Vietnamese Activist is Detained and Questioned on Return to Hanoi

Radio Free Asia ^

[BenLurkin]

Brought into a private room by police at Noi Bai International Airport at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, he was finally released at midnight, almost 12 hours later, he said.

Presented with a document to sign, and which he was not given time to read, A refused to sign.

“I did not commit myself to anything,” he said.

A said that during his trip, which included meetings in Berlin in July, he felt encouraged when seeing that the people he spoke with were free to choose their own course in how best to promote democracy and civil society in their own countries.

“This is not the case in Vietnam,” he said.

“In Vietnam, whoever you are, whatever your group is, if what you do conflicts with what the Communist Party wants, you will be considered a ‘hostile force,’” he said, adding, “This way of thinking is very childish and wrong.”

“My job now is very simple—I hope to reduce that mistake, to help them think about a better way of doing things,” he said.

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fta... Brought into a private room by police at Noi Bai International Airport at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, he was finally released at midnight, almost 12 hours later, he said.
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Almost 12 hours later? ....I thought Asians were supposed to be top notch in mathmatics. ...That’s 14 1/2 hours.