Jailing of Australian activist Hiep Tran raises concerns over Vietnam | ABC NEWS
Australian activist Hiep Tran recently disappeared in Cambodia where he was meeting with human rights defenders. It’s emerged Mr Tran and a Norwegian colleague are being held in prison in Vietnam.
The Vietnamese government says they tried to enter the country illegally to conduct “terrorist and sabotage” activities. His family and rights groups are calling it an act of transnational repression.
Who is Hiep Tran? And does Vietnam have a trend of chasing critics overseas? We break it down.
Foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic and the ABC’s Asia Pacific Newsroom report.
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