The United Nations has decided the father is being unlawfully detained and has demanded his release. 9News
took his case the United Nations working group on arbitrary detention, which this week found in his favour.Justice Abroad barrister Michael Polak said the team was "pleased" by the decision but "action needs to be taken now".After what has been a difficult few years, his wife Quynh Trang Truong said she felt "very happy" to hear the news.
"The United Nations has said quite clearly in their decision that he must be released, unconditionally straight away," Polak said.His family is hopeful the Australian government can broker a deal with Vietnam to release him."It justifies what I've been saying for almost three years," he said.Assistant Foreign Minister Tim Watts said the government would contact the Vietnamese government soon.
"We'll be taking up these matters and the serious allegations raised in the working group's opinion very soon with the Vietnamese government," he said.
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