WRITTEN QUESTION E-3002/03 by Marco Pannella (NI), Emma Bonino (NI),Marco Cappato (NI), Gianfranco Dell'Alba (NI), Benedetto Della Vedova (NI),Olivier Dupuis (NI) and Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission. Repeated violations of the basic human rights of the Vietnamese highland people, the Montagnards.
Date: 2003-10-14
Institutions: European Parliament, Provisional data
Subjects: EU relations, UNHCR, Viet Nam, cooperation agreement (EU), ethnic group, human rights, non-governmental organisation, political cooperation, political violence

20.3.2004

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 70 E/189

(2004/C 70 E/199)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3002/03

by Marco Pannella (NI), Emma Bonino (NI),
Marco Cappato (NI), Gianfranco Dell’Alba (NI), Benedetto Della Vedova (NI),
Olivier Dupuis (NI) and Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(14 October 2003)

Subject: Repeated violations of

the basic human rights of

the Vietnamese highland people,

the

Montagnards

Knowing that:

(cid:1) at midnight on 21 August 2003, some 30 soldiers and 10 policemen surrounded the house of Y-Pho
Eban in the village of Buon Cuoi and arrested and imprisoned him for having allegedly fed
Montagnard refugees who were hiding in the area;

(cid:1) the policemen and soldiers beat up Y-Pho Eban and his family (H’Luin Eban, b. 1970, pregnant;
Y-Chui Buon Krong, b.1982; Y-Kun Buondap, b. 1992) with their AK-47 rifles and subjected them to
electric shocks;

(cid:1) these events took place late at night and woke up the other villagers who, to defend themselves, began
to beat the police car (registration number 47C2133) and thus forced the soldiers and policemen to
leave the village;

(cid:1) on 22 August 2003 the Government sent three truckloads of soldiers and policemen to the village of

Buon Cuoi to arrest all the inhabitants. We have no further news from this village.

The Commission:

(cid:1) Does it intend to seek clarifications from the Vietnamese Government as to the reasons for arresting

Montagnards?

(cid:1) Will

it bring pressure to bear on the Vietnamese authorities to ensure that they allow UNHCR
inspectors and NGOs free access to the Vietnamese central highlands and the areas bordering
Cambodia?

(cid:1) Should the Vietnamese Government fail to take such action, does the Commission intend to denounce

the cooperation agreement signed with Vietnam?

(2004/C 70 E/200)

WRITTEN QUESTION E-3003/03

by Marco Pannella (NI), Emma Bonino (NI),
Marco Cappato (NI), Gianfranco Dell’Alba (NI), Benedetto Della Vedova (NI),
Olivier Dupuis (NI) and Maurizio Turco (NI) to the Commission

(14 October 2003)

Subject: Repeated violations of

the basic human rights of

the Vietnamese highland people,

the

Montagnards

Knowing that:

(cid:1) over the past few months, Bibles have been confiscated, people have been beaten up and Montagnard

women have been raped;

(cid:1) on 18 August 2003 the Vietnamese Government sent Major Nguyen Vinh Chinh with 100 soldiers to
the village of Buon Yang Reh, in the district of Krong Bong (Province of Daklak). They searched the
house of H’Duen Buondap;

(cid:1) bibles, hymn books and 150 000 VND were confiscated and Major Vinh Chinh raped H’Duen

Buondap before going on to search every single house and beat up anyone who resisted;