Communist Party Breaks Promise to Vietnam's Peasants

Even after Doan Van Vuon and his brother Quy were indicted for attempted murder in January 2013, it seemed reasonable to hope that they would catch a break from Vietnam's courts. Vuon, a Vietnamese farmer, was after all a popular hero.

A year earlier, hundreds of police and militia were marshaled to dispossess Vuon and his family of their 21-hectare shri…