Phung Thi Nga
Phùng Thị Nga
Detainment Type: Likely released - at risk
Other Names: Phùng Thị Nga
Date of Birth: 1981
Gender: F
Ethnicity: Kinh
Occupation: Blogger
Activist Focus:
- Land rights
Details
Background
Phung Thi Nga lives and works in Yen Lac District, Vinh Phuc Province
Profile photo source: Facebook account Đy Gia Truyền Thanh Nga.
History of ActivismPhung Thi Nga was not known for any civil and political activism until her arrest. In October 2020, she started to share videos of land grab scenes in Vinh Phuc Province on her YouTube channel and Facebook accounts, calling on the local authorities to respect the constitution and law, and asking for justice for the victims. Additionally, she submitted many petitions seeking fair compensation and accountability from the authorities of Vinh Phuc for confiscation of her family's and co-defendants' agricultural lands.
Family SituationPhung Thi Nga is married and has two children.
Sentenced to 2 years in prison under Art. 331 (2015 Code). Expected Release is October 4, 2023.
May 26, 2022 - Date of trial
2 years in prison
October 4, 2023
Details of Imprisonment
On October 5, 2021, state media announced that the Public security of Yen Lac District, Vinh Phuc province had urgently arrested Phung Thi Nga on October 4 for “abusing democratic freedoms" under Article 331 of the 2015 Criminal Code. Accordingly, an emergency warrant was issued by the People's Procuracy of Yen Lac district, Vinh Phuc province. Her home was also searched the same day.
According the indictment, from October 2020 to October 2021, Nga used various social media accounts, such as Đy Gia Truyền Thanh Nga, Thiết Bị Thông Minh, Vũ Văn Quân, and Dân oan Vĩnh Phúc to post slanderous information discrediting certain individuals and organizations in Yen Lac District, Vinh Phuc Province (examples pictured in the resources tab). Nga's actions caused “negative public opinion among cadres, Party members, public people, and destructively affected political security in the area.”
Our investigations of her social media accounts, however, show that Nga merely peacefully criticized the local authorities’ policy regarding land dispute issues (between land rights petitioners in Vinh Phuc province and DOJI corporation, the investor of the Nam Vinh Yen New Urban Area), and called for her family and the victims' justice. Further, Nga’s social media accounts have rather limited reach and are unlikely to be able to cause any security disruption. Her most viewed video has around 2,000 views in total.
On May 26, 2022, Phung Thi Nga was tried and sentenced to 24 months in prison. It’s unclear if she was represented by defense counsel.
ResourcesTỉnh Vĩnh Phúc: Người dân đề nghị làm rõ những khuất tất tại Dự án Khu đô thị Nam Vĩnh Yên, Cuu Chien Binh Viet Nam, April 14, 2021.
Người dân ba lần bị thu hồi đất tại Yên Lạc – Vĩnh Phúc: Cần lắng nghe nguyện vọng của dân, Doanh Nhan & Phap Ly, July 17, 2021.
Dự án của Tập đoàn DOJI đẩy nông dân mất đất đến đường cùng, Nong Nghiep Viet Nam, July 21, 2021.
Bắt Phùng Thị Nga - đối tượng đăng tải nhiều bài viết, video xuyên tạc trên MXH, Bao Ve Phap Luat/ Safeguarding the Law, October 5, 2021.
Bắt giữ đối tượng Phùng Thị Nga- Chủ tài khoản Youtube “Dân oan Vĩnh Phúc", Quan Doi Nhan Dan, October 5, 2021.
Bắt người phụ nữ dùng nhiều tài khoản Facebook, YouTube để bôi xấu lãnh đạo huyện, Tuoi Tre Online, October 5, 2021.
Chủ kênh YouTube "Dân oan Vĩnh Phúc" lĩnh 2 năm tù, Soha, May 27, 2022.
Vĩnh Phúc: Đối tượng đăng nội dung xuyên tạc, bịa đặt, bôi nhọ tổ chức cá nhân lĩnh án 24 tháng tù, Phap Luat & Xa Hoi, May 27, 2022.
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