E/CN.4/1990/46 page 53 that there should continue to be consumer protection requirements, to be operated by the proposed Independent Television Commission and Radio Authority, to prevent channels or stations from editorializing or expressing their own views and opinions on religious matters or treating such matters in an unbalanced way. Subject to these requirements, there is no reason why programmes dealing with religious matters should not continue to be broadcast, and indeed proliferate, as new channels and stations come into being. "3. As regards ownership, the Government has proposed that bodies whose objectives are wholly or mainly of a religious nature (and also bodies which are affiliated to or controlled by such bodies) should continue to be disqualified from holding licences to run television services; but that such bodies should be allowed to have a financial but not a controlling interest in radio stations provided this does not lead to bias or editorializing on religious or controversial matters. Ultimately it will be for the relevant regulatory bodies, the ITC and the Radio Authority, to interpret and apply the safeguards mentioned above, if Parliament approves them." Viet Nam 90. In a communication of 7 April 1989 addressed to the Government concerned, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "It has been reported that two Buddhist monks and scholars, Thich Tue Sy (Pham Van Thuang) and Thich Tri Sieu (Le Manh That) have been detained since 2 April 1984 and were sentenced to death in October 1988 by a court of first instance in Ho Chi Minn City. Their death sentences were reportedly commuted to 20 years' imprisonment by the Supreme People's Court. It has been alleged that these two monks were arrested and sentenced for the manifestation of non-violent religious beliefs." 91. On 29 May 1989, the Permanent Representative of the Socialist Republic of Viet Nam transmitted the Vietnamese authorities reply to the Special Rapporteur's letter of 7 April 1989. In it, they said among other things the following: "1. Pham Van Thuong and Le Manh That: "Pham Van Thuong alias Thich Tue Si, a Buddhist, was born in 1943 in Quang Binh Province and lives in the district of Go Vap (Ho Chi Minh Ville). "Being one of the leaders of an anti-State organization known as the 'Forces of Free Viet Nam 1 and having close relations with another anti-State organization known as 'FULRO', he was involved in subversive activities aimed at overthrowing the People's Government. "Le Manh That alias Thich Tri Sieu, a Buddhist, was born in 1944 in Binh Tri Thien Province and lives in the district of Phu Nhuan (Ho Chi Minh Ville).