A Vietnamese court sentenced a dissident blogger to 15 months in prison for posting online criticism of the government, the latest case in an intensifying crackdown against dissent in the one-party communist country.
At a two-hour trial at the Hanoi People's Court, Judge Ngo Tu Hoc said on Wednesday that Pham Viet Dao was guilty of "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe the interests of the state'' by posting dozens of articles that "distorted, vilified and smeared the senior leaders".
Dao, 61, confessed to the court and apologised for the "erroneous" details in some of his posts, but said he did not do that on purpose.
"I don't think that my articles have had bad impact on society,'' said Dao, who refused a lawyer and defended himself at the trial.
"The defendant's acts are dangerous to the society, causing anxiety among the public and reducing people's trust in the leadership of the (Communist) Party and the state,'' the judge said. Full story...
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At a two-hour trial at the Hanoi People's Court, Judge Ngo Tu Hoc said on Wednesday that Pham Viet Dao was guilty of "abusing democratic freedoms to infringe the interests of the state'' by posting dozens of articles that "distorted, vilified and smeared the senior leaders".
Dao, 61, confessed to the court and apologised for the "erroneous" details in some of his posts, but said he did not do that on purpose.
"I don't think that my articles have had bad impact on society,'' said Dao, who refused a lawyer and defended himself at the trial.
"The defendant's acts are dangerous to the society, causing anxiety among the public and reducing people's trust in the leadership of the (Communist) Party and the state,'' the judge said. Full story...
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