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Man in Bac Lieu jailed for spreading anti-State propaganda

The People’s Court of the southern province of Bac Lieu on November 26 sentenced a 38-year-old man to six years in jail and two years under mandatory supervision for “making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purpose of opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”
Man in Bac Lieu jailed for spreading anti-State propaganda ảnh 1Nguyen Chi Vung at the trial (Source: VNA)

Bac Lieu (VNA) – The People’s Court of the southernprovince of Bac Lieu on November 26 sentenced a 38-year-old man to six years injail and two years under mandatory supervision for “making, storing, spreading information, materials, items for the purposeof opposing the State of Socialist Republic of Vietnam.”

The sentence was given out inaccordance with Clause 1, Article 117 of the 2015 Criminal Code (amended andsupplemented in 2017).

According to the indictment, NguyenChi Vung, a resident in Dong Hai district, opened many Facebook accounts topost anti-State information and materials. He also joined secret groups tomake, store and spread such information and materials.

Vung has posted untrue andfabricated information on the Party and the State as well as the country’ssituation, distorting the Party’s policies and the State’s laws, and incitedpeople to oppose the State.

At the trial, Vung admitted hisguilt and expressed his repentance./.
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