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Reactionary portraits: Phạm Đoan Trang – a troublemaker to the national security
Reactionary portraits: Phạm Đoan Trang – a troublemaker to the national security
3/3/18
Those
days a name of so-called activist Phạm Đoan Trang (Pham Doan Trang) has been
attracted much controvesy from social public opinions at home and abroad for
her new controversial book “Politics for All” – a work is now proved as an
anti-government propaganda. But who is Pham Doan Trang?
Pham
Doan Trang was a reporter for the Internet news site VietnamNet, arrested
on August 28, 2009 on charge of violating national security when involving in a
plan to print T-shirts opposing a country’s project with China over sovereignty
disputes on the South China Sea which could escalate tension and conducting
anti-government propaganda under Article 88 of the Vietnamese Criminal Code.
For the country’s amnesty she was released on September 12, 2009.
But
Trang has not changed any more, she has carried out many activities that caused
a lot of troubles for the country’s security. Trang's blog, Trang the Ridiculous,
covers a range of sensitive topics, including the relationship between Vietnam
and China and the dispute between the two countries over territorial claims on
the South China Sea, which was so unconstructive and irreponsible to the
national security. And, recently she published her new book “Politics for All”
by illegally spreading copies abroad and posting on socail media that might
cause instability among the society.
Trang’s
actions are not strange to the authority. Last year, she provided the EU
delegation in Hanoi with wrong informationa on the human rights situation in
Vietnam, fabrication about the Formosa toxic waste spill that destroyed the
livelihoods of coastal residents last year, and false allegations about the
state of religious freedom in the country. Of course, she had to paid for her
wrongdoings. The police arrested her for 24 hours to interrogate her on hurting
the social order. But abusing the incident some human rights groups like Front
Line Defender, Reporter Without Borders (RSF) unreasonably accused and
condemned Vietnam for persecution of the journalist. They even launched the #StopTheCrackdownVN campaign decrying
the crackdown of bloggers and activists in Vietnam, demanding the release of
Pham Doan Trang and other bloggers who violated laws like her including Me Nam
(Mother Mushroom) Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, Nguyen Tien Trung of Democratic Youth
Movement, Tran Thi Nga, etc.
For
Trang, she was even announced as the winner of
the 2017 Homo Homini Prize from People in Need “for the courage she
employs while tirelessly pursuing a democratic change within her country,
despite harassment and persecution.”
Those
human rights groups should thoroughly and objectively view the human rights
situation in Vietnam to have right and fair judgements about Vietnam’s
achievements on protecting and promoting human rights and freedom of press and
expression, religious freedom through previous years. And Trang, she should
stop to a troublemaker to the national security that could harm interests of
the people and the country./.
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All comments [ 3 ]
The individual like her should be handled with the laws to protect the country's stability.
I doubt that Trang could write that book. Maybe behind her is some anti-Vietnam forces abroad that support her in ideals and money. Trang is just a naive tool!
This kind of woman should be punished abide by the law. She has done many bullshit things to undermine the country's stability.
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