Vietnamese journalist Le Trong Hung, who campaigned as an independent candidate in the National Assembly election, was sentenced to five years in prison by a Hanoi court on Dec. 31, after he was accused of spreading information opposing the state.
Hung was convicted of “making, storing, distributing, or disseminating information, documents, and items against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam” under Article 117 of Vietnam’s Penal Code. He was arrested on March 27 without access to an attorney or his family.
