Overview
- Hanoi police said Le Anh Hung was arrested and accused of making, hoarding, disseminating and spreading materials against the state.
- State-run Tuoi Tre reported he faces an Article 117 charge for propagandizing against the state, which carries penalties of up to 20 years in prison.
- Project 88 and news reports said police detained him on March 9 at a friend’s house in Dak Lak province.
- Authorities said the case will be handled in accordance with the law, after days of social media reports that he was unreachable.
- Hung is a former Voice of America contributor previously convicted of abusing democratic freedoms, and his arrest comes as rights groups cite more than 160 political prisoners and stricter press laws passed in December.