The arrest of prominent blogger Nguyen Quang
Lap is the second this month , as crackdown
intensifies against dissent.
Vietnamese police have detained a prominent
blogger for posting anti -state articles , the second
such arrest this month as , the country' s
communist authorities keep up their long- running
crackdown on online dissent.
Commentator Nguyen Quang Lap was arrested at
his house in Ho Chi Minh City on Saturday
afternoon, his wife told AFP news agency .
"More than a dozen security people searched our
residence for several hours and took him away , "
Ho Thi Hong said .
"They said his blog ran articles against the
[ communist] party' s policies and guidelines , " she
added.
Lap, 58, a member of the official Vietnam Writers '
Association , is a well known figure in the
southeast Asian nation. His blog has received
millions of hits and his Facebook account has
nearly 15 , 000 followers.
His website hosted his own writing and pieces by
others, some of which often made critical points
about social and political issues in Vietnam .
Many of the posts were strongly anti -China,
reflecting widespread animosity among many
Vietnamese , including intellectuals, for the
country' s northern neighbour
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