Witnesses of the 'priest beating people for no reason' case in An Hoa speak out!

(Baonghean.vn) - Regarding the incident of unprovoked beating and disturbing public order that occurred on November 12, 2016On provincial road 537B, passing through An Hoa commune, Quynh Luu district, witnesses spoke up to clarify the incident...

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Nguyen Van Luc: "I just practice snapping my fingers, I don't do anything else"

"Around noon on November 12, 2016, after school, I was on my way home with a friend. My friend drove me while I sat on the back of the bike, talking and practicing snapping my fingers. At that time, I was walking on the side of the road parallel to a black car. I was just practicing snapping my fingers, not doing anything else. Suddenly, the car stopped, the driver got out and slapped and punched me repeatedly, while hitting me he said "bad manners". I apologized but he still tried to grab my collar and drag me away. After that, Mr. Lai came to intervene and said: "It's not right to hit children, if a student makes a mistake, hand it over to the teacher". A while later, Mr. Tinh (teacher at An Hoa Primary School - PV) came, the driver handed me over to Mr. Tinh. I didn't know that it was Father Nam (priest Dang Huu Nam - PV). When I was beaten, I was both in pain and scared, so I cried. It was just after school so there were a lot of people coming to watch, now I still have ringing in my left ear because of the slap on my head. I Had to miss two days of school to go to the hospital. I'm still very scared, afraid of going to school and being beaten again..."

Mr. Hoang Van Trinh - Chairman of the Association of War Veterans of An Hoa commune: "The actions of priest Nam are unacceptable"

"I witnessed the whole incident from beginning to end. At about 10:30 a.m. on November 12, 2016, I was sitting with a typist in a photocopy shop near the People's Committee of An Hoa commune when I heard a loud shout: "Hey, stop, stop." I turned around and saw a black car parked close by. The driver and two other people got out (a young man wearing a striped shirt and a woman). The driver was a big, strong man with a fierce expression on his face. At that time, a boy wearing a baseball cap was walking on this side of the road. The driver jumped out and grabbed the boy and started beating him up. The driver was about to grab the boy by the collar and drag him into the car. At that moment, Mr. Lai (Doctor Ho Vinh Lai - Head of An Hoa commune Health Station) came over to intervene: "Why are you an adult beating a child?". After that, I ran out with a large crowd of people and students. A moment later, Mr. Tinh - a primary school teacher came over. Mr. Lai said: “Here is the teacher, leave the students to the teacher.” At that time, I asked everyone and knew it was Father Nam, I said: you cannot park here, please drive somewhere else so as not to cause congestion or obstruct traffic. Then Father Nam drove the car forward…

Scene of the unjustified beating in An Hoa (Quynh Luu) on November 12

As a citizen, I do not know whether the child is right or wrong, but the action of priest Nam is unacceptable. If the child had thrown a rock and broken the car window or crossed the road and collided with the car, causing the driver to act in anger, it would be understandable, but the child did not touch the car. That is the action of a person lacking culture and personality. Ordinary people would never act like that, and a priest would not. If no one had intervened, the student would have been beaten. Not only me, but many others witnessed the above incident. We, the people, are very outraged by the violent, hooligan behavior towards children, and request that the authorities at all levels take action because the Law on Child Protection has very clear regulations on children's rights and in this civilized society, such actions cannot be accepted. As for Mr. Lai's case, his intervention to stop the priest from beating the child was correct. I really appreciate Mr. Lai's actions..."

Teacher Vu Duy Tinh - Teacher at An Hoa Primary School: "Priest Nam's action of beating students is wrong."

"The incident happened between 10:30 and 20 minutes to 11:00 on November 12, 2016. My school had a year-end review meeting, then went to a party. I passed by and witnessed Father Nam grabbing the student's collar at the corner near the photocopy shop and then dragging him to the car, saying that he would take him back to the parish (not only me, but everyone present in the photocopy shop witnessed the incident). Doctor Lai was also standing there. When I and many others went up and told Father Nam: "You can't hit a child." Mr. Lai pointed at me and said loudly: "This is a teacher, give the student whatever he wants to you." Father Nam asked me: "Are you a teacher?". I replied: "I am a teacher." Father Nam continued: "Then give it to me." I pulled the student out and asked why he was beaten. The student said: "I just snapped my fingers to make him say this." I said: "From now on, you can't do that again, learn from this experience." After that Then I told the student to go home. I still remember that student was small and thin, looked timid, if he was mischievous or deliberately teased him, he would run away, how could Father Nam hit him. In fact, the student himself was surprised and did not understand the reason. In general, I think Father Nam's action of hitting the student was wrong...".

Mr. Ho Vinh Lai: "I almost lost my life while talking with reason and emotion"

“At around 10:30 a.m. on November 12, 2016, I was on my way to my daughter's house. When I got near the An Hoa Commune People's Committee, passing Mr. Sau's photocopy shop, I saw a black car stop. A tall man in a blue shirt jumped out and slapped a student, grabbed his collar and hit him on the head. Seeing the incident happening right before my eyes, I stopped my motorbike and went over to say: "I don't know if it's right or wrong, but you are an adult, a father, an uncle, and you can't beat a child like that. I am a passerby and I don't know who he (Nguyen Van Luc - PV) is, but I ask you to stop."

Mr. Lai is being treated at Quynh Luu Hospital.

At that time, he said: "If he is rude, I will beat him. After I beat him, I will send him back to his parents." I said: "You cannot do that. If you feel that you are right and he is wrong, I suggest you take him to the committee and ask the government to resolve it." He said: "I have no business going to the committee. You don't know who I am." At that time, I had no idea that it was Father Nam. Then he got in the car and drove a short distance to Mr. Trang's shop and stopped there. When Father Nam left, I turned around and asked the child: "What did you do to let people beat you?" He replied: "I didn't do anything. I just snapped my fingers after coming home from school." At that time, from the photocopy shop on the side of the road, Mr. Trinh, the President of the Veterans Association, ran out and said to me: "That's Father Nam, Mr. Lai." When I knew it was Father Nam, I proactively went from where the incident happened to where Father Nam's car was parked at Mr. Trang's shop. When I got there, I shook hands and introduced myself as Dr. Lai - the head of the medical station. The incident that had just happened was unexpected, so we sympathized with each other. After a while, a crowd ran up in groups shouting "beat him to death". I also heard some people asking "who is that guy?". Someone said "Dr. Lai". Then they rushed in and beat me up..I intended to run into the shop, but I was afraid that one, they would destroy Mr. Trang's house, two, the crowd would come up and it would be more dangerous, so I ran to the back of Mr. Trang's shop and climbed up the nearly 2m high fence, intending to run around and escape. But when I jumped down from the wall, I slipped and fell. Immediately, about 10 young men with sticks and iron pipes jumped in and beat me. I struggled to get up and climbed over the wall of the primary school to see if there were any teachers teaching to save me, but I didn't see anyone. I jumped down, and they rushed in and beat me again. Blood was pouring out of my mouth (later the doctor said it was because my cheek artery was severed), but they still trampled on me. At that time, my daughter jumped over the wall and begged: "Please spare my father, he's dead." The others said he was dead and left. My daughter carried me out to the street, asked someone to take me to Uncle Khanh's house, a nurse and staff at the commune health station, to give first aid, then took a taxi to take me to the emergency room at Quynh Luu District General Hospital. Doctor Khanh gave first aid, pressed on the wound on my face to stop the bleeding, then put me in a taxi to take me to the hospital, but they had to take a detour and didn't dare take Highway 537B. That's the whole story.

It was only natural to see a child being beaten and intervene, and I spoke calmly and reasonably, but I almost lost my life. If I had seen such an unreasonable incident and still driven away, I would not have been beaten, but what would have happened to the child? It is worth mentioning that, after I was beaten for two days, there were people who frequently called me with the intention of threatening me, telling me not to sue, to turn back, and to hold my hair. Someone who claimed to be a philanthropist even called me and said: “Try to listen to me, I will meet you soon, I will create conditions that will only benefit you…”

I request the government to intervene and properly resolve the case of Father Nam beating a child and a group of parishioners beating a doctor. I have written a request for an injury assessment and have also worked with the law enforcement agencies. Recently, in An Hoa commune, many complicated incidents have occurred, people are very indignant, they say now it is Mr. Lai - the doctor, tomorrow who will be beaten?..."

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