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Communist Party Breaks Promise to Vietnam's Peasants

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Jun 04, 2013
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Even after Doan Van Vuon and his brother Quy were indicted for attempted murder in January 2013, it seemed reasonable to hope that they would catch a break from Vietnam's courts. Vuon, a Vietnamese farmer, was after all a popular hero.

A year earlier, hundreds of police and militia were marshaled to dispossess Vuon and his family of their 21-hectare shri…

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