Vietnamese Blogger Found in Police Custody After Reported Missing in Thailand

Vietnamese Blogger Found in Police Custody After Reported Missing in Thailand
A Vietnamese policeman stands watch outside the Phuoc Co jail on the outskirts of the southern coastal town of Vung Tau, Vietnam, in 2006. Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP via Getty Images
Aldgra Fredly
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A Vietnamese blogger seeking refuge in Thailand due to political persecution was found in police custody in Vietnam after being reported missing on April 13, according to multiple news reports.

Vietnamese state media said on April 16 that police in Ha Tinh province arrested a person who tried to enter Vietnam illegally and without identification. Police later confirmed the person’s name was Duong Van Thai.