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| Southeast Asia |
| Vietnam arrests 'popular blogger' |
| 2013-05-29 |
| A prominent Vietnamese blogger has been arrested for posting articles critical of the communist government, reports said Monday, in the latest crackdown on dissent in the authoritarian country. Truong Duy Nhat, 49, was detained Sunday at his home in the coastal city of Danang and escorted to Vietnam's capital Hanoi for questioning, the state-run Tuoi Tre newspaper said. He stands accused of "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the state", a charge that could bring a maximum seven years in jail, the report said.Nhat, who had worked for Vietnam's official press but quit in 2011, writes the popular blog "A Different Viewpoint". His blog, "offering an alternative perspective" on news events from the staid official press, propelled him to nationwide recognition and "often attracted heated debate", the state-run Thanh Nien newspaper reported. It has not been possible to access his blog -- which frequently dealt with highly sensitive political issues -- since his arrest. |
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| Posted by: Vinegar Lumplump7734 2013-05-29 15:45 |