Victoria Nguyễn, em gái Will Nguyễn, viết về Luật Rừng Xanh

“To be clear, William is innocent of these charges and there is an expectation, if the evidence is considered fairly, that he will be exonerated. However, the Vietnamese judicial system’s track record on fair procedures is poor, and unfortunately the courts all too often are an extension of the central government’s desires.

If the Vietnamese government choses to go down this road – to unjustly imprison William – I predict there will be swift and decisive consequences from the U.S. Congress. Such a decision by the Vietnamese government would almost instantly launch a serious debate on Capitol Hill over potential financial, diplomatic, and political repercussions.

It would be a serious miscalculation by the Vietnamese government to believe that we will allow William to languish in a foreign prison for something he has not done.

“We will not stand by and let an American citizen be falsely imprisoned by an authoritarian regime.”