Australian Chau Van Kham (left) is escorted into a courtroom in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday. Photo: AP
Australian retiree’s 12-year jail term highlights Vietnam’s tightening grip on dissent
- Chau Van Kham, a former baker from New South Wales, was sentenced along with two democracy activists for ‘terrorist activities against the state’
- But human rights campaigners say the trial was a miscarriage of justice and part of a wave of repression against anyone authorities deem a threat
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Australian Chau Van Kham (left) is escorted into a courtroom in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday. Photo: AP