On the very same day, a Hòa Hảo lawyer lodged an appeal against all of the verdicts to the Supreme Appeals Court in Saigon, but the submissions were rejected in a matter of hours.
Pada hari yang sama, seorang pengacara Hòa Hảo mengajukan banding terhadap semua putusan ke Pengadilan Banding Tertinggi di Saigon, tetapi pengajuan ditolak dalam hitungan jam.