Victims pray for 500 homes seized and demolished in Ho Chi Minh City
The victims of land seizures in the Lộc Hưng Garden (Vườn Rau Lộc Hưng) area have been meeting every night since the start of the Marian month to recite the rosary and ask for the Virgin’s solace.
Between 4 January and 11 May, the authorities in Ward 6 and the People’s Committee of Tân Bình District had almost 500 houses (pictures) demolished, throwing a thousand people into the streets. Located in the heart of the city, the area is part of the Lộc Hưng parish.
Enticed by the land’s growing commercial value, municipal authorities and “interest groups” want to speculate on the sale of the land and for this reason had it expropriated.
Minh Trang
