Two sentenced to prison for anti-State activities
Tran Vu Anh Binh, 38, and Vo Minh Tri, 34, were sentenced by a court in Ho Chi Minh City on October 30 to six years and four years in prison, respectively, for activities against the State.
They were each sentenced to an additional two years under probation once they are released from prison.
According to the court, the two defendants received support and were delegated duties by reactionary organizations abroad to form a group which distorted the truth, besmirched the Party, supported reactionary ideas, and conducted other activities against the State.
They also posted songs with reactionary content on personal blogs and on some websites to sow division in national great unity bloc and cause political instability.
Binh and Tri (under pseudonym of Viet Khang) confessed their illegal activities during investigation and trial. Tri also filed a denunciation against some reactionary political organizations and their activities.
Tran Thanh and some others involved in the criminal conspiracy received fines and were put under supervision by local authorities. Another member of the group, Nguyen Thien Thanh, remains wanted by police.