Doan Khanh Vinh Quang

On September 1, 2018, Doan Khanh Vinh Quang, 42, was arrested in Can Tho City. On September 24, 2018, he was sentenced to two years and three months in prison. According to his indictment, using a Facebook account name of Quang Doan, he posted Facebook comments that were offensive to the Party and the authorities. Security forces said that they found two yellow flags with three red stripes in his house, which was the national flag of the Republic of Vietnam in the South before 1975. He was also accused of provoking other people to protest against two proposed bills on Special Economic Zones and Cybersecurity on June 10, 2018. Police also accused him of offending the Communist party and State as well as distorting its policies and guidelines during his chat with Facebooker Kenvin Vo, who sent Quang two yellow flags and requested him to fly it when he went back to Vietnam.

According to a state media, Dân Trí Newspaper, sixteen pages of documents and pictures written and posted on Facebook by Quang and thirty-seven pages, which were the contents of the conversation between Quang and Facebooker Kenvin Vo, were concluded to contain negative information, which is allegedly harmful to the national political security and the social order. The article also said that he admitted his wrongdoings.

Doan Khanh Vinh Quang is one of four Facebookers who were sentenced to prison terms in Can Tho City in September 2018, the others being Bui Manh Dong, Nguyen Hong Nguyen, and Truong Dinh Khang.

Vietnam arrests four ahead of national day, Channel News Asia, September 2, 2018

Lĩnh án tù vì kích động, kêu gọi biểu tình, Dân Trí Newspaper, September 24, 2018

Cần Thơ bỏ tù Facebooker giữ cờ Vàng Ba Sọc Đỏ trong nhà, September 24, 2018

Vietnam jails activist for anti-government posts on Facebook, AP, September 25, 2018

Vietnam Convicts Third Facebooker Within Three Days amid Intensified Online Crackdown, Defend the Defenders, September 25, 2018

Vietnam jails activist for 27 months over anti-government posts on Facebook, Reuters, September 25, 2018