The trial has passed for almost a month, then around 1:30 pm, June 15,
2013, the communist authorities dispatched more than 30 police personnel
to surround the house of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Kim Lien, Nguyen Dinh Kha's
mother. While she and her husband were not home, police used power
shears to cut the door locks, broke into the house and ransacked it, and
took away many items they wanted. In the meantime, the search warrant
was imposed on a different address, which is the private residence of
Dinh Nhat Uy. Police served a 3-month-detention order to Dinh Nhat Uy
on charges of "abusing democratic freedoms or infringe upon interests of
the state, civil organizations," Article 258 of the Penal Code.
The heartless regime wanted to eradicate the life of Mrs. Nguyen’s family!
Since the arrest of Dinh Nguyen Kha, local police have been harassing
the family with many tricks; they had often made calls to the customers
of Dinh Nhat Uy, those who came to his shop to repair their computer.
Police threatened Uy’s customers if they do business with the family of
"reactionary" people they would have to watch out for their safety! As a
result, customers became afraid to do business with Dinh Nhat Uy.
Suffering operating loss and taxes, Uy closed his shop to find other
means to make a living. Graduated college as an Information Technology
engineer, he finally had to give up his field to do the works of a
farmer – growing vegetables, fishing, etc. to help his mother supply
foods to his younger brother in prison.
One day before his arrest, Uy’s mother prepared foods for a visit to his
younger brother, so his relatives (uncles, aunts, cousins…) came over
to comfort his family. Uy told his relatives that the local authorities
have isolated his family economically. His mother must sell
family-grown bananas and vegetables at the local market to feed Kha in
prison. Being unemployed, he made a trip to Saigon for a plan to
republish about 400 units of two technical books on how to repair copy
machines, of which he is a co-author. He hoped to generate some income
from the proceeding to help his mother keep his younger brother survived
in prison, but a publisher turned down his deal saying the books are
not allowed to be republished for bearing his name, “NHAT UY,” as a
co-writer.
From hostage to prisoner.
Since the communist authorities have found that Uyen and Kha’s family
had filed the appeals on behalf of their children, Uy said that
"someone" had repeatedly asked him to convince his younger brother to
plead guilty in the upcoming appeal court in order to be pardoned. They
also explained that, on one hand, if his brother would plead guilty, Uy
could do his business as usual. On another hand, if his brother will
continue to plead not guilty causing them to lose face with public
opinion and the international community, then they will increase prison
term by adding new charges resulted from the “ongoing investigation of
possession of fireworks,” which can be accused as an act of "terrorism."
Uy turned a deaf ear to their honey promises, and a stone face to
their intimidating threats. He has strongly supported his brother’s acts
of patriotism by posting the slogan "China, get out of the Southeast
Asia Sea" on his Facebook account. Now, Uy is facing the charge of
violating Article 258 of the Penal Code, being detained for 3 months,
and will possibly receive a sentence from 2 to 7 years in prison plus a
few years of probation for:
"Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon interests of the State and
civil institutions," with such accuses, the questions must be raised:
“Has Uy harmed the interests of which State or citizens?” Or “Is the
Vietnamese communist party just doing everything possible to protect the
interests of the Chinese people and the Chinese communist regime?
Article 258 is now becoming a "tail" of Article 88 of the Penal Code
because it provides the communist party a ridiculously powerful mean to
arrest or detain anyone who dares to criticize the totalitarian
dictatorship in Vietnam today.
Uy’s shop of “repairing and maintenace service for copy machines” has been closed for months
Dinh Nhat Uy is casting a net
The guide books for repairing copy machines, which are not allowed to be republished for bearing the name “NHAT UY.”
