Dissidents in exile get 17 years for anti-state activities


A court in Vietnam convicted two exiled pro-democracy activists living in Germany of anti-state activities, state media reported, sentencing them in absentia to 17 years each in prison.

Nguyen Van Dai and Le Trung Khoa were charged with “making, storing, distributing, or spreading information, documents, or items aimed at opposing the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”, the state media reported on Wednesday.

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