Posted on Feb 21, 1997

Union students had prepared more than 600 letters as of Feb. 19 appealing for the release of Hien Dinh Phan, a political prisoner of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. The father of Minh Phan '96, a current GMI student, the 77-year-old Phan has been held since his arrest in 1981 on charges that he opposed the Communist regime. Letters are being sent to Prime Minister Vo Van Kiet, President Le Duc Anh and the Embassy of Socialist Republic of Vietnam in Washington.