The Investigation Security Agency under the Ho Chi Minh Department of Public Security has decided to detain and launch criminal proceedings against Nguyen Tuong Thuy for making, storing, disseminating or popularizing anti-state information and documents.

Nguyen Tuong Thuy (Photo: Internet) 

Thuy, born in 1950 and residing in Thanh Xuan Trung ward, Thanh Xuan district, Hanoi, was accused of "making, storing, and disseminating or popularizing information and documents against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" as stipulated at Article 117 of the Criminal Code.

Thuy was involved in the case of "making, storing, and disseminating or popularizing information and documents against the State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam" led by Pham Chi Dung. He is a member of the so-called "Independent Journalists Association of Vietnam".

Many related documents and evidence were confiscated for investigation.