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Vietnam: Activist blogger faces tax fraud charges

Saturday, December 6th, 2008 @ 04:46 UTC

by Mong Palatino

Countries:: Vietnam
Topics:: Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Human Rights, Law, Media, Protest, Politics
Languages:: English

Vietnamese activist Nguyen Hoang Hai, better known by the blogging name of Dieu Cay, is facing tax fraud cases. But he claims these are trumped up charges. According to his supporters, the government wants him jailed for being a founding member of Free Vietnamese Journalists Club.

1 comment

Tax Problems

I actually had a problem with my taxes last year. I was hurt and was put on FMLA. After being on that for 2 months I guess I didn’t have my taxes taken out of my weekly checks. So I guess I owe money now…right?

# 2009-01-4 at 1:39 am

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