>From: 0005008625@mcimail.com (Le Tran)
Newsgroups: soc.culture.vietnamese
Subject: PETITION FOR LUYEN NGUYEN
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:46:54 GMT
Reply-To: 0005008625@mcimail.com
Organization: SCV Relay
Originator: daemon@media-lab.media.mit.edu
Status: RO


Thu+a ca'c ba.n:

TP se~ tie^'p tu.c go+?i ba?n petition tranh -da^'u cho co^ng ly' 
cho Luye^.n va` cho co^.ng -do^`ng VN tre^n net.  Xin ca'c ba.n 
vui lo`ng bo? chu't tho+`i gio+` go+?i -de^'n ca'c vie^n chu+'c 
My~.  THis case has gone nationally and has become a national, 
Asian American issue.  We must make sure that Vietnamese American 
has a strong voice in this.  This is our case to begin with.  We 
want everyone to know that the Vietnamese community knows how to 
act and is ready to act at anytime.

Ca'm o+n ra^'t nhie^`u ba.n -da~ go+?i tho+ khi'ch le^. TP va` 
gi'up the^m y' kie^'n ve^` ba?n petition.

I have some additional addresses of state and federal officials 
to mail the petition to.  THe list of address is attached at the 
end of the petition.

I also have some phone numbers here, please make the phone calls 
to these officials.  Please make sure that we do not insult these 
officials or the American justice system.  THe system is doing 
fine so far.  We just register our anger at the crime and demand 
that justice be done.  No insulting, please.  We need to have 
good coordination.

THank you for your unity.

TP

_______________________

Sample Petition:

                                    Your name 
                                    Your address

                                    September 2, 1992


Name and address of
the official you send to
(Please see the list at the
end of this petition)

    RE:  Protest concerning the death of Luyen Phan Nguyen

Dear ...

Luyen Phan Nguyen, an honor, pre-medical sophomore at University 
of Miami was savagely beaten to death by a crowd of party-goers 
Saturday night, August 15, 1992, in Coral Springs, Florida when 
he objected to racial slurs directed at him.  He was chased down 
like a wounded deer and died as a result of his injury the next 
Monday. 

I strongly condemn this racially-motivated killing.  We cannot 
afford to let this savage racial murder go unanswered.  Crimes of 
hatred and violence have no place anywhere in America.  I 
respectfully request that you do everything in your power to 
insure that justice is served and the criminals severely punished 
for this heinous crime.

I place my trust in you and the criminal justice system.

                                  Sincerely yours,



                                  Your name
___________________

List of officials to send petition to:

Governor Lawton Chiles
Office of the Governor
The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-001     Phone: 904-488-2050

THe Honorable Bob Graham
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510-0903    Phone: 202-224-3041

The Honorable Connie Mack
U.S. Senate
Washington, DC 20510-0904    Phone: 202-224-5274

Lt. Governor Buddy MacKay
Office of the Lt. Governor
The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-001

Mr. Robert A. Butterworth
Attorney General
Plaza Level 1
THe Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-001    Phone: 904-487-1963

Mr. Jim Smith
Secretary of State
The Capitol
Plaza Level, Room 2
Tallahassee, FL 32399-0250   Phone: 904-488-3680

Mr. T.K. Wetherell
Speaker of the House
420 The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-01300  Phone: 904-488-1450

Ms. Gwen Margolis
President of the Senate
The Capitol, Suite 409
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1100   Phone: 904-487-5229

Mr. Robert Early
Special Assistant to the Governor
 for Minority Affairs
Office of the Governor
The Capitol
Tallahassee, FL 32399-001

US Representatives: (Numbers cooresponding to district)

  Send your petition to:

      THe Honorable ..........
      United Stated House of Representatives
      Washington, DC 20515

      House of Representative operator:  202-225-3121

Representatives: 

1. Earl Huto
2. Douglas (Pete) Peterson
3. Charles Bennett
4. Craig T. James
5. Bill McCullum
6. Cliff Sterns
7. Sam M. Gibbons
8. C.W. Bill Young
9. Michael Bilirakis
10. Andy Ireland
11. Jim Bacchus
12. Tom Lewis
13. Porter Goss
14. Harry Johnston
15. E. Clay Shaw, Jr.
16. Lawrence J. Smith
17. William Lehman
18. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
19.  Dante B. Rascell