| 2017 Hanoi hostage crisis | |||
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| Date | April 15–22, 2017 | ||
| Location | |||
| Caused by | Arrest without warrant of four villagers | ||
| Goals | Release of captured representatives | ||
| Methods | Hostage taking | ||
| Resulted in | Hostages released based on promises which were broken; police raid three years later. | ||
| Parties | |||
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| Lead figures | |||
• Lê Đình Kình • People's Committee chair Nguyễn Đức Chung | |||
| Number | |||
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| Casualties | |||
| Death(s) | 4 (3 polices + Lê Đình Kinh) | ||
| Injuries | 2 | ||
| Detained | 38 | ||
| Charged | None | ||
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Thirty-eight Vietnamese police officers were taken hostage by villagers in Đồng Tâm commune, Mỹ Đức district, Hanoi on April 15, 2017, after police arrested four villagers without a warrant in a land dispute.[1][2][3] The hostages included district People's Committee deputy chief Đặng Văn Triều, Deputy Chief of Public Security Nguyễn Thanh Tùng, district party committee propaganda chief Đặng Văn Cảnh, and two journalists.[4][5] Two days after the initial hostage-taking, three detainees were released by the police in Hanoi; one was the main representative of the people in the land dispute, Lê Đình Kình, an 82-year-old man who was injured and hospitalized. In response, the villagers released 15 policemen; three more escaped.[2][6]
On April 22, the villagers released the rest of the hostages after securing concessions from the government.[7] Three years later, one thousand policemen returned to the village and killed its representative.[8]
Disputes over land rights are common in Vietnam, and government agencies reserve the right to seize farmland for construction and investment projects.[9] The crisis was a rare act of defiance in Vietnam, where anger at official corruption and land seizures simmers but is usually met with a forceful response from the police.[10]
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- ^ a b "Thông tin mới nhất về vụ việc ở Mỹ Đức" (in Vietnamese). tuoitre.vn. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "Vietnam Villagers Hold Dozens of Policemen in Land Dispute". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ Người dân Đồng Tâm thả ông Đặng Văn Cảnh, tuoitre.vn, 21/4/2017
- ^ Ives, Mike (21 April 2017). "Villagers Hold Officials Hostage in Vietnam Land Dispute". www.nytimes.com. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
- ^ "Vietnam villagers hold police and state officiapeople ls hostage over land dispute". www.dw.com. Retrieved 2017-04-18.
- ^ "Lessons Learned From Vietnam's Dong Tam Standoff". thediplomat.com. Retrieved 2017-04-24.
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