Vietnam police charge blogger with libel...

A popular society blogger in Vietnam has been charged with libel for describing a deputy minister's son as a womanizer linked to underworld figures, police said Tuesday.

But police declined to specify whether she was charged with libeling the son, the deputy minister, or other parties, saying the investigation was not complete.

Police filed charges Monday against Le Nguyen Huong Tra, 35, who was arrested October 23. In a blog post dated October 21 and subsequently taken down, she had written that police official Nguyen Khanh Trong, son of Deputy Minister of Public Security Nguyen Khanh Toan, was romantically linked to several models and actresses, and was "respected" by gangsters. More...

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