Vietnam - Newspaper reporter arrested for undercover investigation of police corruption

Reporters without borders

Reporters Without Borders condemns journalist Nguyen Van Khuong's arrest yesterday in Ho Chi Minh City in connection with his undercover investigative reporting for the newspaper Tuoi Tre. Khuong, who writes under the pen-name of Hoang Khuong, is to be held for four months while the authorities investigate his use of a bribe to expose traffic police corruption. “Khuong should not be charged with bribery because of what he did in the course of an undercover investigation,” Reporters Without (...)

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