Nguyen Khac Chinh

Nguyễn Khác Chính (16 February 1924 – 24 September 2016) was a Vietnamese attorney, writer and anti-communist resistant, who became a political prisoner in Vietnam after the Fall of Saigon.

[4] A devout anti-communist, he chose to remain during the Fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975, and he formed the People's Forces For the Recovery of Vietnam.

[6] When asked how he survived for so long in prison, Nguyen stated "I composed music and wrote poems and stored them in here [pointing at his head]".

[2] He was granted political asylum, and reunited with his family at Dulles International Airport on 3 March 1992,[1] before living with them in Maryland.

[2] On 15 August 1997, Nguyễn founded the Free Vietnam Coalition Party, and in June 2002, he was chosen as Chairman of the Vietnamese Nationals Council.