Australian on death row in Vietnam for smuggling heroin
{{date|December 21, 2005}}

An Australian man arrested last December near the Cambodian border in Vietnam, Trinh Huu, has been sentenced to death by a Vietnamese People's Court for smuggling 2kg of heroin.  Amnesty International has urged the Australian Federal Government to do everything it can to help the man. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs has said that Trinh was receiving consular assistance, but that it was too early to negotiate for clemency as his case is still subject to appeal. The government has reiterated its long standing opposition to the death penalty. 

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|title=Amnesty urges Govt to help death row Australian
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|pub=Australian Broacasting Corporation
|date=December 21, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,17628358%255E2702,00.html
|title=Aussie sentenced to death in Vietnam
|author=Natalie O'Brien
|pub=The Australian
|date=December 21, 2005}}

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[[Category:Australia]]
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[[Category:Crime and law]]
[[Category:Vietnam]]
[[Category:Heroin]]
An Australian man arrested last December near the Cambodian border in Vietnam, Trinh Huu, has been sentenced to death by a Vietnamese People's Court for smuggling 2kg of heroin.  Amnesty International has urged the Australian Federal Government to do everything it can to help the man. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs has said that Trinh was receiving consular assistance, but that it was too early to negotiate for clemency as his case is still subject to appeal. The government has reiterated its long standing opposition to the death penalty. 

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