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26 Nov 2019, 2:00 pm by Immigration Prof
Nguyen Dinh Luong, 20, seen in a portrait placed on a prayer altar at his house in Vietnam, was among the 39 migrants who died in the truck's trailer last month. [read post]
29 Apr 2008, 3:00 pm
In the past month, two Vietnamese-born western citizens have seen very different outcomes in appeals against their sentences for drug offences.The legal charity Repreive announced in early April that UK citizen Le Manh Luong was granted clemency by President Nguyen Minh Triet.Repreive led a high-profile campaign on behalf of Mr Luong, who was sentenced to death in November 2006.He was convicted along with three Vietnamese defendants for trafficking 339 kilograms of heroin… [read post]
25 Oct 2008, 11:00 am
Viet Nam has granted clemency to two Australian citizens who were sentenced to death for drug offences.The announcement brings to seven the number of Vietnamese-Australians spared execution since 2003.Vietnamese prime minister Nguyen Tan Dung announced the decision at a joint media conference with his Australian counterpart Kevin Rudd at Parliament House in Canberra on 13 October. [read post]
18 Nov 2006, 7:29 pm
In all five cases the Australian government made strong representations to the government of Viet Nam appealing for the sentences to be commuted.In February 2006 President Tran Duc Luong commuted the death sentences of two Australians to life imprisonment, citing "humane tradition" and the good bilateral relationship between Australia and Viet Nam. [read post]
24 May 2008, 11:25 am
Sonny Duc Vo, Alex Chung Luong and Leonard Gonzales are U.S. citizens. [read post]