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Vietnam jails former journalist for 30 months over Facebook posts

Reuters · last updated

A court in Vietnam on Thursday sentenced a former journalist to 30 months in prison after finding him guilty of “abusing democratic freedoms” for posts on social media, state media reported.

Truong Huy San, 63, whose pen name is Huy Duc, was convicted for posting 13 articles on Facebook which caused “a negative impact on social order and safety”, state-run Vietnam News Agency said in a report.

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