Reportedly, the five police men involved in the attack are those who have recently monitored the blogger and her family members for days. One of them rides a motorcycle with the plate number 51V2 1009.
The blogger said, when her friend and she arrived at district 12 five police on three motorcycles suddenly stopped their motorcycles and brutally pounded their heads with motorcycle helmets.
She fell to the ground but the police continued to beat her. She rushed to her cell phone to call home for help and they immediately grabbed the phone and smashed it.
After breaking her phone, five police men continued to beat her with the helmets until she became unconscious.When local people appeared they left the crime scene.
Currently, the blogger was taken to a hospital for examination and treatment of the wounds.
This is not the first time blogger Vi Hoang Nguyen was stopped and assaulted by police on the street at night time. Since participating in patriotic activities and writing pro-democracy writings, she and her family members have been repeatedly assaulted by police.
On February 2, 2011, the police created a deadly motorcycle accident by hitting her motorcycle at night time; she fell on her face and broke 7 teeth.
On March 08, 2013, the International Freedom of Expression Exchange network (IFEX) named blogger Vi Hoang Nguyen one of seven women free expression champions for their efforts to fight for freedom of speech around the world.
