Reports revealed that a man died after setting himself ablaze to protest a prison sentence in Hanoi, Vietnam.
A former chief of Dao Ngan village in Hanoi's Choung My District, Bui Huu Tuan, 68, died on Thursday after he set himself on fire because he was sentenced to five years for the abuse of power. He went outside the Central Citizen Reception Committee in Hanoi on the morning of July 4, poured gasoline on his body and set himself ablaze to protest his conviction.
He had gone to the Central Citizen Reception Committee with Luong Cong Tinh, also from Dao Ngan, to lodge an appeal while out on bail.
Chairman of Hop Dong Commune’s People Committee, Tran Trinh, where the deceased lived, revealed about Bui Huu Tuan's death. He suffered burns on 77 per cent of his body, including deep burns into his muscles and skeleton.
"His remains will be buried at his family tomb," Tran Trinh said.
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