The New York Times, June 19, 2018
BANGKOK — An American citizen who was arrested at a peaceful demonstration in Vietnam this month said on state television that he regretted breaking the law and that he would not join such protests again.
Will Nguyen, 32, an American graduate student in Singapore, has been held since June 10, when he was grabbed and beaten by the police at an anti-China protest in Ho Chi Minh City.
Two videos posted on YouTube show him being dragged down the street by plainclothes officers holding his legs and an arm. One man comes up and strikes him. Another places an orange covering over Mr. Nguyen’s head.
“I regret that I caused trouble for people heading to the airport,” Mr. Nguyen said in Vietnamese in the televised statement, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday.
“I blocked traffic and caused trouble to my family and friends,” Mr. Nguyen continued. “I will not join any anti-state activities anymore.”
The Vietnamese authorities are known to coerce detainees into making such public confessions.
Mr. Nguyen’s family has called on the Trump administration to intervene on his behalf and set up a Twitter account to advocate his release. They fear that his case could drag on for months as the authorities investigate him for “disturbing the social order.”
Mr. Nguyen, a Houston native who graduated from Yale, is fluent in Vietnamese and Mandarin and has traveled frequently to Vietnam.
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June 20, 2018
U.S. Protester Held in Vietnam Confesses on State Television
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
The New York Times, June 19, 2018
BANGKOK — An American citizen who was arrested at a peaceful demonstration in Vietnam this month said on state television that he regretted breaking the law and that he would not join such protests again.
Will Nguyen, 32, an American graduate student in Singapore, has been held since June 10, when he was grabbed and beaten by the police at an anti-China protest in Ho Chi Minh City.
Two videos posted on YouTube show him being dragged down the street by plainclothes officers holding his legs and an arm. One man comes up and strikes him. Another places an orange covering over Mr. Nguyen’s head.
“I regret that I caused trouble for people heading to the airport,” Mr. Nguyen said in Vietnamese in the televised statement, Agence France-Presse reported Tuesday.
“I blocked traffic and caused trouble to my family and friends,” Mr. Nguyen continued. “I will not join any anti-state activities anymore.”
The Vietnamese authorities are known to coerce detainees into making such public confessions.
Mr. Nguyen’s family has called on the Trump administration to intervene on his behalf and set up a Twitter account to advocate his release. They fear that his case could drag on for months as the authorities investigate him for “disturbing the social order.”
Mr. Nguyen, a Houston native who graduated from Yale, is fluent in Vietnamese and Mandarin and has traveled frequently to Vietnam.