Governance
Victims of a police state: foreign aid scandal reporters arrested
Just a few short months after the ten-year drive to join the World Trade organisation ended where progress on 'reform' was a prerequisite by WTO member countries to sign off on Vietnam's entry early last year, the police in Vietnam appear to have been let off their leash mauling all and sundry who had criticised their conduct in the past.
Now the police are persecuting and arresting high-calibre reporters in what some say is a revenge campaign for the coverage of the notorious and most high-profile corruption case in Vietnam—the PMU18 aid scandal two years ago—where millions of dollars of official development money was squandered on football bets by the head of a transport ministry arm.
May 13, 2008 - 4:36:33 PM
Governance
Vietnam media decry reporters' arrests
The arrests of two Vietnamese reporters for their coverage of a bribery, gambling and corruption scandal have led to a highly unusual confrontation between Vietnam's Communist government and the country's state-controlled newspapers.
May 15, 2008 - 7:28:09 AM
Governance
Former police investigator of foreign aid scandal could face charges
Police say they aim to press charges against a senior police officer who was in charge of investigating the PMU18 foreign aid scandal that shook the country two years ago. The new charges follow one day after two veteran reporters were arrested for coverage of PMU18 corruption case.
May 15, 2008 - 7:09:45 AM
Governance
Vietnam sentences American for ‘terrorism’
An American-Vietnamese political activist was sentenced to six months jail in a one-day trial, but he will be deported at the weekend as he had already served the time, U.S. embassy officials and his party said on Tuesday May 13.
May 14, 2008 - 8:08:05 AM
Governance
Vietnam to try American for 'terrorism'
A Vietnamese-American and two Vietnamese nationals will be put on trial on charges of terrorism for allegedly planning to distribute anti-government pamphlets in Vietnam, an official said Thursday.
May 10, 2008 - 7:04:00 AM
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