CRACKDOWN: Tho, better known as blogger Nguoi Lot Gach, has been detained a month after Vietnam released another blogger Nguyen Van Hai, who went under the name Dieu Cay.
HANOI: Vietnamese police have detained a blogger for posting "bad content" about the state, the latest move in a crackdown on dissent that has been condemned by rights groups and Western governments.
Hong Le Tho, 65, was detained for "posting online articles with bad content and false information that discredit and create distrust among people about state agencies, social agencies and citizens," the Ministry of Public Security said on its website.
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