{"id":47519,"date":"2024-02-29T14:18:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T22:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sweet-pascal.52-27-215-206.plesk.page\/vietnam-police-detain-youtube-activist-on-anti-state-charges\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T14:18:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T22:18:00","slug":"vietnam-police-detain-youtube-activist-on-anti-state-charges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vietvalley.com\/vietnam-police-detain-youtube-activist-on-anti-state-charges\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam police detain YouTube activist on anti-state charges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span>Hanoi authorities arrested the creator of two popular YouTube channels on Thursday on anti-state charges under Article 117, Vietnam\u2019s vaguely written law that human rights organizations say is used to silence dissent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Nguyen Chi Tuyen will be detained while an investigation is conducted into the charge of \u201cdisseminating information, materials, items and publications against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,\u201d Hanoi\u2019s Security Investigation Agency said in a statement.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tuyen is a founding member of the \u201cNo-U group,\u201d which rejects a U-shaped line that China puts on maps of the South China Sea. He has also been a prominent member since 2011 of an anti-China group that has organized numerous demonstrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tuyen\u2019s latest YouTube channel is named <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@ACMedia5\"><span>\u201cAC Media<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d and focuses on coverage and commentary on Russia\u2019s 2022 invasion of Ukraine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>On Wednesday, Tuyen\u2019s live chat discussion about Sweden joining NATO and the downing in Ukraine of two Russian Su-34 fighters attracted nearly 60,000 followers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>His previous channel, \u201c<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/AnhChiRauDen\"><span>Anh Ch\u00ed R\u00e2u \u0110en<\/span><\/a><span>\u201d (translated as \u201cMr. Chi with a black beard\u201d), attracted nearly 100,000 followers for its commentary on hot-button social and political issues in Vietnam.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tuyen is also known as Anh Chi. For unknown reasons, he stopped maintaining the \u201cAnh Ch\u00ed R\u00e2u \u0110en\u201d channel around two years ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tuyen\u2019s wife, Nguyen Thi Anh Tuyet, told Radio Free Asia that her husband hasn\u2019t carried out any activities against the state.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cHe has always been a person who expresses his opinions on wrongdoings in society,\u201d she said. \u201cHe has only expressed his own viewpoints and has done nothing to oppose the Party or the state as accused.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Summoned and searched<\/p>\n<p><span>About a year ago, Hanoi security forces summoned him for several days of questioning about live streams that were broadcast several years ago on the \u201cAnh Ch\u00ed R\u00e2u \u0110en\u201d channel, Tuyet said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Authorities followed up by sending a notice banning him from leaving the country. Earlier this year, police sent another exit ban notice, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In mid-January, Hanoi police sent a letter stating that they had received a crime report from Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The letter states that Tuyen showed signs of committing the crimes of \u201canti-State propaganda\u201d under Article 117 and \u201cabusing the rights to democratic freedom\u201d under Article 331 of Vietnam\u2019s Penal Code.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tuyet told RFA that her husband received a summons to attend a meeting with Hanoi police on Thursday morning. However, he felt unwell and asked to postpone the meeting, she said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Instead, police searched the family home on Thursday, read out a long arrest warrant and confiscated Tuyen\u2019s mobile phone, laptop and some handwritten pages, Tuyet said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>\u201cThis morning, amid the chaos, I couldn\u2019t hear all the details since it was very long,\u201d she said. \u201cI only remember some specific parts, such as the accusation that he was arrested for conducting propaganda and spreading anti-party materials.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The warrant stated that he would be temporarily detained for four months at Hanoi\u2019s Detention Facility No. 2, she said.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>RFA called Hanoi police to ask for a response to Tuyet\u2019s remarks, but no one answered the phone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Tuyen is the third person to be arrested on charges of \u201canti-state propaganda\u201d since the beginning of this year.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Translated by Anna Vu. Edited by Matt Reed and Malcolm Foster.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tin t\u1eeb RFA <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rfa.org\/english\/news\/vietnam\/youtube-arrested-02292024161222.html\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hanoi authorities arrested the creator of two popular YouTube channels on Thursday on anti-state charges under Article 117, Vietnam\u2019s vaguely written law that human rights organizations say is used to silence dissent. 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