This prison was built from the French, the former Cay Dua neighbors, you have these so called. Time the Republic of Vietnam, prison Coconut Tree is expanded into the largest prison contemporaries called prison prisoner of war detention camps in Phu Quoc or Phu Quoc Communist prisoners.
Relic today is not wide, lying in the old jail, which houses exhibits on display two-story building and outdoor display area of the original artifacts and almost the same place. The Coconut Tree employees are recognized as historic in 1996 and began to open to tourists to visit. The Coconut Tree workers went through his literary memoir writer history of Chu Lai.
Each year more than 10 monuments to welcome thousands of visitors. There are former prisoners return to visit the old prison. Many young tourists in the country when traveling to Phu Quoc island Vietnam, in addition to the famous sights, do not forget to visit this monument. Foreign tourists visiting each at a monument more east. But students often come here on the island to study the history of Phu Quoc and vibrant history of struggle of the nation.
History prison
French, the prison known as Coconut Tree Based, covering about 40 hectares, consists of four zones A, B, C, D, used to detain people against the French. Coconut Tree Based on monthly activity form 06-1953 to 07-1954, the inactive months (when the two prisoners to be returned).- Saigon government in 1956 to remodel "Based Coconut Tree" old set up camp "Training the Coconut Tree" to detain prisoners of war communism. In 1967, for construction of Communist POW camp in Vietnam. This is the largest prison of the Saigon government in South Vietnam. Held nearly 40,000 prisoners, including 4,000 people who died here.- In 1972, the prison has all the 12 zones are numbered from 1 to the 12 zones, each zone is further divided into many subdivisions, usually about 4 sub-zones within a district. Each prison has a capacity of about 3,000 prisoners. A subdivision holds 950 prisoners. Private subdivision B2 dedicated officer to detain the prisoner has the largest rank is lieutenant colonel. Prison Prisoners of War Phu Quoc island by three military police battalions (7, 8, 12) guard. Surrounding each building class working class is the layer barbed wire 10-15 dense layer, suffering heavy electric light. Besides machine guards, at the highest four battalions equipped guards weapons and means of action, guarding, patrolling day and night. In addition to sea customs union at a naval patrol the perimeter ...- In late 1972, build more parks 13, 14. By early 1973 the Paris Agreement signed. Prison no longer active. Today the prison is almost deserted, leaving only a vast grassland with a few pictures of cement tile xiu crooked and stained, so far few new houses springing up. In 1996, the Coconut Tree employees are recognized as historic district and national level are being renovated to host renewable visitors.- On 17-04-2009, the Ministry of Culture - Sports - Tourism decided to invest over 19 billion repair, renovate and promote the value of the labor monument coconut tree to expand the display of artifacts, needs to visit and learn the history ... of domestic and foreign tourists visiting Phu Quoc island Vietnam. Accordingly, from now until 2009 will be embellished and completed and put into service categories: Area B2, seven military police battalion port, home port commander of the prison ... The Department of Culture - Sports - Kien Giang Tourism investors to renovate and restore this historic
Hell• "closed needle": using the old tree needles, closing slowly into 10 fingers.• Catso Tiger: Tiger is made of iron, the shape of four small container type, with a width of 1.87 m, 2.58 m long, 2.07 m high. This kind of tiger cages designed to suppress prisoner. The prisoners were detained here, the door locked no light, cold days hot nights. Prolonged detention here, as released prisoners will no longer see the road, mental health and significant losses.• barbed Tiger: This is one of the tiger cages were full of barbed wire. This tiger cages for outdoors, any subdivision also has two three. There are two types: type 1 and type kept locked 3-5 people. Tiger cages size varies. Some types of prisoners under the sand, is located on the kind of barbed wire prison. There are types, not just sit or stand. There are kind of sitting decrepit. Is there a decrepit not only stand upright or sit down, to sit to sit on the barbed wire. When prisoners are locked up in here do not wear clothes, just for wearing shorts to sun exposure to frost, or exposure to rain all day and night, despite the mosquitoes. Prisoners only eat a little rice with salt and not touch or eat food. Every day is 1 or 2 cases of drinking water. Primary targets in place, not to go out. The night was cold, then pour water to drink or clean cages. Hot days, the salt water bounces or fire tiger outside to remember the bushfire. Detained in tiger cages for several days the skin peels, new skin burn and peel and then continued. There are cases where prisoners were killed by too hot or too cold. Those who die are determined to go and lay error somewhere around the cage.• "light meal": prisoners can not eat salt, after two months of the eyes get blurry, after 5-6 months with people with blindness.• "flipped iron grill": iron grill plates with circular holes and full of winding to get together and bring back to "airport runway" prisoners then started to undress, take off your pants, just shorts. prisoners arrested plug the iron grill upside down back, is back after several prisoners toe blood, were picked the hair, skin breakdown tattered.• "barrel type": taking up drums prisoners squatting, then type in the box. Prisoners will have headaches, become deaf because of strong knock and air pressure. Just by typing in the oil drum filled with water, inside the box a prisoner. This type of torture prisoners can make coughing blood because of water pressure.• "chisel teeth" and "broken teeth": statistical monitoring bore into the roots of the prisoners, use hammer to strike out broken teeth.• "whip stingray": supervisor using a long whip rays, providing exposure to beat prisoners. Before the fight, the prisoners took off his shirt to hit on bare skin. Whip stingray victims often wrapped up in themselves, then jerked off, making the skin broken. Supervisor can then get to rub salt pepper flesh of victims. In early 1970, delegates to the International Red Cross to inspect prisons to Phu Quoc island has caught a stingray whips dried bloodstains.• "crucified": 3 inches nails used to affix to the fingers in the process of prisoner torture. Each time the crucifixion, the prisoner's finger bones broken. There is also a type of nail 7, 8 or even narrowly distributed to close to the body of the prisoners in the regions of ankle, shoulder joints, ankles, shins, head. Someone was crucified to death, later when loading nails lodged in the grave still remains.• taken prisoner gripped the sack and throw in a pan of boiling water. Three prisoners in the subdivision had been boiled C6 dead.• use large-capacity bulb close to the prisoner for a long time to blow the pupil.• used fire mouth, genitals.....Organization of the Red Cross came to Phu Quoc prison in the years 1969, 1972. Observers of this organization have seen the brutal and systematic long in prison. They found the physical evidence in the punishment of prisoners, including scars due to torture by electricity, instance of the hunger and malnutrition. August 1971, an investigator with the U.S. Embassy in the Republic of Vietnam reports of beatings of prisoners in Phu Quoc island Vietnam continued. In the Republic of Vietnam Army forces at the prison guard is evaluated only by the number of prisoners escaped from the camp, without any attempt to discipline the supervisors mistreat prisoners. After the survey results of MACV and the U.S. Embassy, General Cao Van Vien, ARVN commander, insisted that the inspection team of the International Red Cross reported discrepancies in the state prison .
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