Prosecution of defendant Le Dinh Luong for activities aimed at overthrowing the people's government

(Baonghean.vn) - On July 26, 2017, the Investigation Security Agency of Nghe An Province Police issued Decision to prosecute criminal case No. 15; Decision to prosecute defendant No. 26 and issued Detention Order No. 3 against Le Dinh Luong for a period of 4 months for the crime of "Activities aimed at overthrowing the people's government".

According to the investigation results, Le Dinh Luong is an especially dangerous reactionary subject belonging to the terrorist organization "Viet Tan"; is an active propagandist, attracting subjects with opposing ideology in Nghe An and Ha Tinh to join the Viet Tan organization, has close relations with reactionary and opposing subjects inside and outside the area.

Le Dinh Luong (blue shirt) during a meeting with reactionary elements abroad.

In the past, Le Dinh Luong has repeatedly incited people and directly participated in opposition activities occurring in Yen Thanh and Dien Chau (Nghe An) such as: inciting a number of people to gather carrying banners and slogans with reactionary and oppositional content to film, take photos and post them on the internet (in Hop Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district); organizing the singing of homemade reactionary songs and posting them on the internet; calling for a boycott of the election of deputies to the 14th National Assembly and the election of deputies to People's Councils at all levels for the 2016-2021 term.

Taking advantage of the so-called "environmental protection", Le Dinh Luong and a number of other reactionary and opposing elements incited marches and protests against Formosa, causing insecurity, disorder, and traffic jams on a number of key routes; provided funds and means for a number of reactionary and opposing elements to serve the marches and protests, causing insecurity and disorder in Ha Tinh, Quang Binh...

Le Dinh Luong and extremists participated in protests and riots.

In particular, through his personal Facebook page “Lo Ngoc”, Le Dinh Luong has posted many articles with content propagating, inciting, distorting, and defaming the Party’s policies and guidelines, the State’s policies and laws, distorting history, and defaming leaders with the aim of opposing the people’s government.

With the above violations, on July 26, 2017, the Investigation Security Agency of Nghe An Provincial Police issued Decision to prosecute criminal case No. 15; Decision to prosecute defendant No. 26 and issued Detention Order No. 3 against Le Dinh Luong for a period of 4 months for the crime of "Activities aimed at overthrowing the people's government" as prescribed in Article 79 - Penal Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

On the same day, Nghe An Provincial People's Procuracy issued Decisions approving the Decision to prosecute the accused and the Order to temporarily detain Le Dinh Luong for the above crime.

The Security Investigation Agency has issued a Notice to the People's Committee of Hop Thanh Commune and Le Dinh Luong's family to inform them about the arrest and temporary detention of Le Dinh Luong according to the provisions of law.

PV Group