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LOS ANGELES, Oct 28 — A US citizen sentenced last year to 12 years in a Vietnamese jail for “attempting to overthrow the state” spoke of his 27-month detention at a Zoom news conference yesterday, after he was released and returned to his home in California last week. Michael Nguyen, who was...

Thursday, 29 Oct 2020 06:56 PM MYT

Michael Nguyen, who was born in Vietnam in 1964 and lived in the United States since childhood, was detained in July 2018 on suspicion of anti-government activities, including alleged incitement of protesters to attack government offices with petrol bombs and slingshots, state media reported at the time.

Vietnam said Pompeo’s visit was marking the 25th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the two countries, who fought a long war in the 1960s and ‘70s that badly divided the United States.

 

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