A Vietnamese American was expelled from Vietnam on May 17 in the presence of representatives from the US Consulate in Ho Chi Minh City.
Nguyen Quoc Quan, a “Central Committee” member of the Viet Tan terrorist group, has just completed serving his six-month imprisonment term.
Quan was accused of illegally entering Vietnam with fake personal papers for a terrorist attempt. On November 17, 2007, Quan used a fake identity card with a Cambodian name of Ly Seng to enter Vietnam in order to launch a so-called “Crossing the River” scheme. He coordinated with Nguyen Thi Thanh Van, a Vietnamese French, Truong Van Sy, an American Vietnamese, Nguyen Hai, a Vietnamese Thai and Nguyen The Vu, a HCM City resident, to carry out the plan. They were all caught red-handed by police together with a number of illegal objects.
Both Van and Sy pleaded guilty in written confession and asked for leniency. They were later expelled from Vietnam.
On May 13, 2008, the HCM City People’s Court held a trial against Nguyen Quoc Quan, Nguyen Hai and Nguyen The Vu on charges of terrorism.
Before leaving for the airport, Quan expressed thanks to responsible Vietnamese agencies for their clemency and humanitarian treatment during his prison time. He said he had committed violations of the Vietnamese law due to a lack of information.
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