The defendants at the court (Photo: VNA) GiaLai (VNA) - The People’s Court of the Central Highlands province ofGia Lai on April 23 announced sentences on a group of individuals engaging inactivities aimed at overthrowing the people's administration under provisions 1and 2, Article 109 of the Criminal Code.
Thecourt imposed the harshest sentences of 13 years in prison on Phan Thi Thao,67, and Ta Van Trieu, 50.
Threeother defendants, Tran Thien (52 years old), Vu Dinh Lan (51 years old) andHuynh Thi Khanh Trang (37 years old) were sentenced to 12 years behind bars.
CaoThi Ngoc Diem, 55, and Tran Hue Chan Vuong, 53, got nine years in jail.
Two defendants,namely Tran Thi Kim Loan, 62 and Tran Tho, 68, were given eight-yearimprisonment sentences, while Cao Cuong, 52, was sentenced to four years inprison.
Accordingto the indictment, they joined a reactionary and terrorist organisation called“Chinh phu quoc gia Viet Nam lam thoi” (Interim National Government of Vietnam)led by Dao Minh Quan. Since 2020, they have been using various websites, suchas chinhphuquocgia.com, tcdy.us and vnch3.com, YouTube and Facebook todisseminate the “Hien phap De tam Viet Nam Cong Hoa” (Constitution of the ThirdRepublic of Vietnam), call for and instruct people to conduct a"referendum" and the procedures for registering as members of theorganisation.
Theyalso carried out propaganda, enticed people to undermine the country'sstability and sustainable development, cause political insecurity, andeventually overthrow the people's administration. They made full use of socialnetworks and internet messaging applications to collect, propagate, and shareunfounded and baseless articles of hostile forces./.
