August 8, 2013
Vietnam anti-graft award-winning journalist arrested: Reports
Asia One AFP | 08 Aug. 2013 | HANOI – Vietnam has arrested a prize-winning investigative journalist who made his name exposing corruption in the communist country on suspicion of taking bribes, state media reported on Thursday. Vo Thanh Tung, 31, who works for Ho Chi Minh City’s Law newspaper, was detained on Wednesday after allegedly […]
August 9, 2013
REPORTER WHO INVESTIGATES CORRUPTION ARRESTED FOR “CORRUPTION”
by Defend the Defenders • Vo Thanh Tung
Reporters Sans Frontières PUBLISHED ON FRIDAY 9 AUGUST 2013. Reporters Without Borders questions award-winning investigative reporter Vo Thanh Tung’s arrest in the southern province of Dong Nai on 7 August for suspected corruption. Two people who had assisted Tung in previous investigations into highway police corruption, identified only as Tai and Minh, were arrested with him. Also known by […]