Rights campaigners say the government in one-party Vietnam has in recent years stepped up a crackdown on civil society and weaponised the law to silence critics, especially people posting on social media.
On Wednesday police in Ho Chi Minh City said they arrested Le Van Can, the lead administrator of Nguoi Dua Tin (The Messenger) YouTube channel, for “abusing democratic freedoms” under article 331.
Since March last year, the channel had published more than 6,700 video clips “with negative and distorted information targeting individuals and organisations in the political system, as well as policies and guidelines of the party and the state”, police said in an online statement.
Their behaviour “badly impacted public opinions and caused social disorder”, police said, adding the accused had illegally earned more than $380,000 (10 billion dong) for running the channel, which was deactivated prior to the arrests.
In the six years to 2017, only 28 were sentenced under equivalent laws, the group said.
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