Vietnam PM says high-profile forced eviction 'illegal'
- Published: 11/02/2012 at 01:32 AM
- Online news: Asia
Vietnam's premier on Friday weighed in on a high-profile land dispute in the north, criticising the forced eviction of a fish farmer who resisted with landmines and a shotgun, an official said.
Vietnam's premier Nguyen Tan Dung, pictured in 2011, on Friday weighed in on a high-profile land dispute in the north, criticising the forced eviction of a fish farmer who resisted with landmines and a shotgun, an official said.
The January 5 incident in the port city of Hai Phong, in which farmer Doan Van Vuon injured six police officers as he resisted, has attracted unprecedented media attention in communist Vietnam.
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