Thuong Nguyen Cuc Foshee (
Vietnamese: ''Thương Nguyễn Cúc Foshee'') is a
Vietnamese American who was held without formal charge by the government of
Vietnam after her arrest in September 2005 on accusations of plotting to broadcast anti-communist radio messages under the direction of
Government of Free Vietnam (GFVN), an anti-government group.
She is divorced from GFVN representative
Edgar Foshee
Sergeant Major Edgar Foshee, a devout anti-communist, served as a combat medic in the U.S. Army Special Forces. His former wife Thuong Nguyen Cuc Foshee was held without formal charge by the government of Vietnam starting in September 2005. ...
. Their daughter Elizabeth McCausland, a
lawyer
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, actively campaigned for her mother's freedom politically through
United States government officials. Ms. Foshee was ultimately arrested and charged with conducting terrorist activities and went on trial November 10, 2006. She, along with six other defendants, was convicted and sentenced to 15 months with credit for time served.
Early release
Ms. Foshee had already been in prison for 14 months before her trial. But she was released four weeks early, reportedly after she wrote to the authorities asking to return to her family for medical care. A court official told the
Associated Press that she suffered from
high blood pressure
Hypertension (HTN or HT), also known as high blood pressure (HBP), is a long-term medical condition in which the blood pressure in the arteries is persistently elevated. High blood pressure usually does not cause symptoms. Long-term high bl ...
and heart problems. Her brother told reporters that he had taken her to
Ho Chi Minh City
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airport as soon as she was released for a flight back to the United States.
See also
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Cong Thanh Do
References
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Politics of Vietnam
American civil rights activists
Living people
Vietnamese democracy activists
Vietnamese emigrants to the United States
Vietnamese human rights activists
Prisoners and detainees of Vietnam
American people imprisoned abroad
Year of birth missing (living people)
Vietnamese anti-communists