELIEVES THAT THESE TWO WERE 
QUESTIONED IN CONNECTION WITH A REQUEST SENT (BY UNSPECIFIED 
MEANS) ON SEPTEMBER 3 TO VIETNAMESE PARTY SECRETARY GENERAL 
NONG DUC MANH, VIETNAM PRESIDENT TRAN DUC LUONG, PRIME 
MINSTER PHAN VAN KHAI, AND NATIONAL ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN NGUYEN 
VAN AN.  THE REQUEST WAS SIGNED BY DUONG (DESCRIBED BY GIANG 
AS A RETIRED COLONEL IN THE VIETNAMESE PEOPLE'S ARMY) AND 
TRAN KHUE (IDENTIFIED AS A HO CHI MINH RESIDENT, ABOUT WHOSE 
FATE GIANG DID NOT COMMENT).  THEY EXPRESSED A WISH TO 
ESTABLISH AN ASSOCIATION TO "SUPPORT THE PARTY AND THE STATE 
FIGHT CORRUPTION."  INFORMAL TRANSLATION FOLLOWS IN PARA 6. 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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4.  (SBU) GIANG ADDED THAT THE HOME PHONES OF THESE 
ACTIVISTS HAD ALL BEEN CUT OFF.  HE PLEDGED TO VISIT THE 
TELEPHONE BUREAU AND, IF SERVICE IS NOT RESTORED, TO STAGE A 
HUNGER STRIKE IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS. 
 
5.  (U) EMBASSY WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE WELL-BEING OF 
THESE ACTIVISTS AND REPORT FURTHER AS ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 
BECOMES AVAILABLE. 
 
6.  (U) INFORMAL TRANSLATION 
BEGIN QUOTE 
 
SEPTEMBER 2, 2001 
 
AN APPLICATION TO ESTABLISH THE PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION TO 
SUPPORT THE PARTY AND STATE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION 
AT PRESENT, CORRUPTION HAS BECOME A NATIONAL CALAMITY THAT 
HAS ERODED THE TRUST OF PEOPLE TOWARD THE PARTY AND THE 
STATE AND OBSTRUCTS NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT.  FORMER SECRETARY 
GENERAL LE KHA PHIEU HAS STATED "IF WE DON'T FIGHT AGAINST 
CORRUPTION THEN THE PARTY WILL LOSE ITS LEADING ROLE." 
SECRETARY GENERAL NONG DUC MANH HAS ALSO ANNOUNCED "WE MUST 
 
SIPDIS 
FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION MORE SERIOUSLY."  AND NATIONAL 
ASSEMBLY CHAIRMAN NGUYEN VAN AN ALSO STATED "DEMOCRACY CAN'T 
 
BE SIMPLY REQUESTED, IT MUST BE FOUGHT FOR.  FAIRNESS ALSO 
CAN'T BE SIMPLY REQUESTED, THERE MUST BE STRUGGLE BEFORE 
THERE IS FAIRNESS.  CORRUPTION OF COURSE MUST BE FOUGHT 
AGAINST VERY SERIOUSLY." 
TO ANSWER THE PARTY'S AND THE STATE'S CALL, WE ARE ASKING 
FOR PERMISSION TO ESTABLISH THE PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION TO 
SUPPORT THE PARTY AND STATE TO FIGHT CORRUPTION. 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
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PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE ASSOCIATION: 
- TO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROPAGANDA ABOU THE PARTY'S AND 
STATE'S POLICY ON AND ADVOCACY F FIGHTING CORRUPTION. 
- TO CONTRIBUTE TO IMPROVNG THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE 
STRUGGLE AGAINST CORUPTION OF THE PARTY AND THE STATE. 
 
SPECIFIC ACTVITIES OF THE ASSOCIATION: 
- REGULAR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SITUATION OF FIGHTING 
CORRUPTION TO THE PEOPLE AND STATE AGENCIES. 
- TO DENOUNCE CORRUPT PRACTICES THAT DAMAGE THE INTERESTS OF 
THE NATION AND THE PEOPLE. 
- TO PARTICIPATE IN DISCOERING AND INFORMING ABOUT CORRUPT 
PRACTICES. 
- O SUGGEST MEASURES TO PROSECUTE CORRUPT PRACTICES. 
- NOT TO PARTICIPATE IN POLITICAL ACTIVITIES. 
 
ORGANIZATION: 
 - THE ASSOCIATION IS COMPRISED OF VIETNAMESE CITIZENS 
"LOYAL TO THE COUNTRY AND FAITHFUL WITH THE PEOPLE" WHO 
VOLUNTEER TO JOIN. 
 - THE ASSOCIATION IS ORGANIZED NATIONWIDE WITH SYSTEMATIC 
STRUCTURE. 
- EVERY LEVEL WILL HAVE FULL-TIME STAFFS ELECTED FOR 
APPROPRIATE TERMS. 
- TO ISSUE AN "ANTI-CORRUPTION NEWSPAPER" (CONSISTENT WITH 
THE PRESS LAW.)  TO COMMUNICATE INTERNALLY BY USING "LETTER 
                       UNCLASSIFIED 
 
PAGE 02        HANOI  02197  02 OF 02  070126Z 
TO THE EDITOR" FORMAT WHILE WAITING FOR PERMIT. 
- THE PREPARATORY COMMITTEE TO ESTABLISH THE ASSOCIATION IS 
AS FOLLOWS:  THE REPRESENTATIVE IN NORTHERN AREA IS MR. PHAM 
QUE DUONG, 37 LY NAM DE, HANOI, MOBILE TELEPHONE 0903252286. 
THE REPRESENTATIVE IN SOUTHERN AREA IS MR. TRAN KHUE, 296 
NGUYEN TRAI, QUAN 5, HO CHI MINH CITY, (TELEPHONE 8-363-825, 
E-MAIL TRANKHUE@HCM.FPT.VN).  THE REPRESENTATIVES WILL WORK 
UNDER THE PURPOSE AND SCOPE OF THE ASSOCIATION. 
- THE OPERATING FUND DEPENDS ON VOLUNTEER CONTRIBUTIONS FROM 
MEMBERS AND OTHER DONORS INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL 
ORGANIZATIONS.  THE BUDGET WILL BE PUBLICLY REPORTED 
PERIODICALLY. 
- AFTER STABILIZING THE ORGANIZATION AND ACTIVITIES, THE 
ASSOCIATION WILL APPLY TO BECOME A MEMBER OF THE VN 
FATHERLAND FRONT. 
 
WE RESPECTFULLY ASK THE PARTY AND THE STATE FOR THE 
PERMISSION TO ESTABLISH THE PEOPLE'S ASSOCIATION TO SUPPORT 
THE PARTY AND STATE IN FIGHTING CORRUPTION. 
THANK YOU. 
(SIGNED) 
PHAM QUE DUONG 
TRAN KHUE 
END QUOTE 
PORTER 
 
                       UNCLASSIFIED