The family of writer Huỳnh Ngọc Tuấn, Huỳnh Khánh Vy, Huỳnh Trọng Hiếu and Huỳnh Thục Vy.
Translated by Lê Anh Hùng (Defend the Defenders)
Quang Nam, 31 Mar, 2013
I am Huynh Trong Hieu, aged 24, currently living in Tam Ky City, Quang Nam province; my home phone number is 05103858736. I shall present here those harassments that the Vietnamese authorities have inflicted upon our family so far.
On 27 October 1992, my father, Huynh Ngoc Tuan, was arrested. All of his documents and literary manuscripts were confiscated. On 2 April 1993, the authorities brought him to Quang Nam-Da Nang Provincial Court, sentencing him to 10 years in prison plus 4 years under probation with charge of “propagandizing against the State”.
Exactly ten years later, my father was released from prison, but he was still under administrative probation for four years in the village, repeatedly having to “work” with Quang Nam provincial security force. During the time in prison, my father was suffered from multidrug-resistant pulmonary tuberculosis (due to mistreatment) and diabetes, so he is in very poor health now. In spite of that, after his release from prison, he is repeatedly “invited” to work with security force.
On 8 November 2011, dozens of policemen rush to our house, seizing all of our communication gadgets (01, 02) (confiscated possessions being written down in the decision on the confiscation of exhibits and means of the violation of the law). Continue reading
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