Tuyen, 40, was beaten by four thugs in early morning of Monday near his private house in Long Bien district after he sent his son to a local school.
The attackers used iron bars to beat him, causing bleeding and many injuries in his head, and other parts of his body. He was transferred in a hospital in the city for urgent treatment.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | May 11, 2015
Mr. Nguyen Chi Tuyen, a Hanoi-based famous political dissident and human rights activist, has been hospitalized with a number of serious injuries in his head after being attacked by plainclothes agents, local media reported.
Tuyen, 40, was beaten by four thugs in early morning of Monday near his private house in Long Bien district after he sent his son to a local school.
The attackers used iron bars to beat him, causing bleeding and many injuries in his head, and other parts of his body. He was transferred in a hospital in the city for urgent treatment.
In his facebook page, Mr. Tuyen condemned the assault, and blamed Hanoi police, particularly Long Bien district police for full responsibility.
Tuyen, an officer of a printing agency, actively participated in anti-China protests in Hanoi in the 2011-2014 period. He is among leading figures in demonstrations in Hanoi in March-April to protest the city’s plan which aims to chop down 6,700 healthy aged trees in city’s main streets.
Due to his social activities, he was summoned several times by Hanoi police for interrogation about his role in these demonstrations.
Vietnam’s communist government has often hired thugs to attack local activists and bloggers who peacefully express their opinions on the government economic mismanagement, corruption and weak response to China’s violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea.
Among victims of the government-supported attacks are human rights lawyers Le Quoc Quan and Nguyen Bac Truyen, democracy advocate Nguyen Van Dai, human rights activist Vu Quoc Ngu, social activist Nguyen Van Son, Truong Van Dung and labor activist Tran Thi Nga.