
Nguyen Nam Phong
Status: | In Jail |
Days In Jail: | 2132 days |
Activity: | Environmental activist |
Birth date: | August 15, 1980 |
Arrest Date: | November 28, 2017 |
Trial Date: | February 6, 2018 |
Sentence: | 2 years in prison |
Charge: | Article 257 (Resisting persons on duty) |
Location: | (Unknown) |
Nguyen Nam Phong is an active member within his local Catholic community, working as a driver for Father Nguyen Dinh Thuc. Nguyen Nam Phong assisted local fishermen who had been affected by the Formosa environmental disaster and joined local public protests against the Formosa Steel Plant. He was trialed alongside labor rights activist Hoang Duc Binh and sentenced to two years prison.