Fact #26162
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North Vietnamese police arrest songwriter Viet Khang and place him in pre-trial detention at No.4 Phan Dang Luu prison in Ho Chi Minh City. His crime was to have written a song criticising the Vietnamese authorities' response to China's territorial claims in the disputed South China Sea. He is charged with conducting anti-state propaganda under Article 88 of Viet Nam's Criminal Code and could face a jail sentence of up to two decades.