Saigon: Police shed
blood of protesters
Responding to the
call from 21 civil society organizations in Vietnam, the protests against Xi
Jinping will take place at 9 a.m. today, November 05, 2015, at area of the
embassy and consulate of China in Hanoi and Saigon respectively.
These demonstrations
absolutely express the will of the people of Vietnam, saying no to the
traditional northern invader.
As expected, Xi will
officially arrive at Noi Bai airport at 12 p.m. the same day.
Despite police
blockage, some activists could reach near Chinese
consulate in Saigon.
In Saigon, since
last night, barbed wire and barricades have been brought in for preparing
blockage at the intersections around the Chinese Consulate.
Police, secret
service agents and regime-hired security guards have been reinforced in the
morning of November 05, 2015.
Two groups of land
grab victims from Ben Tre and Binh Thuan were suppressed by police while
heading to the Chinese consulate. Thirteen of them were arrested near Saigon
Zoo and taken away.
In Hanoi, it rains
in the morning; regime-hired security guards, police and plainclothes security
scatter around the streets leading to the Chinese Embassy.
Barricades with “No
Standing” signs are erected at Lenin Park, opposite from the Chinese Embassy.
Blogger Nguyen Tien
Nam was stopped at the corner of Le Duan Street for "checking motorbike
registration” and detained.
Blogger Le Anh Hung
was arrested while standing in front of the Chinese embassy, waiting to “greet”
Xi and his puppet host.
The first group of
protesters, those who could reach the well protected buffer zone at Chinese
consulate in Saigon. Photo: Facebook Nguyen Quoc An.
Saigon: At 9:30 a.m. the
protest against Xi Jinping has started. After reaching the barricades
protecting the Chinese consulate, protesters peacefully march around the Turtle
Lake area.
Demonstrators in
Saigon.
At 10 a.m. police
and security force suddenly carry out a brutal suppression, arrest and shed
blood protesters.
Tran Bang, a
protester, was beaten badly by police and suffers head
injury.
At 10:10 a.m. about
40 people stage the protest at the Chinese embassy in Hanoi. Police and
security force immediately carry out a crackdown.
Bloggers La Viet
Dung, JB Nguyen Huu Vinh, Vu Hung and more than 10 other protesters are
arrested and taken to an unknown location.
Protest against Xi
Jinping in Hanoi, an immediate suppression follows.
At 10:30 a.m. in
Saigon, about 10 protesters are taken to police station of Ward 6, District 3
at 18 Vo Van Tan Street. All of them have been mercilessly beaten during the
arrest.
"This blood is
shed by Xi Jinping," said Tran Bang.
(Video: Facebook Nguyen
Tan)
At 11 a.m. in Saigon:
- Tran Bang, Nguyen
Thi Bich Nga, Nguyen Huu, Duong Dai Trieu Lam, Bach Huynh Hai Linh are detained
at police station of Ward 1, District 3.
Address: 790 Nguyen
Dinh Chieu Street, Ward 1, District 3. Phone: +84 8 3832 2870
- Nguyen Huu Tinh,
Nguyen Hoang Vi, Nguyen Quoc An, Tran Bui Trung, Huynh Anh Tu, Nguyen Nu Phuong
Dung, Huynh Cong Thuan, Hoang Dung, Nguyen Tuyen are detained at police station
of Ward 6, District 3.
Address: 18 Vo Van
Tan, Ward 6, District 3. Tel: +84 8 3930 4660
- Dinh Nhat Uy and
some other protesters are detained at police station of Ward 3, District 3.
Address: 618-620
Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street, Ward 3, District 3. Tel: (84-8) 3832 2870
At 12 a.m. today, Xi
arrives in Hanoi. Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh comes to Noi Bai airport to
greet the pirate and bandit.
Meanwhile, patriotic
protesters are brutally beaten, arrested and detained by the communist regime.
Vietnamese Communist
Party greets Xi Jinping.
At 12:30 p.m. in
Hanoi, protesters continue to make protest, demanding the release of over 20
patriots currently detained at 6 Quang Trung, Ha Dong.
Among those being
held there are well known activists and bloggers such as writer Nguyen Tuong
Thuy and his wife, Mai Phuong Thao, La Viet Dung, Bach Hong Quyen, JB Nguyen
Huu Vinh and Vu Hung.
Update at 4 p.m.:
According to the
Rev. Le Ngoc Thanh, Tran Bang was rushed to an emergency room in Saigon. He is
receiving treatment at the Hospital 115, 527 Su Van Hanh Street, District 10.
Earlier, Bang was
brutally attacked while marching peacefully at Turtle Lake area. He is a former
military officer of the Vietnamese People’s Army, and a veteran of the
Vietnam-China war in 1979.
Translated by Như Ngọc
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