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Alan Lowenthal: I was so disappointed and, frankly, absolutely shocked when just a few days after returning to the United States I…

On the recordJune 16, 2015
I was so disappointed and, frankly, absolutely shocked when just a few days after returning to the United States I learned that Nguyen Chi Tuyen... was badly beaten by five plainclothes police officers in Hanoi.
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Alan Lowenthal
Democratic · California

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Lowenthal expressed shock over the beating of activist Nguyen Chi Tuyen after his visit to Vietnam.

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