E/CN.4/2006/5/Add.1 Page 95 453. Since early 2003, Quang had continuously disseminated distorted and slanderous documents through Internet with ill-intended contents about the alleged Government’s violations of human rights and freedom of religion such as destroying churches, forcing believers to renounce their religion, prohibiting people to practice their belief, arresting and beating religious activists… 454. Worse still, on 2 March 2004, Nguyen Hong Quang and his accomplices chased up and violently assaulted two youngsters, who they claimed to be following after the youngsters had attempted to assassinate them, took away these youngsters’ motorbike, caused extreme public chaos and even violently fought against the police. As a result, the police of District 2, Ho Chi Minh City caught 4 persons: Pham Ngoc Thach, Nguyen Thanh Nhan, Nguyen Van Phuong and Nguyen Huu Nghia on charge of “fighting against on-duty public officers”. On 8 June 2004, the police of Ho Chi Minh City arrested Nguyen Hong Quang on the same charge. 455. On 12 November 2004, the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City brought Nguyen Hong Quang and his accomplices to trial on charge of “assaulting on-duty public officers”. The Court decided to sentence him to 3 years of imprisonment (in accordance with C, point 2, Article 257 of the Penal Code of Vietnam), Pham Ngoc Thach to 2 years in prison, Le Thi Hong Lien and Nguyen Van Phuong to 1 year in prison, Nguyen Thanh Nhan and Nguyen Huu Nghia to 9 months in jail (in accordance with 1, Article 257 of the Penal Code). The trial was conducted in full and strict observance of legal proceedings of Vietnam. Additional response from the Government dated 31 August 2005 456. The Government informed the Special Rapporteur that, on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the National Day, the State President of Vietnam had decided to grant special amnesty to 10,428 inmates, including Mr. Nguyen Hong Quang. Urgent appeal sent on 10 January 2005 with the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Special Rapporteur on torture, the Special Rapporteur on the right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health, the Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences and the Special Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation of human rights defenders 457. The Special Rapporteur brought to the attention of the Government the situation of Ms. Le Thi Hong Lien, a 21 year-old teacher for the Vietnamese Mennonite Christian Church, who was the subject of a joint letter of allegation sent by the Special Representative of the Secretary General on the situation of human rights defenders and the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief on 25 November 2004 (See above). 458. She was detained in the prison infirmary at Chi Hoa Prison, Ho Chi Minh City, where she was suffering from severe mental illness. Prison guards told relatives that they did not have the means to care for inmates with such a severe illness and explained that they had resorted to tying her hands and feet to the bed. She was said to be receiving no treatment for her condition, which was likely to deteriorate further.