The jailing of a Vietnamese blogger for 10 years was condemned by rights groups as “unacceptable” and an attack on free speech.
Truong Duy Nhat, a regular contributor to Radio Free Asia, was found guilty in a brief trial on Monday of defrauding the public of US$560,000 (RM2.36mil) when he worked for a state-owned newspaper in the central city of Danang in 2004, state media said.
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