It has been more than 48 hours since it was reported that Blogger Thai Van Duong (real name Duong Van Thai) was kidnapped by the Vietnamese secret service. Currently, Thai Van Duong’s house in Klong 6, Thanyaburi district, Pathum Thani province, Thailand, about 35 km from Bangkok, is still closed. His motorbike is still not in the yard, and in the alley, Duong’s 2004 Toyota Camry has been in the alley for the past 3 days.
Along with the information that Thai Van Duong was missing, a source in Vietnam also said that Thai Van Duong was kidnapped by the security of Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security and brought back to Hanoi in the late afternoon of April 13. Sources from Vietnam and sources from Thailand are very similar, it is possible that Thai Van Duong was really kidnapped by the Vietnamese secret police.
If Communist security abduction is true, then this is the second case of refugees in Thailand being abducted by the Vietnamese secret police. The first case was the kidnapping of journalist Truong Duy Nhat at Future Trade Center Park at Rangsit Road, Thanyaburi District, Pathum Thani Province. This raises alarm bells about the safety of Vietnamese refugees in Thailand. Kidnapping methods are variable, however, refugees in Thailand also need to be careful to protect themselves, especially those who are in contact with Thai Van Duong need to be cautious and secure. The Vietnamese secret police can have the phone numbers of these people in Thailand.
In the case of Thai Van Duong, it is possible that security used some inside information provided to Thai Van Duong as bait to make friends. When they have made friends, they put the victim in a circle without the victim’s knowledge and then implies abduction. This trick is quite similar to the Vietnamese security trick that kidnapped Trinh Xuan Thanh in Germany in 2017.
It’s been the third day that Thai Van Duong has not yet been found, perhaps the information that Thai Van Duong was kidnapped is true. Need to wait and see when the Vietnamese communist government will announce this case!
Thoibao.de (Translated)
