Tran Hoang Minh

He was accused of posting and sharing 51 posts (from 2009 to 2020) that contained defamatory and offensive information against the Party’s leadership and/or the State’s policies. Most notably, during the Dong Tam incident and related trials, Minh challenged the legitimacy of Ha Noi’s public security agency. Reportedly, he also wrote a post titled “Dong Tam residents should kill Judge Truong Viet Toan” (Truong Viet Toan chaired and announced the final judgment of the Dong Tam case). We cannot verify the content of this post, but it appears that the title could be rhetorical. We note the allegation of violence in this profile, and while we do not condone violence, we also believe that in the absence of a free press environment, the State’s allegations should be looked at with some skepticism. 

Minh turned himself into the authorities in September 2020, after being summoned several times by the public security.