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Vietnam jails 2 dozens on charges of terrorism, subversion
Published : Dec 28, 2017, 12:08 pm IST
Updated : Dec 28, 2017, 12:08 pm IST
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Hanoi: Vietnamese courts have handed down harsh prison sentences to two dozen people after finding them guilty of terrorism and subversion including a case linked to an exiled group.

A court in Ho Chi Minh City convicted 14 people for a petrol bomb attack at the city’s international airport in April and sentenced them to between five and 16 years in prison on Thursday.

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The bomb caused a scare but no casualties. It was linked to an exiled group of the defeated South Vietnamese republic.

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A court in south-central province of Binh Dinh sentenced nine people to between three to 14 years for attempted subversion and spreading propaganda against the communist state.

Both cases were reported by state-run Thanh Nien newspaper. Court officials were unavailable for comment on Friday.

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