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PLEASE READ THIS. A 19-YEAR-OLD MEDICAL STUDENT IN VIETNAM LOST HER GRANDMOTHER IN A CRASH. NOW SHE IS THE ONE BEING PROSECUTED. Her name is Pham Thi Hanh, born in 2007. She is a second-year student at Thanh Hoa Medical College in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam. Her dream is simple: to become a doctor, to save lives. In May 2026, according to her testimony, she was riding her motorbike with her grandmother to buy incense and offerings for a death anniversary. On the road, they were allegedly hit by a vehicle from Van Anh, a well-known local transport company. Her grandmother died. Hanh herself was seriously injured. She had just left the hospital. She had just lost her grandmother. She was still in shock, her leg still in pain, and she needed her father and brother to take her to school. That is when, she says, the nightmare began. WHAT SHE ALLEGES HAPPENED DURING THE INVESTIGATION: Three days after her grandmother died, police from Quang Phu Ward, Thanh Hoa, called her in for questioning. She says she was still panicked, still in pain, and told them she could not remember clearly yet. She says she just nodded along to get through it. A few days later, she says police called her back to sign papers. They allegedly gave her TWO BLANK SHEETS OF PAPER and told her to sign them. When she asked why she had to sign blank papers, she says they told her: "Your school schedule is messy, you still need to study and recover, we also have a lot of work. Just sign here for convenience, for both sides. It is fine. We will type it up later." She signed. She was 19. She had never dealt with police or the law before. She says she only went to school and went home. Later, she says she was made to write and rewrite her statement exactly as dictated, but was NOT allowed to write the date. She says police told her to leave the date blank so they could fill it in later. After reviewing camera footage and thinking it through at home, she says she remembered clearly: she had looked in all directions at the intersection, she had slowed down very slowly, and the other vehicle hit her from behind, into the tail of her bike. She says she was never formally served any decision. Her family also did not know. She says she only learned she had been criminally prosecuted when she received a phone call while sitting in class. On July 20, a decision was issued to prosecute her for "violating regulations on participation in road traffic" under Article 260 of the Vietnamese Penal Code. When she was called to the station again, she says she was taken to meet a civilian, made to sign more papers, and then suddenly told: "From now on, you are banned from leaving your place of residence." Only then, when her brother arrived and demanded to see the papers, did her family learn that her case had been pushed up to the provincial level and that she had been prosecuted. WHY THIS MATTERS: Hanh comes from a poor, sick family. According to her family, her father suffers from liver cirrhosis. Her mother has difficulty walking. Hanh is a student who also works part-time and does night shifts at school. She has no money, no power, no connections. She is not asking for pity. In her own video, she asks only one thing: that higher authorities review her case and clear her name, so she can continue studying and become a doctor. A young woman who lost her grandmother in a crash, who was injured herself, should not be tricked into signing blank papers, forced to write undated statements, and then prosecuted in secret while sitting in a classroom. We are asking the world to watch this case. We are asking for an independent, transparent review of the investigation by Quang Phu police, of the blank-paper signatures, of the undated statements, and of the decision to prosecute Pham Thi Hanh under Article 260. Please share this. Please help her voice reach international media, human rights organizations, and lawyers who can help. She wanted to save lives. Now she needs someone to save her future. @RFAtiengviet @Reuters @hrw @realDonaldTrump @WhiteHouse @YonhapNews @BBCBreaking