Journalist Tran Thi Tuyet Dieu previously worked with a state-run newspaper before managing her own Facebook and YouTube accounts. Authorities accused her of posting "anti-state" content on social media.
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Vietnam arrests banned book publisher s distributor
Liberal Publishing House suspects Nguyen Bao Tien has been illegally detained for 18 months
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The Public Security Department in Vietnam’s Phu Yen province arrested Nguyen Bao Tien on May 5 for restoring and spreading anti-state material.
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Phap Luat newspaper said Tien, 35, from the province’s capital of Tuy Hoa, had been caught distributing books published by the banned independent Liberal Publishing House.
From August to October 2019, Tien received 68 packages of books with content defaming government policies and inciting people to fight against the communist government, the newspaper said. Some 24 packages of them were distributed to readers, it added.