French Permanent Military Tribunal in Saigon

French Permanent Military Tribunal in Saigon
Chí Hòa Prison where the convicted criminals were imprisoned
EstablishedMarch 9, 1946 (1946-03-09)
DissolvedMarch 1950 (1950-03)
LocationSaigon-Cholon, French Indochina
LanguageFrench

The French Permanent Military Tribunal in Saigon, also known as Saigon Trials was a war crimes tribunal which held 39 separate trials against suspected Japanese war criminals between October 1946 and March 1950. Its scope was limited to war crimes committed against the French population of French Indochina after the Japanese coup d'état in French Indochina. Shifts in French foreign policy during the Cold War and disruptions caused by the First Indochina War caused the number of convictions to dwindle as judges opted to discontinue criminal charges against the defendants or commuted their sentences.

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