The trial of a retired Australian baker sentenced to 12 years in jail in Vietnam on terrorism charges was a “charade”, his son says, saying he fears his father will die in jail as he faces his final appeal on Monday.
Political prisoner Chau Van Kham, 70, was arrested in Vietnam in January 2019, accused of meeting with fellow members of Viet Tan, a pro-democracy advocacy group proscribed by Vietnam’s communist government, and of helping finance the organisation.
Chau’s single-day judge-only trial, held simultaneously with four other people, saw him tried and convicted on charges of “financing terrorism”, and sentenced to 12 years in jail, all within four hours.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/family-of-retired-sydney-baker-jailed-in-vietnam-say-australia-needs-to-do-more
Political prisoner Chau Van Kham, 70, was arrested in Vietnam in January 2019, accused of meeting with fellow members of Viet Tan, a pro-democracy advocacy group proscribed by Vietnam’s communist government, and of helping finance the organisation.
Chau’s single-day judge-only trial, held simultaneously with four other people, saw him tried and convicted on charges of “financing terrorism”, and sentenced to 12 years in jail, all within four hours.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/02/family-of-retired-sydney-baker-jailed-in-vietnam-say-australia-needs-to-do-more
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