Le Thanh Tung
Lê Thanh Tùng
Current Status: Sentenced to prison
Date of Birth: 1968
Gender: M
Ethnicity: Kinh
Occupation: Veteran
Known Prison(s):
Ba Sao prison, Nam Ha province (December 16, 2016 - present)
Sentenced to 12 years in prison under Art. 79 (1999 Code). Expected Release is December 15, 2027.
December 15, 2015
- Art. 79 (1999 Code)
Viet Nam
December 16, 2016 - Date of trial
Vo An Don
12 years in prison
December 15, 2027
Details of Imprisonment
Actions Taken
First arrest:
Le Thanh Tung was detained in December 2011 and sentenced in a one-hour trial in August 2012 to five years in prison (later reduced to four) under Article 88 for his ties to Bloc 8406. He was released a five months early from prison, in June 2015, in what some believe was a political move.
Second arrest:
Le Thanh Tung was re-arrested in December 2015 and tried on December 16, 2016, in Thai Binh province, alongside Tran Anh Kim. He was sentenced to 12 years in prison and four years of house arrest.
May 2017:
Kim and Tungs' appeals of their sentences were denied on May 26, 2017.
August 2017:
Tran Anh Kim and Le Thanh Tung were moved to another prison farther from their homes (from Ha Nam to Thanh Hoa province). Their families were not informed of this transfer at the time.
December 2016:
US Ambassador to Vietnam at the time, Ted Osius, expressed worries after Kim and Le Thanh Tungs' trial.