Reuters
Vietnamese authorities arrested the sister of a former prisoner of conscience Tuesday, detaining her on the same charges that got him a two-year jail sentence for social media posts he wrote that criticized the government, members of the family told RFA.
Police in the southern city of Can Tho detained Le Thi Binh, sister of Le Minh The. RFA reported that he was released in October after his two-year stint, for “abusing the rights to freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the state, the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals.”
Le Thi Binh was taken away under Article 331 of the Vietnam 2015 Penal Code, a vaguely worded law often used to lock up bloggers and other peaceful critics of the Vietnamese government the same charge her brother was convicted of in March 2019.