January 21, 2010 · Posted in: General
Dissidents in Vietnam
jailed for subversion
Four Vietnamese dissidents charged with “subversive activities” against the government were sentenced to up to 16 years in prison in a trial that attracted public attention on Wednesday.
After a day-long trial, 43-year-old Tran Dinh Duy Thuc, the former director of an IT company, was sentenced to 16 years in jail.
French-trained computer expert Nguyen Tien Trung, 26, received a seven-year sentence.
Lawyer Le Cong Dinh, 41, and Le Thang Long, 42, got five years each.
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jailed for subversion
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January 30th, 2010 at 10:43 pm
[…] took issue with Beijing after the gmail accounts of some Chinese activists were hacked. Last week, a Vietnam court found three “dissidents” guilty of “anti-state” activities via the Net and meted jail terms. Charged and sentenced with them was a lawyer known for his work […]