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Viewing cable 08HOCHIMINHCITY447, DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, ARRESTS

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08HOCHIMINHCITY447 2008-04-25 10:38 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Consulate Ho Chi Minh City
VZCZCXRO7940
PP RUEHCHI RUEHDT RUEHNH
DE RUEHHM #0447/01 1161038
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 251038Z APR 08
FM AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 4427
INFO RUEHHI/AMEMBASSY HANOI PRIORITY 3035
RUCNASE/ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
RUEHHM/AMCONSUL HO CHI MINH CITY 4650
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 HO CHI MINH CITY 000447 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
STATE FOR EAP/MLS, DRL/AWH AND PRM 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: PHUM PGOV PREL PREF VM
SUBJECT: DEMONSTRATIONS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL HIGHLANDS, ARRESTS 
CONFIRMED 
 
REF: A) HCMC 406   B) HCMC 414    C) HANOI 459    D) 07 HCMC 805 AND PREVIOUS 
 
HO CHI MIN 00000447  001.2 OF 002 
 
 
1. (SBU) Summary.  Demonstrations continued in the Central 
Highlands this week, with reports of clashes between ethnic 
minority groups and GVN authorities in Gia Lai, Dak Lak and Kon 
Tum provinces.  Discontent over land expropriation and zoning 
policies and encouragement from "hostile foreign elements" 
continue to be reported as the root causes behind the recent 
outbreak of unrest.  Reliable sources have confirmed the arrest 
and detention of several ethnic minority "instigators" and 
tighter security measures in neighboring districts close to the 
clashes.  End Summary. 
 
Clashes Continue, Arrests in Gia Lai 
----------------------------------- 
2. (SBU) The Central Highlands demonstrations that began in 
early April continued this week, with ConGen contacts reporting 
clashes between joint police and military forces armed with 
guns, electrical batons and tear gas and ethnic minority 
demonstrators equipped with sticks and farming implements (Ref 
A).  One reliable ConGen contact said he overheard a Gia Lai 
security official say that troops have been given full authority 
to stop the demonstrations with force if necessary.  While there 
have been a few reports of injuries and fatalities on both 
sides, these accounts have not been independently confirmed and 
there have been no official media reports on the demonstrations 
thus far.  ConGen contacts in the region continue to dismiss 
Montagnard Foundation, Inc.(MFI) reports alleging "thousands" of 
demonstrators on the march and authorities "torturing" 
protesters as exaggerated. 
 
3. (SBU) ConGen contacts did confirm that demonstrations have so 
far broken out in Gia Lai Province (Chu Se, Chu Pah, Duc Co, Ia 
Grai, A Yun Pa, Krong Pa Districts), Dak Lak Province (Ea H'Leo 
District) and Kontum Province (Sa Thay District).  Demonstrators 
included women, children and young men.  Reliable contacts 
confirmed that security has been tightened in the region, 
especially in some Gia Lai hot spots where "nobody can either 
get in or out."  One contact reported his cell phone service was 
cut off and that it is impossible to contact his associates in 
certain "sensitive" areas.  Another contact expressed concern 
over some clashes involving Kinh (Vietnamese majority) civilians 
and ethnic minorities, which could intensify the situation and 
spur racial conflicts. (Comment: As noted Ref B, Dak Lak 
People's Committee Chairman Cu noted that the array of free or 
subsidized services available only to ethnic minorities has 
begun to breed resentment among some members of the Vietnamese 
majority.  End Comment.) 
 
4. (SBU) ConGen contacts in the region continue to cite 
disgruntlement over provincial authorities' land expropriation 
and zoning policies as the spark that ignited this most recent 
round of protests, and also believe overseas groups may be 
encouraging the demonstrators in order to garner "the 
international community's attention" and thus, their assistance. 
 A reliable ConGen contact did report the arrest of six ethnic 
minority people, including women, in Gia Lai Province for 
allegedly instigating the demonstrations after receiving 
instructions from "hostile foreign elements" (Ref C).  Some 
residents were also detained for investigation by authorities 
for three to four days, then released.  Post has not yet 
confirmed the names of those arrested or detained.  While 
foreign groups may be encouraging ethnic minorities to continue 
with the protests, the land issues that sparked this round of 
demonstrations are unlikely to be resolved quickly or easily. 
 
Land issues are the link 
------------------------ 
5. (SBU) These protests in the Central Highlands come on the 
heels of waves of lands rights demonstrations that have swept 
through the Mekong Delta as well as HCMC and surrounding 
provinces over the past year (Ref D).  The abuse of authority by 
political insiders to acquire land either for free or at greatly 
reduced cost is emerging as the key area where the disease of 
corruption most directly touches the lives of thousands of 
ordinary Vietnamese.  While a variety of methods are used, the 
most common is for officials to use eminent domain to acquire 
private land for the nominal "official" price of agricultural or 
forest land before rezoning it to a much more profitable use, 
such as industrial parks, housing development or large-scale 
industrial farms.  As with everything in Vietnam, the situation 
varies enormously by province.  In HCMC, regulations adopted in 
the wake of 2007 land rights protests provide small landowners 
and homeowners with a broad range of protections.  The city 
government is also moving to address, at least in part, past 
injustices.  In a few areas, most recently in Can Tho (Mekong 
Delta) but also in Danang (Central Vietnam), senior provincial 
officials have been sacked and even arrested.  In other 
provinces, authorities are ignoring or actively suppressing the 
 
HO CHI MIN 00000447  002.2 OF 002 
 
 
protests. 
 
6. (SBU) In the Central Highlands these abuses have provoked 
another dimension of discontent because they transfer land away 
from long-time ethnic minority occupants to already wealthier 
Kinh individuals and businesses. 
 
7. (U) This cable was coordinate with Embassy Hanoi. 
FAIRFAX