Nay Y Blang gets four years six months in prison. (Photo: VNA) At the first instance trial of the Phu Yen province People’s Court, Nay Y Blangadmitted to his crime and asked for leniency.
According to the indictment, Nay Y Blang engaged in the foreigners-ledCentral Highlands Protestant Church of the Christ (CHPC) – a reactionaryorganisation that has abused the religious affairs to incite followers andpeople to erode the national solidarity bloc, trigger secession, and promote theestablishment of a “separate state” of the ethnic minority groups in theCentral Highlands and areas in the vicinity.
Despite local authorities’ communications and education efforts, Nay Y Blangignored the law and used his house to organise prayers for CHPCfollowers and provide them with false information on Vietnam’s freedom ofbelief and religion, infringing upon the State interests and negativelyimpacting the locality’s security and order.
The Phu Yen police’s investigation security agency beganlegal proceedings and arrested Nay Y Blang on May 18, 2023, for furtherinvestigation.
Earlier, the man also got administrative punishments for violating the law on religiousactivities./.
Despite local authorities’ communications and education efforts, Nay Y Blangignored the law and used his house to organise prayers for CHPCfollowers and provide them with false information on Vietnam’s freedom ofbelief and religion, infringing upon the State interests and negativelyimpacting the locality’s security and order.
The Phu Yen police’s investigation security agency beganlegal proceedings and arrested Nay Y Blang on May 18, 2023, for furtherinvestigation.
Earlier, the man also got administrative punishments for violating the law on religiousactivities./.
VNA
