Vinh Phuc: Woman arrested for abusing freedom rights to disseminate anti-State propaganda
A 40-year-old woman in the northern province of Vinh Phuc was arrested by local police on October 4 for allegedly “abusing rights to freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the State and the legitimate rights and interests of organisations and citizens” under Article 331 of the 2015 Penal Code.
Phung Thi Nga is arrested on the charge of “abusing rights to freedom and democracy to infringe upon the interests of the State and the legitimate rights and interests of organisations and citizens.” (Photo: VNA)
Vinh Phuc (VNA) – A 40-year-old woman in thenorthern province of Vinh Phuc was arrested by local police on October 4 forallegedly “abusing rights to freedom and democracy to infringe upon theinterests of the State and the legitimate rights and interests of organisationsand citizens” under Article 331 of the 2015 PenalCode.
Phung Thi Nga, residing in Vat Cach village, Dong Cuong commune,Yen Lac district, was accused of having used a number of Facebook and Youtubeaccounts to upload many posts and videos providing fabricated and distorted informationto insult, libel and slander organisations and individuals in Yen Lac sinceOctober last year.
Her actions have seriously harmed the prestige and honour of local leaders as well as the role, position and functions of State agencies, causing negative opinion among officials, Party members and people, and affecting political security in the locality.
A search of her house found many objects and documentsrelated to the case.
The police are conducting further investigations into thecase./.
The Hanoi People’s Court on July 20 opened the first-instance trial involving Tran Hoang Minh, 31, residing in Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi on charge 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.
A woman in Hanoi has been sentenced to 20 months in prison for the charge 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.
The People’s Procuracy of Thoi Lai district, Can Tho city, has issued an indictment prosecuting a man and his accomplices for “abusing the rights to freedom and democracy to violate the interests of the State, the rights and legitimate interests of organisations and individuals.”
A woman in the southern province of An Giang was arrested and prosecuted by local police on September 10 for “conducting activities to overthrow the people’s administration” in accordance with clause 2, Article 109 of the Criminal Code 2015.
The High-level People's Court in Da Nang on September 29 upheld an eight-year imprisonment sentence on a woman from Phu Yen province on the charge of “making, storing, distributing and disseminating information, documents and items aimed at sabotaging the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Clause 1 of Article 117 in the 2015 Penal Code.
