
Bui Hieu Vo
Status: | In Jail |
Days In Jail: | 2388 days |
Activity: | Blogger |
Birth date: | 1962 |
Arrest Date: | March 17, 2017 |
Trial Date: | May 9, 2018 |
Sentence: | 4 years and 6 months in prison |
Charge: | Article 88 (Propaganda against the socialist state) |
Location: | (Unknown) |
Bui Hieu Vo, commonly known by his pen name “Hieu Bui,” is a Facebook blogger. Vo was accused of “publishing fabricated, distorted and libelous information against the Vietnamese government.” At this time, his account is closed without verification of the accusation against the content of the page. Vo was arrested the same week as blogger Phan Kim Khanh. They were both charged under Article 88 for “conducting propaganda against the State.”