THO^NG CAO BAO CHI

Xin pho bien gap

DATE: 06/02/03 For Immediate Release

CONTACT: Van Tran (714) 741-5104 or Andy Quach (714) 898-3211

RE: Letter from Councilmen Tran and Quach to the Vietnamese Communist Consul General

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Pho Thi Truong Garden Grove, LS Tran Thai Van va Andy Quach,
Nghi vien Westminster, goi thu canh cao Tong Lanh Su Viet Cong

(Garden Grove, CA) 06/02/03: Sau khi nhan dduoc nhieu thu phan ddoi cua cac gioi chuc ngoai giao Cong San Viet Nam, hom nay Luat su Tran Thai Van, Pho thi truong thanh pho Garden Grove dda cung O^ng Andy Quach, Nghi vien thanh pho Westminster goi thu tra loi Nguyen Manh Hung, Tong lanh su cua Cong san Viet Nam o San Francisco. Noi dung buc thu nay cuc luc bac bo luan ddieu cua nha cam quyen Cong san Viet Nam cho rang viec hai thanh pho Garden Grove va Westminster ban hanh nghi quyet cong nhan la co vang ba soc ddo tai ddia phuong la vi pham Cong uoc Quoc te.

Hai O^ng dda dan chung quyen chon lua mot bieu tuong dde noi len quan ddiem chinh tri cua cong dan nguoi My goc Viet, theo tinh than cua Tu Chinh An so Mot, vuot thang bat cu cac luat le hoac quy uoc ngoai giao nao ddi nguoc lai dan quyen nay.

Phan bac lai loi to cao vo can cu cho rang cac nghi quyet long trong cong nhan co vang ba soc ddo dda lam tri tre cac quan he ngoai giao giua Hoa Ky va Viet Nam, Luat su Tran Thai Van va Nghi vien Andy Quach cho biet Hien Phap Hoa Ky quy ddinh chi co chinh quyen Lien Bang moi dduoc quyen thiet lap chinh sach ngoai giao voi cac quoc gia khac, chu khong phai chinh quyen ddia phuong. Buc thu ddoi hoi nha cam quyen Cong san hay tra tu do ngay lap tuc cho cac tu nhan chinh tri va ton giao, vi nhung vi pham nhan quyen va dan quyen moi chinh la ly do lam can tro cac lien he binh thuong hoa ve ngoai giao.

DDe cap dden loi chi trich moi dday tren nhat bao Nhan Dan cua Nguyen Manh Hung mao danh cong ddong nguoi My goc Viet tai Hoa Ky nham vao bon nhan vat, trong ddo co ba vi la dan cu. Hai O^ng noi rang hanh ddong nay khong ddung ddan va phi phap vi cac vien chuc ngoai giao, theo luat, khong dduoc quyen xen vao cac van dde co anh huong dden sinh hoat hang ngay cua cac cong dan My.

Sau cung, Luat su Tran Thai Van va Nghi vien Andy Quach dda canh cao Tong lanh su Nguyen Manh Hung va cac vien chuc ngoai giao cua Cong San Viet Nam phai cham dut ngay tuc khac cac hanh ddong thieu ngoai giao khi xoi moi vao noi bo cua cong ddong nguoi My goc Viet.

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Ghi Chu: Kem theo dday la nguyen van la thu bang Anh va Viet ngu goi TLS Nguyen Manh Hung.