Former police officer faces seven years in prison after being accused of writing stories that ‘distorted the policies’ of the Communist PartyThe trial of a prominent Vietnamese blogger accused of anti-government posts has started amid protests in Hanoi.Nguyen Huu Vinh,a former police officer and son of a late government minister, and his assistant, or Nguyen Thi Minh Thuy,are accused of abusing democratic freedoms to infringe on the interests of the state, an offence punishable by up to seven years in prison.
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Source: theguardian.com