The court of appeals at the Hanoi Supreme People's Court on May 30 confirmed the sentences handed down to two anti-government indictees, Ho Thi Bich Khuong from Nghe An Province and Nguyen Trung Ton from Thanh Hoa Province.

In December 2011, the Nghe An People's Court sentenced Khuong to five years in prison and three years’ probation and Ton to two years in prison and two years’ probation, for circulating propaganda against the Party and the Government.

The court decided that the case was carried lawfually and that the evidence, including many articles written by Khuong and Ton which were circulated on the Internet, was enough to merit prison sentences.

According to the charges, on January 15, 2011, the police in central Nghe An province seized 68 types of documents containing anti-State contents at Khuong’s house in Nam Anh commune, Nam Dan district.

Two days later, while searching Ton’s house in Quang Yen commune, Quang Xuong district, the police seized another 10 documents containing anti-State contents.

On January 22, 2011, the Nghe An police started legal proceedings against Khuong and Ton on the charge of “distributing propaganda against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam”.

Source: VNA