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Vietnam police visit city cells to be taught how to treat suspects
Police from a country with a troubled human rights record are visiting Lancashire in a bid to improve how they treat crime suspects.
Six senior officers from the Peoples' Police Academy (PPA) in Hanoi, Vietnam, will tour custody cells in Preston and Lancaster's police stations during a visit to the UK next week.
In January 2009 a 43-year-old Vietnamese man, who weighed just 45 kilograms, died from broken ribs and a ruptured spleen after he was severely beaten by an officer while his two colleagues looked on.
Lancashire Police Authority said the purpose of the visit is to help the Vietnamese to improve the way in which they investigate crime, with an emphasis on 'ethical investigation', the protection of human rights and the treatment of suspects during investigations.
Retired Preston murder squad detective Mike Kellett, who now advises the Foreign Office on foreign policing issues, will accompany the group.
He said: "They will learn about Lancashire's voluntary independent custody visiting scheme which looks after the welfare of people brought into custody. They are opening up to the world and when they start to trade with other countries and get more tourists the potential for crime increases."
The visit will help Vietnam develop a human rights teaching manual for police and officer cadets as well as prepare manuals about investigating torture, deaths in custody and human rights violations.
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