HANOI (Reuters) - The founder of a Vietnamese rights group was sentenced on Friday to two years and nine months in prison for spraying paint on Vietnamese flags and posting a photo of them on Facebook.
Huynh Thuc Vy, 33, was convicted of "desecration of the national flag", at a one-day trial at the People's Court of Buon Ho town in Vietnam's Central Highlands province of Dak Lak, the official Vietnam News Agency reported.
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