[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 154 (2008), Part 6]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page 8947]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                     HONORING DR. NGUYEN QUOC QUAN

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                            HON. ZOE LOFGREN

                             of california

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, May 13, 2008

  Ms. ZOE LOFGREN of California. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor 
Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan, an American citizen who was arrested and detained 
by the Government of Vietnam on November 17, 2007 while preparing to 
distribute pro-democracy leaflets. Earlier today, Dr. Nguyen and two 
others were convicted in a Vietnamese court under the catchall charge 
of ``terrorism'' in a trial lasting less than 6 hours. Dr. Nguyen has 
received a sentence of 6 months time served and will be allowed to 
return to the United States within 4 days.
  I commend Dr. Nguyen Quoc Quan for his courage and dedication to the 
peaceful cause of spreading democracy to Vietnam, a country in which 
the government believes that all those who dare to peacefully speak out 
against it deserve to be classified as ``terrorists.'' His courage and 
dedication should be an inspiration to others pursuing the same 
peaceful goals.

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