HANOI: A courtroom in Vietnam's Ho Chi Minh City has sentenced 5 activists to as much as 15 years in prison after discovering them guilty of working a political group that worked to overthrow the country's Communist one-party rule.
The authentic Vietnam News Agency said group chief Luu Van Vinh was convicted of attempting to overthrow the "people's administration" and sentenced to 15 years in prison in the one-day trial Friday. It said four others received sentences of eight to 13 years. They had been additionally given 3 years of space arrest after their liberate from prison.
The company said Vinh was chief of "Vietnam National Coalition," which was formed in October 2016, and they had been arrested 3 weeks later at its authentic launch.
International human rights teams have called for his or her liberate.
The authentic Vietnam News Agency said group chief Luu Van Vinh was convicted of attempting to overthrow the "people's administration" and sentenced to 15 years in prison in the one-day trial Friday. It said four others received sentences of eight to 13 years. They had been additionally given 3 years of space arrest after their liberate from prison.
The company said Vinh was chief of "Vietnam National Coalition," which was formed in October 2016, and they had been arrested 3 weeks later at its authentic launch.
International human rights teams have called for his or her liberate.
Vietnam jails 5 activists over attempted subversion
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