Media Legal Defense Network » Media coverage http://jmsc.asia/mediadefense Lawyers defending freedom of expression in South East Asia Thu, 06 May 2010 05:57:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Vietnamese authorities arrest Le Cong Dinh http://jmsc.asia/mediadefense/2009/07/vietnamese-authorities-have-arrested-le-cong-dinh/ http://jmsc.asia/mediadefense/2009/07/vietnamese-authorities-have-arrested-le-cong-dinh/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:02:19 +0000 Administrator http://jmsc.asia/mediadefense/?p=62 BBC News
14 June 2009 

Le Cong Dinh, 41, one of Vietnam’s most respected lawyers, has defended a number of pro-democracy activists.

He was alleged to have been found with a copy of a new constitution he wrote aiming to replace the current one.

The police said they will charge Mr Dinh with Article 88 of the Vietnam’s Criminal Code for distributing anti-government materials.

Mr Dinh was arrested by security police for “colluding with domestic and foreign reactionaries to sabotage the Vietnamese state” by publishing documents distorting the country’s socio-economic policies, a senior security official said.  More.

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