HCM CITY — HCM City’s People’s Court doled out a five-year prison sentence to a 42-year-old resident for disseminating slanderous and libellous information against the State of Viet Nam, on May 15.
The court also ordered that Tran Quoc Hien, a HCM City resident, would also be placed under probation for two years following his release from prison.
Hien pleaded guilty, showing remorse and pledging to split from reactionary groups such as Bloc 8406, of which he was a member from July, 2006.
The court heard that Hien was also a member of the so-called "Viet Nam Workers-Farmers Alliance," which was founded by overseas extremists and issued a joint statement announcing the opening of the organisation’s representative office in HCM City.
The announcement contained fabricated and distorted information against Viet Nam and called on the public to hold general strikes and riots against the state. — VNS
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