Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc.

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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org
Religious Freedom for Hoa Hao Buddhists in
Vietnam presented by Chau Nguyen
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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org

• Overview of Hoa Hao Buddhism
• April 30, 1975 - May 26, 1999
• Hoa Hao Buddhist Representative Board
• Petition for Religious Freedom
• Hoa Hao Buddhist Leaders

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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org

• Overview of Hoa Hao Buddhism
• founded in 1939
• Prophet Huynh Phu So
• Pure Land School of Buddhism (simple)
• Mekong Delta Region (Rice Basket of Vietnam)
• Pre - 1975 - 3 million followers
• 1999 - estimated 5 million followers

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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org
1975 - 1999 Practice of Hoa Hao Buddhism
outlawed - celebration of Founders Day (Dai Le
18/5) is illegal - publication of Sam Giang (Holy
Books) is illegal - any forms of evangelical
works is illegal Properties confiscated - Hoa
Hao University, Long Xuyen, An Giang Province -
lecturer halls, libraries, offices etc. Forced
imprisonment of numerous Hoa Hao Buddhist
leaders - sect leaders, clergies
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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org
Hoa Hao Buddhist Representative Board (HHBRB) -
Established May 26, 1999 - State sanctioned
organization - 11 member committee - oversee Hoa
Hao activities - HHBRB Leader - Mr. Nguyen Van
Ton (aka Muoi Ton) - Communist Cadre with high
seniority - five year plan, devised to eradicate
Hoa Hao Buddhism
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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org
Hoa Hao Buddhist Representative Board
(HHBRB) Five Year Plan - eliminate Hoa Hao
Buddhist Administrative hierarchy - eliminate Hoa
Hao Buddhist flag - eliminate the name To Dinh
PGHH - To Dinh is the name given to Prophet
Huynh Phu Sos birthplace - eliminate 80 of Sam
Giang (Hoa Hao Holy Book) - written by
Prophet Huynh Phu So - eliminate the memorial
service commemorating the day Prophet Huynh Phu
So was ambushed by VietMinh forces in 1947. - all
properties confiscated by the state will remain
properties of the state.
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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org
Petition for Religious Freedom - From 1993 to
1999 a total of six petitions sent to the Central
Communist Party Committee and the Central
Religious Affairs Committee - Mr. Le Quang
Liem, recognized leader of the Hoa Hao Buddhist
community in Vietnam - Final petition sent on
November 1999
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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org
Hoa Hao Buddhist Leader
- Mr. Le Quang Liem - leader of HHB in Vietnam -
80 years old - constant harassment by police -
phones tapped and cut - 24 hours monitoring
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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org
Hoa Hao Buddhist Leader
- Mr. Ha Hai - former secretary general for
HHB - 68 years old - constant harassment by
police - currently under house arrest - threaten
to self-immolate if HHB is not granted religious
freedom
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Overseas Hoa Hao Buddhist Association Inc. Giáo
Hµi Pht Giáo Hòa Häo Häi NgoÕi 17101 Overhill
Rd., Derwood MD 20855 - http//www.pghh.org
Hoa Hao Buddhist Leader
- Mrs. Nguyen Thi Thu - Hoa Hao Buddhist member -
75 years old - constant harassment by police -
threaten to self-immolate if HHB is not granted
religious freedom