Ngo Oanh Phuong
Current Status: At risk
Other Names: Ngô Oanh Phương, Phương Ngô (Phuong Ngo)
Date of Birth:
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Kinh
Occupation: Driver
Areas of Activism:
- Anti-corruption
- Democracy
- Freedom of expression
- Sovereignty
Known Affiliations:
Details - Background, History of Activism, Contact Information.
Ngo Oanh Phuong is a driver.
Profile photo source: Facebook Phuong Ngo
Ngo Oanh Phuong and other drivers in Ban Huu Duong Xa Group (Friends on Long Road) have protested against “dirty BOTs” (Build-Operate-Transfers), which effectively charge drivers a toll for a private development project authorized by the state. On her Facebook Phuong Ngo, Phuong has shared her views on national issues.
January 14, 2019: detained illegally in an alley because of her protest against An Suong-An Lac BOT
- Detention
- Destruction of personal property
- Property confiscation
- Public security
- Collaborators
- freedom from arbitrary arrest or detention
- liberty and security of the person
- freedom of expression
- freedom of peaceful assembly
- political participation
At 2:00 pm on January 14, Ngo Oanh Phuong, Truong Chau Huu Danh, Huynh Long and a woman went to An Suong - An Lac Toll Plaza to question them on the purpose of the station and what type of fees they have charged. An Suong - An Lac Toll Plaza is one of the BOTs being protested since 2018 because they collected fees beyond the contract duration, which ended in January 2017.
Right after that, hundreds of people, including public security officers, police in uniform, and individuals wearing masks, raided their three cars and towed them into a dead-end alley, which was 50 meters away from the BOT. All of them were isolated in cars by barriers, cars, and a powerful security force without receiving food from the outside during their detention.
When leaving the car to find a restroom at around 9:00 pm, Huynh Long was suddenly arrested by unidentified individuals, who threatened him to stop his activism against BOT An Suong - An Lac. The aggressors drove him on their motorcycles around the town before taking his belongings and leaving him in District 12 the next morning. Scared of his disappearance, Truong Chau Huu Danh, Phuong Ngo and the others stayed inside the car until the next day and kept live-streaming their incident on the Facebook page of Trương Châu Hữu Danh.
On January 15, the security force of Binh Tan District came in the morning and worked with them until the afternoon. That morning, Huynh Buu Long managed to return to the scene. Finally, authorities imposed administrative fines on two of the drivers for “stopping the cars illegally, causing traffic jam”. Meanwhile, security forces ignored drivers’ report on their incident and their demand to investigate their arbitrary detention, as well as damage to the cars during towing process. After more than 24 hours, they were finally able to leave the alley in the late afternoon.
Phản đối thu phí BOT An Sương, An Lạc, nhóm tài xế bị giam lỏng hơn 24 giờ, Radio Free Asia, January 15, 2019
Tài xế 'bị giam lỏng' nhiều giờ vì phản đối BOT An Sương-An Lạc?, BBC Vietnamese, January 15, 2019
Bị giam lỏng vì phản đối ‘BOT bẩn’ ở TP. HCM, nhóm tài xế sẽ kiện, Voice of America Vietnamese, January 15, 2019
Protest Against BOT: How Vietnamese Drivers Fight Back, The Vietnamese, January 16, 2019
Profile last updated: 2019-08-31 20:26:58