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Viewing cable 07HOCHIMINHCITY528, ANOTHER DISSIDENT TRIAL, ANOTHER TOUGH SENTENCE

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07HOCHIMINHCITY528 2007-05-15 08:37 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
VZCZCXRO5230
RR RUEHDT RUEHPB
DE RUEHHM #0528 1350837
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 150837Z MAY 07
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 2624
INFO RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI 1900
RUCNARF/ASEAN REGIONAL FORUM COLLECTIVE
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 2823
UNCLAS HO CHI MINH CITY 000528 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PGOV PREL SOCI ELAB PINR VM
SUBJECT: ANOTHER DISSIDENT TRIAL, ANOTHER TOUGH SENTENCE 
 
REF: A) HCMC 514 AND PREVIOUS; B) HANOI 872 
 
1. (SBU) The May 15 show trial for another member of the 
dissident People's Democratic Party and the United Workers 
Farmers Organization (UWFO) of Vietnam resulted in a sentence of 
seven years imprisonment (two suspended) and two years of house 
arrest for UFWO spokesperson Tran Quoc Hien.  The trial follows 
on the heels of two other dissident trials in HCMC and Hanoi on 
May 10 and 11  (reftels).  Hien was accused of violating Article 
88 of the Penal Code "Propagandizing Against the State" as well 
as Article 89 of the Penal Code for "disturbing security and 
order."   Hien, Director of Saigon Legal Consultancy, was 
accused of "inciting" land protestors to demonstrate and of 
writing and disseminating on the Internet anti-Party and 
anti-GVN materials.  HCMC press also reported that Hien, 
"induced by reactionaries at home and overseas," sought to 
create political unrest by seeking the repeal of the Article 
Four of the Constitution and by advocating for a multi-party 
government.  It also alleged that he sought to "incite" protests 
during the APEC summit in Hanoi in November 2006. 
 
2. (SBU) HCMC authorities refused to allow the CG, HCMC PolOff 
and the visiting EU Mission Charge to attend the trial.  Court 
officials told the CG that they could not allow entry without 
written instruction from the MFA, the HCMC External Relations 
Office told us that the courts issued a decision denying us 
entry.  No foreign press was present at the trial. 
 
3. (SBU) The trial lasted approximately four hours.  Hien was 
represented by a local HCMC attorney, who was allowed to meet 
with his client in detention and had access to materials for the 
case.  The lawyer told us that he spoke at the trial for about 
10 minutes, arguing that Hien should be acquitted on the charge 
of "disturbing security and order" because no real disturbance 
occurred.   The court rejected this argument.  The attorney -- 
perhaps speaking as much to other listeners on the phone as to 
us -- told us Hien confessed that his "actions were wrong" and 
asked the court for leniency. 
 
4. (SBU) However, Hien's wife (strictly protect), who was 
present at the trial, told us that Hien confirmed he 
participated in pro-democracy activities, but did not 
acknowledge any wrongdoing.  Hien's wife told us that her 
husband was resolute and that he told the court that he acted 
out of personal frustration over the social injustices he had 
witnessed in numerous land disputes pitting the poor against the 
State. 
 
5.  (SBU) According to Hien's wife, Hien admitted in court to 
receiving USD 500 from an activist based in the U.S. to buy a 
digital camera and take pictures of land rights protestors in 
HCMC.  He also acknowledged that that he approached the land 
claimants at the Central Government's Complaints Office in HCMC 
to provide them advice.   He said that he met regularly with 
other HCMC political activists such as Do Nam Hai, and 
eventually agreed to become the spokesman for the United 
Workers-Farmers Organization.  Hien told the court that he 
sought to meet with President Bush during his November 2006 
visit to HCMC to "tell the President that human rights in 
Vietnam were not respected."  Hien asked for leniency so to take 
care of his family, a request the court denied. 
 
6.  (SBU) Comment: Hien's sentence is one of the three toughest 
meted out against social and political activists thus far in 
2007.  A number of other HCMC-based activists linked to the land 
rights and democracy movement await trial, including Truong Quoc 
Huy, whose April 13 trial was postponed at the last minute, and 
Tran Thi Thuy Trang, a labor lawyer associate of the detained 
NED grantee Le Quoc Quan.  Land rights activist Bui Kim Thanh 
also remains involuntarily committed to a mental institution 
since November 2006.  We have not seen any new land rights 
protests in HCMC since September 2006 when a senior Ministry of 
Public Security General warned protestors in HCMC that they 
would face harsh government action if they did not desist.  End 
Comment. 
 
WINNICK