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Warnings: A young man gets 7 years for anti-state propaganda - A lesson should be learnt!

27/11/17
The Ha Tinh Provincial People's Court on today, 27th November, gave a seven- year sentence to a local man for spreading anti-state propaganda.


He was found guilty of 'complicating public security' by posting anti-government material during the Formosa disaster.
According to the indictment read at the court, Nguyen Van Hoa, 22, who lives in Ky Anh District produced and spread videos and interviews related to the Formosa environment disaster in the area that instigated anti-government protests. Hoa used Facebook account Nguyen Van Hoa (Maria Luygonjaga), and blog Luoishoa to spread documents that defamed the government.
Besides sending his articles to many other overseas broadcasting agents including the Radio Free Asia which paid Hoa USD 1,500 for 16 reports, the man also contacted and co-operated with several organisations to publish and spreads other articles by anti-government individuals and organisations.
Hoa is accused of abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of organisations and/or citizens under Article 258 of Vietnam’s penal code. The indictment claimed that Hoa received over USD 5,455 from local and overseas anti-state organisations for his activities.
Hoa was arrested in April this year. He will be placed under house arrest for three years after completing his jail term.
Under Vietnam’s Penal Code, anti-government propaganda is a crime punishable by up to 20 years in jail. The country has sent several people to prison this year for such offense.
Last month, Vietnam sentenced 24-year-old Phan Kim Khanh to six years in jail for posting “fabricated” information on social media with the help of the U.S.-based group Viet Tan, an organization Vietnam has declared a terrorist group. Khanh was arrested in March.
In July, blogger Tran Thi Nga, 40, was sentenced to nine years in prison for posting anti-state propaganda videos on the internet.
The month before, blogger Nguyen Ngoc Nhu Quynh, who was arrested in October 2016, received a 10-year sentence for publishing what authorities called distorted stories and videos about the Communist Party and the government on Facebook.

 This is a lesson for other young people who quickly jump into wrong conclusions and violate laws. Yes, in April last year, Taiwanese-owned Formosa Plastics Group's steel complex in Ha Tinh province dumped toxins into the ocean that killed hundreds of tonnes of fish along 200 kilometres of coastline in four central provinces. It was one of Vietnam's worst environmental disasters.
But no one would want that. So, let the government do its jobs to recover the sea and do not jeopardize the national security by your lack of information and knowledge. Do not be too naïve to be deceived by hostile forces, especially from outside./.

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