We have been told nothing about this. As workers unfurled red banners in Ho Chi Minh City's main square yesterday, the government chose to trumpet its leniency to other prisoners. The Vietnam News, a state-run newspaper, said more than 17,000 prisoners are expected to benefit from the government's decision to reduce or commute sentences tomorrow, and later this year on Sept. 2, Vietnam's National Day. After serving 10 years, he will be released tomorrow. The family was to hold a memorial service today for Ms. Nguyen, who proclaimed her innocence moments before she died.
Relatives hope to fly to Vietnam in a few weeks.
The Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted has set up a trust fund to help them do that. Together, they hope to remove the body from prison property, where it currently rests. They want her out.