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Vietnamese police manhandle and detain US Diplomat
by Joseph Ernest January 6, 2011
Newscast Media HANOI, Vitenam -- An American political officer at the US embassy in Hanoi, Vietnam has been detained by police in central Vietnam, Radio Free Asia reports. Radio Free Asia, which is funded by Washington, reported on Thursday that the diplomat was trying to visit the home of a Vietnamese dissident in the city of Hue when police stopped him.
Christian Marchant continued to try to reach Thadeus Nguyen Van Ly, with whom he had an appointment, and was reportedly then wrestled to the ground and driven away in a police car.
"It's a clear violation of the Vienna Convention" which governs the protection of diplomats, a US official, who declined to be named, said. "We're quite concerned by it."
Ly, a dissident Catholic priest, was sentenced to eight years in prison in 2007 on charges of trying to undermine the Communist government.
The US embassy in Hanoi confirmed only that the diplomat had been manhandled. Police in Hue did not comment on the incident. Add Comments>>
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