Le Chi Thuc
Lê Chí Thức has been a spokesperson for the Government of Free Vietnam since 1998-2002.
Biography
In April 1975, during the invasion of
Saigon
during the fighting.
He had petitioned the United States Embassy for
Political asylum
and was allowed to immigrate to the United States because he feared for his life living under the Communist Vietnamese.
Life in exile
Thuc currently has campaigned throughout the United States, to the
.He has also made trips to exile Vietnamese Communities, located in France, Germany, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, and Australia, where he has received a significant amount of support for the Government of Free Vietnam.
He has been invited to
Washington D.C.
, to speak on behalf of the Government of Free Vietnam, to set up Congressional Hearings concerning Human Rights violations in Vietnam and petitioned for the release of Vo Duc Van, who is currently in a Federal Detention Facility in California.
Thuc has a weekly radio show that is broadcast worldwide on
.He currently has been representing the new policies of former Head of State and General of South Vietnam
Chief of State of the Government of Free Vietnam
.
Quotes
- "To live in Vietnam under Communism is not to live but to suffer."
- "Freedom is only worth living if you can share it with your Countrymen."