The Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Agency on Nov. 5
arrested Cu Huy Ha Vu under the approval of the Supreme People’s Court
to investigate his activities related to spreading anti-state
propaganda.
On the afternoon of Nov. 6, Deputy
Minister of Public Security Lieut. Gen. To Lam and Head of the
Investigation Agency Lieut. Gen. Hoang Kong Tu held a press briefing to
provide details of Cu Huy Ha Vu’s illegal actions against the State of
the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, under Article 88 of the Criminal
Code.
Evidence and documents seized by relevant
agencies proved that Vu has produced many documents containing distorted
information and libel against the people’s administration, calling for
the overthrowing of the regime, calling for pluralism, multi-party and
foreign intervention which goes contrary to the nation’s interest.
Vu also has ties with anti-State elements and overseas hostile forces
against Vietnam . He has granted more than 20 interviews to
anti-Vietnam overseas reactionary elements’ radios and newspapers and
transferred his own documents to them to use in oppose the Vietnamese
State .
In addition, Vu has made documents
containing groundless, fabricated and distorted information on the
State’s leadership and management to incite the public to rise up
against the State as well as slandered Vietnamese State leaders.
The arrest of Vu and search of his home were
conducted in accordance with the law. Further investigation into Vu’s
wrongdoings are underway.
Furthermore, Vu must take
responsibility for his extra-marital affair on Nov. 4 night at Mach Lam
Hotel’s Room 101 in Ho Chi Minh City .
At the press conference, Lieut. Gen. Tu affirmed that Cu Huy Ha Vu has a law doctorate but he is not a lawyer.
Also at the event, Chairman Le Van Dinh of the People’s Committee of
Ba Dinh District where Vu resides said that Cu Huy Ha Vu was born in
1957 in the central province of Ha Tinh and is a permanent
resident at No. 24, Dien Bien Phu Street , Dien Bien ward in Ba Dinh
district of Hanoi.
Vu has infringed the law many
times over the past years, said the chairman, adding that Vu was
prosecuted by Ba Dinh police for hitting and injuring people in 1986.
According to Dinh, Vu had a job at the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs’ Institute of International Relations but he did
not go to work and the ministry decided to sack him in 2009. In 2003, Vu
was involved in a case of encroaching land to illegally build his
house.
In 2006, Vu nominated himself for the 12 th
National Assembly election but his self-nomination was rejected by local
residents./.
