Vietnam Jails Two Vietnamese-Americans for 14 Years Over Bomb Plots

Vietnam Jails Two Vietnamese-Americans for 14 Years Over Bomb Plots
U.S. citizen Angel Phan (C) is escorted by police to a court before her trial in Ho Chi Minh city, Vietnam on Aug. 21, 2018. Stringer/Reuters
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HANOI—A Vietnamese court found two Vietnamese-Americans guilty of terrorism on Aug. 22, and sentenced them to 14 years in prison for masterminding a series of bomb plots earlier this year, a court official told Reuters.

James Nguyen and Angel Phan were convicted, along with 10 accomplices who received short jail terms, after a two-day trial. All defendants had been charged with “attempting to overthrow the state.”