E/CN.4/2005/61/Add.1 Page 92 362. With regard to the cases of Thich Quang Do and Thieh Huyen Quang, the Government informed the Special Rapporteur that at present, Thich Quang Do was neither under house arrest nor on administrative probation. He was leading a normal life and practising his religion as usual at Thanh Minh pagoda in Ho Chi Minh City. 363. Thich Huyen Quang (Le Dinh Nhan), born in 1917 in Binh Dinh, went to Hanoi in March/April for medical treatment at the K hospital (a health care centre specializing in cancer treatment), where he was well taken care of by leading physicians. Ten persons, including his personal nurse, were with him in the hospital during his treatment. During his stay in the hospital, Thich Huyen Quang requested to have a meeting with the Prime Minister. Such a meeting had taken place and Thich Huyen Quang expressed his deep appreciation and satisfaction for all the arrangements and the good-will and profound understanding demonstrated by the Prime Minister at the meeting. After the treatment in Hanoi, Thich Huyen Quang went back to Nguyen Thieu pagoda in Binh Dinh province where he is now living a normal life and practising his religion as usual. 364. Regarding the alleged case of Thich Vien Dinh, the Government indicated that the fact was that Thich Vien Dinh (or Nhu Van Trung ), born in 1954, superior monk, resides at Giac Hoa pagoda, 1517 No Trang Long, Binh Thanh district, Ho Chi Minh City. On 20 May 2004, in implementing the General Electricity Corporation's policy of signing business contracts with all its clients, a staff member from Gia Dinh Electricity Company went to Giac Hoa pagoda and met Thich Vien Dinh, the selfproclaimed representative of the pagoda, to discuss with him the signing of a contract for the sale of electricity for the pagoda. Thich Vien Dinh was requested to submit a photocopy of his residence certificate, as required by law for signing a contract. This is a normal practice. It was agreed that the contract would be signed the next day. However, on 21 May, Dinh refused the contract and claimed that the electricity company was intentionally hindering the activities of Giac Hoa pagoda. Furthermore, Dinh slanderously alleged that the administration was attempting to take revenge on those pagodas that are not members of the Vietnam Buddhist Church Council. 365. The Government indicated that Thich Vien Dinh has acted unreasonably with the electricity supply company and made use of the incident to make groundless and slanderous accusations against the Government. However, Thich Vien Dinh till then was neither subjected to any interrogation, harassment, threat, nor was he placed under any kind of administrative detention. The electricity supply to Giac Hoa pagoda remains normal. 366. On 10 November 2004, the Special Rapporteur sent a communication to the Government of Viet Nam regarding the following allegations. 367. Mennonites. It was reported that Nguyen Hong Quang, General Secretary of the Mennonite Church in Ho Chi Minsh City, was arrested on 8 June 2004 by security police in Ho Chi Minh City after criticizing the arrest of several of his associates, who had been arrested on 2 March. Furthermore, reports indicate that in late September a Mennonite chapel in Kontum province was demolished by government forces. In the