Man prosecuted for abusing freedom, democracy rights
Can Tho: Man prosecuted for abusing freedom, democracy rights
Police in Binh Thuy district, Can Tho city, put a man into temporary detention on October 10 to investigate into the charge of “abusing the rights to freedom and democracy to violate interests of the State, rights and legitimate interests of organisations and individuals” under Article 331 of the 2015 Penal Code.
Le Minh The (second, right) listens to police reading the arrest warrant (Photo: VNA)
Can Tho (VNA) –Police in Binh Thuy district, Can Tho city, put a man into temporary detentionon October 10 to investigate into the charge of “abusing the rights to freedomand democracy to violate interests of the State, rights and legitimateinterests of organisations and individuals” under Article 331 of the 2015 PenalCode.
The detainee is Le Minh The, 55, who resides inAn Thoi ward of Binh Thuy district.
According to the police’s initial investigationresults, since the beginning of 2017, The has created many Facebook accounts topost, share and comment on information distorting the Party and State’sguidelines and policies, as well as slandering the regime, administrations atdifferent levels, and Party and State leaders.
Binh Thuy district’s police found that sinceJune 2018 until his arrest, The used his personal Facebook accounts to contact reactionariesin Vietnam and other countries to livestream, inciting people to join demonstrationsagainst the draft law on special administrative-economic units and the law oncyber security.
His actions were found to have influenced theprestige of the Party, the State, and central and local leaders, triggered scepticismin the public, and affected security and order in the locality.
The police have seized many documents proving hisviolations at his house.
They are conducting further investigation intothe case.–VNA
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Le Minh The (second, right) listens to police reading the arrest warrant (Photo: VNA) 
