VNRN | Dec 29, 2014
Another prominent blogger was arrested Dec. 27, becoming the third independent writer taken in by Vietnamese authorities within one month, in a series of crackdowns that critics believe are related to the upcoming Communist Party Central Committee Plenum scheduled for 2015.
Nguyen Dinh Ngoc (Nguyễn Đình Ngọc), 48, was arrested at his home and shortly after a blog known to reflect government lines identified him as blogger Nguyen Ngoc Gia (Nguyễn Ngọc Già). If true, it would mark the first time Nguyen Ngoc Gia’s true identity is known to the public. The blogger usually sends his writings for publication on Dan Luan and Dan Lam Bao and has never publicized his real name. Both sites have published news of Ngoc’s address assuming Ngoc is, in fact, Gia.
Ironically, just a little more than two weeks before his arrest, Ngoc had published an article on Dan Lam Bao entitled “How not to get arrested.” In the article, Ngoc revealed that someone from an IP address in Hai Phong, Vietnam, had tried to log in his Facebook account, and someone tried the same thing with his Google mail account, from Romania.
The Ministry of Police’s website announced the arrest and followed with the same language when blogger Nguyen Quang Lap was arrested earlier December, that it “is still investigating and clarifying violating acts by Nguyen Dinh Ngoc to be judged according to the law.”
Together with the arrests of Lap and of blogger Hong Le Tho on Nov. 29, a total of three bloggers have been known to be arrested within less than a month. Several observers have noticed a pattern of internal crackdown every time the ruling Communist Party holds its National Congress or Central Committee Plenum.
According to New York-based Human Rights Watch, approximately 150 to 200 activists and bloggers are serving prison time in Vietnam. Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks Vietnam 174th out of 180 countries in its 2014 press freedom index.
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January 1, 2015
THIRD BLOGGER ARRESTED WITHIN MONTH
by Nhan Quyen • Hong Le Tho (Nguoi Lot Gach), Nguyen Dinh Ngoc (Nguyen Ngoc Gia), Nguyen Quang Lap (Que Choa)
VNRN | Dec 29, 2014
Another prominent blogger was arrested Dec. 27, becoming the third independent writer taken in by Vietnamese authorities within one month, in a series of crackdowns that critics believe are related to the upcoming Communist Party Central Committee Plenum scheduled for 2015.
Nguyen Dinh Ngoc (Nguyễn Đình Ngọc), 48, was arrested at his home and shortly after a blog known to reflect government lines identified him as blogger Nguyen Ngoc Gia (Nguyễn Ngọc Già). If true, it would mark the first time Nguyen Ngoc Gia’s true identity is known to the public. The blogger usually sends his writings for publication on Dan Luan and Dan Lam Bao and has never publicized his real name. Both sites have published news of Ngoc’s address assuming Ngoc is, in fact, Gia.
Ironically, just a little more than two weeks before his arrest, Ngoc had published an article on Dan Lam Bao entitled “How not to get arrested.” In the article, Ngoc revealed that someone from an IP address in Hai Phong, Vietnam, had tried to log in his Facebook account, and someone tried the same thing with his Google mail account, from Romania.
The Ministry of Police’s website announced the arrest and followed with the same language when blogger Nguyen Quang Lap was arrested earlier December, that it “is still investigating and clarifying violating acts by Nguyen Dinh Ngoc to be judged according to the law.”
Together with the arrests of Lap and of blogger Hong Le Tho on Nov. 29, a total of three bloggers have been known to be arrested within less than a month. Several observers have noticed a pattern of internal crackdown every time the ruling Communist Party holds its National Congress or Central Committee Plenum.
According to New York-based Human Rights Watch, approximately 150 to 200 activists and bloggers are serving prison time in Vietnam. Paris-based press freedom watchdog Reporters Without Borders ranks Vietnam 174th out of 180 countries in its 2014 press freedom index.