Woman jailed for abusing rights to freedom, democracy
The Hanoi People’s Court has sentenced a woman to 21 months in prison for “abusing the rights to freedom and democracy to violate interests of the State, rights and legitimate interests of organisations and individuals.”
Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi People’s Court has sentenceda woman to 21 months in prison for “abusing the rights to freedom and democracyto violate interests of the State, rights and legitimate interests oforganisations and individuals.”
The decision was made at a first-instance trial onMarch 31 under Article 331 of the 2015 Penal Code.
49-year-old Le Thi Thu Huong, from Vu Di commune,Vinh Tuong district, the northern province of Vinh Phuc, had worked as afreelancer for some press agencies, including “Bao ve phap luat” (Law Protection)newspaper.
However, the newspaper ended the labour contractwith Huong following a definite term from November 2015 to November 2018.
According to investigations, since 2020, Huongcreated and used Facebook accounts “Le Thu Huong (Hoang Ly)” and “Huong Le” anda Zalo account “Hoang Ly” to publish and spread articles, information andimages with biased and distorted contents defaming the prestige of collectives andthe honour of leaders of the newspaper, and violating legitimate rights and interestsof organisations and individuals.
Huong also sent denunciations with the above-said contentsto leaders of the Party, the State and some centrally-run agencies.
The Department of Information andCommunications of Hanoi concluded on January 10, 2022 that the articles published byHuong’s Facebook and Zalo accounts have distorted and biased contents thatdefame organisations and individuals.
Centrally-run agencies and units like the inspectionand personnel departments at the Supreme People’s Procuracy also affirmed that Huong’sdenunciations are groundless./.
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Le Thi Thu Huong at the court (Photo:) 
