LÊ Văn Luân

Bloodily injured by undercover mob attack

Profession:

Lawyer (on human rights issues)

Date and time:

November 3, 2015

around 2:30PM

Location:

Đông Cựu hamlet

Đông Phương Yên village

Chương Mỹ district

Hanoi city

Incident:

On the afternoon of Nov. 3, 2015, lawyer Luân and lawyer Nam came to the house of their client, Mrs. ĐỖ Thị Mai, mother of ĐỖ Đăng Dư, a  17-year old teenager recently died in the police station in Hanoi.

Seeing these lawyers, two village security men ĐỖ Trọng Sáu and ĐỖ Huy Mẫn made reporting calls to their higher echelon.

Moment later, upon leaving Mrs. Mai's house approximately 100 meters afar, both lawyers were under attacked by around 8 face-covered motorcycle mobsters, they blocked the front of the lawyers' car, opened car doors and attacked, 5 of them attacked lawyer Luân, the other 3 attacked lawyer Nam.

Both lawyers ran down to the rice field but they were chasing after. Lawyer Luân was beaten and injured on his left eye. Lawyer Nam injuries are even worse. According to lawyer Nam's medical examination report: the X-ray shows broken nose, injured eyes and coronary sinus, need hospitalizing to follow up on possible brain damage.

Lawyer Luân later came back to the crime scene for working out a police report and recognized one of the beaters wearing security uniform of Đông Phương Yên village, Chương Mỹ district. His name is Cửu. 

A few days before the attack, on his Facebook, lawyer Nam notified that Hanoi's investigative security created obstacles, made difficulties, hinders their professional service to their client.

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