Vietnam police charge man with rape after American woman alleges attack
The student said the suspect’s family offered money to avoid police involvement, and officials charged him after U.S. officials were contacted.
- Vietnam authorities charged a 23-year-old man with rape following a complaint by American student Nguyen Thi Quynh Tam; foreign ministry spokesperson Pham Thu Hang confirmed the legal proceedings on Thursday.
- Tam, from Houston, Texas, was on a trip to Phu Tho near Hanoi when she was assaulted on July 5; she reported the man's family pressured her to accept compensation and avoid police involvement.
- The suspect apologized in a note and phone call on July 9, while his father allegedly offered money to avoid police involvement; Tam said police later urged her to reenact the assault in the room where it occurred.
- After Tam's father contacted Senator Ted Cruz, the United States Embassy in Hanoi apologized for its initial handling; the State Department said American "safety and security" was its top priority.
- Initiated "in accordance with Vietnamese law," these proceedings represent a rare public development in a country where sexual violence is seldom discussed; Tam said she spoke out to help protect other women.
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Independent EspañolHANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Vietnam has accused a man of rape after an American student claimed that she was assaulted when she was in bed during a group vacation.
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