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C ng an ph l p h c k n ng s ng c a th y ph m minh ho ng
Phạm Minh Hoàng (born 1955) is a French-Vietnamese blogger and lecturer in applied mathematics at the Ho Chi Minh City Institute of Technology, who was arrested in Vietnam for his political writing and activism in August 13, 2010. Phạm Minh Hoàng, who writes with the pen name Phan Kien Quoc, was convicted on August 10, 2011 for writing “33 articles that distort the policies and guidelines of the Party and the State.” He was sentenced to three years in jail and three years of probation under Article 79, “subversion of administration”-- one of many penal codes defined vaguely and used to detain and arrest political activists. Phạm Minh Hoàng currently lives in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam where he used to lecture at the university and offer free classes for Vietnamese youth on leadership skills.
Contents
- C ng an ph l p h c k n ng s ng c a th y ph m minh ho ng
- Tr chuy n c ng gi o s ph m minh ho ng v h i gi o ch c chu v n an
- Background
- 2010 Arrest
- References
Tr chuy n c ng gi o s ph m minh ho ng v h i gi o ch c chu v n an
Background
Phạm Minh Hoàng was born on August 8, 1955 in Vung Tau, what is now Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province. In 1973, Hoàng left to study in France. Hoàng lived, studied, and worked in France for 28 years, during which time he officially joined the political party, Viet Tan. Hoang returned to Vietnam in 2000, and worked as a lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic University. Before his arrest on August 13, 2010, Hoàng wrote articles about political and social issues in Vietnam, which were published on his blog under pseudonym Phan Kien Quoc. To empower young Vietnamese to become leaders and serve the community, Hoàng also started teaching free classes on leadership skills. Hoàng's political articles and leadership classes were the basis for his arrest in 2010.
2010 Arrest
When Phạm Minh Hoàng as arrested on August 13, 2010, he was detained in secret and unlawfully. His arrest was unconfirmed by Vietnamese authorities until September 9, 2010, when Viet Tan published the details online. At the time, Hoàng was 55 years old and lecturing at the Ho Chi Minh City Polytechnic Institute. According to Hoàng’s lawyer, Tran Vu Hai, Hoàng admitted to writing the essays, but did not believe he committed any crime against the state.
