COMPLAINT
Re: New Hanoi News' publishing of information that were false, derogatory to its citizens' dignity and honor.
To: Ba Dinh People's Court, Hanoi city
Full name of Petitioners:
1. Ngo Thi Dung - born 1954
Personal ID No:010213259, issued Apr 21,2003 in Hanoi City
Residence: 15 Van Phuc Drive, Kim Ma, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Mailing address: 306 C3 TT Vinh Ho, Nga Tu So ward, Dong Da, Hanoi
2. Nguyen Thi Viet - born 1949
Passport No. B2000602, issued Mar, 2008
Residence: Group 8 Thinh Quang, Dong Da, Hanoi
Full Name of Respondent:
New Hanoi News Agency.
Address: 44 Le Thai To, Hang Trong ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi City
Phone - Fax: (84 4) 39287445
Email: webmaster@hanoimoi.com.vn
Website: http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn
Permit No 184/GP -BVHTT issued on Mar 17, 2003
Legal actions against the respondents are requested as followed:
We are among the 8 defendants who were charged and tried for "disorderly conduct" and "damaging state's property" by the lower court, the People's Trial Court of Dong Da district, Hanoi on Aug 12, 2008
- On New Hanoi Newspaper issue # 14301, page 07, published Tuesday Dec 12, 2008, in Current News category it was reported on us as follow:
"At the trial, all defendants had admitted to criminal conduct in violation of the law"
-On New Hanoi Online Edition: http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn/vn/12/190255/(08/12/2008 17:30) reporter Van Anh wrote: "At the trial, all defendants had admitted to criminal conduct in violation of the law"
Though we were charged in the indictment of "disorderly conduct" and "Damaging state's property" but in court we asserted that praying and smashing up the wall illegally erected right on our Church's property was the right thing to do and it wasn't in violation of the law. We had filed petition for an appeal on that verdict from the lower court.
Report on the New Hanoi Newspaper and Online-Edition as "all defendants had admitted their guilt, acknowledging that they had done wrongful things in violation of the law" was a distortion from the truth, since we did not violate the law therefore there were no such thing as "The defendants had done wrongful things in violation of the law". The fact that New Hanoi News utilizing the media to falsely report our guilt acceptance was derogatory to the dignity, honor and reputation of each one of the defendants.
1.We therefore request that the People's Court of Ba Dinh district, Hanoi City will compel New Hanoi News to publish correct information and an apology to us on New Hanoi News and on New Hanoi Online Edition http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn for providing false information about us.(as described in details above)
2. We also request that the People's Court of Ba Dinh district, Hanoi City to compel New Hanoi News in compensating each one of us for mental suffering as a result of their providing information that were false and derogatory to our dignity, honor and reputation. The level of mental damage would be an equivalent to one month worth of our minimum wages or $540,000 VN Dong (roughly $50 US dollars)
Documents, exhibits to be filed along with the Complaint including:
1. Photocopies of Mrs. Ngo Thi Dung's ID and Family Register; also photocopies of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Viet's passport and Family Register
2. Photocopy of receipt of Complaint.
3. Print out of excerpt with false information from New Hanoi News from its website http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn/vn/12/190255
4. Photocopy of New Hanoi News on Dec 09, 2008
5. CD containing the sound recording of the court proceeding (evidence against our guilt admission as reported by New Hanoi News)
6. Witnesses:
6.1 Attorney Le Tran Luat (defense attorney at the trial on Dec 8,2008.)
Address: Law Office
30, 3rd st, base 36B
Ward 7, Go Vap Ho Chi Minh City
6.2 Rev Peter Nguyen Van Khai (who was invited to attend the trial on Dec 8, 2008.)
Other information deem relevant to the case:
We have suggested New Hanoi News to make corrections on falsified information about each and every one of our defendants and compensate for our mental losses. We also requested a response to our complaint. It's now passed the statute of limitation New Hanoi News however has neither made corrections nor responded to our complaint in writing.
We ask the People's Court of Ba Dinh district, Hanoi city to subpoena the witness Rev Nguyen Van Khai (Thai Ha monastery, Dong Da, Hanoi) and attorney Le Tran Luat (30, 3rd st, base 26B, ward 7, Go Vap, Ho Chi Minh City) who was present at the trial on Dec 8, 2008
Respectfully,
Hanoi City, Jan 8, 2009
Petitioner,
Ngo Thi Dung (signed)
Nguyen Thi Viet (signed)
Re: New Hanoi News' publishing of information that were false, derogatory to its citizens' dignity and honor.
To: Ba Dinh People's Court, Hanoi city
Full name of Petitioners:
1. Ngo Thi Dung - born 1954
Personal ID No:010213259, issued Apr 21,2003 in Hanoi City
Residence: 15 Van Phuc Drive, Kim Ma, Ba Dinh, Hanoi
Mailing address: 306 C3 TT Vinh Ho, Nga Tu So ward, Dong Da, Hanoi
2. Nguyen Thi Viet - born 1949
Passport No. B2000602, issued Mar, 2008
Residence: Group 8 Thinh Quang, Dong Da, Hanoi
Full Name of Respondent:
New Hanoi News Agency.
Address: 44 Le Thai To, Hang Trong ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi City
Phone - Fax: (84 4) 39287445
Email: webmaster@hanoimoi.com.vn
Website: http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn
Permit No 184/GP -BVHTT issued on Mar 17, 2003
CONTENT OF COMPLAINT
Legal actions against the respondents are requested as followed:
We are among the 8 defendants who were charged and tried for "disorderly conduct" and "damaging state's property" by the lower court, the People's Trial Court of Dong Da district, Hanoi on Aug 12, 2008
- On New Hanoi Newspaper issue # 14301, page 07, published Tuesday Dec 12, 2008, in Current News category it was reported on us as follow:
"At the trial, all defendants had admitted to criminal conduct in violation of the law"
-On New Hanoi Online Edition: http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn/vn/12/190255/(08/12/2008 17:30) reporter Van Anh wrote: "At the trial, all defendants had admitted to criminal conduct in violation of the law"
Though we were charged in the indictment of "disorderly conduct" and "Damaging state's property" but in court we asserted that praying and smashing up the wall illegally erected right on our Church's property was the right thing to do and it wasn't in violation of the law. We had filed petition for an appeal on that verdict from the lower court.
Report on the New Hanoi Newspaper and Online-Edition as "all defendants had admitted their guilt, acknowledging that they had done wrongful things in violation of the law" was a distortion from the truth, since we did not violate the law therefore there were no such thing as "The defendants had done wrongful things in violation of the law". The fact that New Hanoi News utilizing the media to falsely report our guilt acceptance was derogatory to the dignity, honor and reputation of each one of the defendants.
1.We therefore request that the People's Court of Ba Dinh district, Hanoi City will compel New Hanoi News to publish correct information and an apology to us on New Hanoi News and on New Hanoi Online Edition http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn for providing false information about us.(as described in details above)
2. We also request that the People's Court of Ba Dinh district, Hanoi City to compel New Hanoi News in compensating each one of us for mental suffering as a result of their providing information that were false and derogatory to our dignity, honor and reputation. The level of mental damage would be an equivalent to one month worth of our minimum wages or $540,000 VN Dong (roughly $50 US dollars)
Documents, exhibits to be filed along with the Complaint including:
1. Photocopies of Mrs. Ngo Thi Dung's ID and Family Register; also photocopies of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Viet's passport and Family Register
2. Photocopy of receipt of Complaint.
3. Print out of excerpt with false information from New Hanoi News from its website http://www.hanoimoi.com.vn/vn/12/190255
4. Photocopy of New Hanoi News on Dec 09, 2008
5. CD containing the sound recording of the court proceeding (evidence against our guilt admission as reported by New Hanoi News)
6. Witnesses:
6.1 Attorney Le Tran Luat (defense attorney at the trial on Dec 8,2008.)
Address: Law Office
30, 3rd st, base 36B
Ward 7, Go Vap Ho Chi Minh City
6.2 Rev Peter Nguyen Van Khai (who was invited to attend the trial on Dec 8, 2008.)
Other information deem relevant to the case:
We have suggested New Hanoi News to make corrections on falsified information about each and every one of our defendants and compensate for our mental losses. We also requested a response to our complaint. It's now passed the statute of limitation New Hanoi News however has neither made corrections nor responded to our complaint in writing.
We ask the People's Court of Ba Dinh district, Hanoi city to subpoena the witness Rev Nguyen Van Khai (Thai Ha monastery, Dong Da, Hanoi) and attorney Le Tran Luat (30, 3rd st, base 26B, ward 7, Go Vap, Ho Chi Minh City) who was present at the trial on Dec 8, 2008
Respectfully,
Hanoi City, Jan 8, 2009
Petitioner,
Ngo Thi Dung (signed)
Nguyen Thi Viet (signed)