Thuong Nguyen Cuc Foshee
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Thuong Nguyen Cuc Foshee is a Vietnamese American and was held without formal charge by the government of Vietnam since September 2005. She is divorced from Government of Free Vietnam representative Edgar Foshee. Their daughter Elizabeth McCausland a lawyer has been actively campaigning for her mother's freedom politically through United States government officials. She was recently charged with terrorism and went on trial November 10. She, along with six other defendants, was convicted and sentenced to 15 months, with credit for time served.
[edit] Early release
Ms Foshee had already been in prison for 14 months before her trial. But she was released four weeks early, reportedly after she wrote to the authorities asking to return to her family for medical care. A court official told the Associated Press that she suffered from high blood pressure and heart problems. Her brother told reporters that he had taken her to Ho Chi Minh City airport as soon as she was released, for a flight to the United States.
