Can Tho: Criminal proceedings begin against facebooker for anti-State activities
The Police Office of Ninh Kieu district in Can Tho city said on October 6 that its investigation police desk had launched legal proceedings against and detained Vo Hoang Tho, 36, to investigate the act of “taking advantage of the rights to freedom and democracy to infringe upon State interests, legitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals” in accordance with Article 331 of the 2015 Penal Code.
Can Tho (VNA) – The Police Office of Ninh Kieu district in Can Thocity said on October 6 that its investigation police desk had launched legalproceedings against and detained Vo Hoang Tho, 36, to investigate the act of “takingadvantage of the rights to freedom and democracy to infringe upon Stateinterests, legitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals” inaccordance with Article 331 of the 2015 Penal Code.
Previously, the Cyber-security and Hi-Tech Crime Prevention Deskof the municipal Department of Public Security discovered that the Facebookaccount “Minh Long” posted many articles with false contents defaming the Partyand State, and running counter to the guidelines of the Party, and policies andlaws of the State. The case was transferred to Ninh Kieu district’s Police Officefor investigation.
The inspection results of the municipal Department of Information andCommunications showed that 47 articles extracted from 172 pages of documentsposted and shared by the Facebook account “Minh Long” contain negativecontents opposing the Party and State, offending the honour and prestige ofParty and State leaders, undermining the great national unity bloc, and causing disputes in all aspects of social life.
After identifying Vo Hoang Tho as the owner of the account, thepolice summoned him and he admitted to be the owner of this facebookaccount who had directly posted and shared the above articles./.
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Vo Hoang Tho (Source: congan.com.vn) 
