Vietnam reopens re-education camps for patriots and activists: Ms. Bui Hang is a new student!

Her son is looking for his missing mom on Saigon streets

Ms. Hang Bui was illegally kidnapped by the Vietnamese police on November 27, 2011 for supporting the Vietnamese Primer Minister, Nguyen Tan Dung’s proposal of a bill on “demonstration law.”

Ms. Hang Bui was visiting Saigon and reacted to the Primer Minister’s announcement at the National Assembly a few days ago. She and a few friends were standing in front of the Cathedral in Saigon with banners supporting the Primer Minister’s initiative. This small group was standing silently in order to avoid any possible accusationfor disturbing the peace.

Ms Hang Bui, 48 year-0ld, is a strong activist and patriot in the recent rallies of  anti-China’s imperialism in South China Sea and defending the Vietnamese sovereignty over Paracel (Hoang Sa) and Spratly (Truong Sa) islands. The city of Hanoi issued a ban of any rally in August with the excuse of disturbance of the peace with “chants and shouts.” It should be emphasized that the city’s legal issue was not signed by any official member. Despite the lack of the official signature, henceforth the legality of the city’s issue, the police still arrested the demonstrators.

The Vietnamese patriots, law-abiding citizens, continued their patriotism through pictures, outfits, and banners, but in silence. Ms. Hang Bui was assaulted and detained by the Hanoi police on several occasions for wearing signs of “HS-TS-VN,” acronyms for Hoang Sa-Truong Sa-Vietnam.

As there is no specific law on demonstration, which is warranted under the constitution Article 69: “The-citizen shall enjoy freedom of opinion and speech, freedom of the press, the right to be informed, and the right to assemble, form associations and hold demonstrations in accordance with the provisions of the law,” the Primer Minister instructed the ministry of Security instead of Justice to draft the bill. 

Ms. Hang Bui was missing November 27 and with no news that her son, Bùi Nhân Trung went on the streets of Saigon to distribute fliers of his mother missing.

He was then also detained by the police and fined. Only then until December 4 that the authorities informed that Ms Hang Bui was to be admitted to re-education camp at Thanh Ha, Vinh Phuc province, for 24 months. 

I am just perplexed what kind of education that a 48 year-old woman, with sound mind and intelligence, needs to learn?

• She has not broken any law, instead she is an exemplary citizen by abiding the laws, showing the patriotism.
• Maybe she was much of a supporter of Primer Minister Nguyen Tan Dung that can be an insanity or fanaticism?
• Maybe her fashion style displaying patriotism is counter-revolutionary and needs to take some fashion courses?

Re-education camps in Vietnam after the war were used to incarcerate the soldiers of ARVN and former officials of South Vietnam regime from 1075-2000. 

Even the UN-sponsored rehabilitation centers for the drug addicts and sex workers in Vietnam have been used as “work camps” that UN experts demand Vietnam to close down these camps.

Therefore, we can easily picture what treatments and education Ms Hang Bui will receive from the Re-education camp.

Re-education is more appropriate for those officials who abuse their power, not follow the laws, trample on the citizens’ rights provided in the constitution, kidnap and physically torture detainees, or take bribes.

Vietnam will only have a bright future when the officials go through re-education camps to learn the sense of public service  of how to serve the people and for the people of Vietnam.

Let’s consolidate the Socialist Republic of Vietnam by re-educating the leadership and members of communist party so that they can serve and lead Vietnam to a better future!

 

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