Legal procedures started against An Giang local charged with subversive acts
Police of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 2 announced they just issued decisions on the start of legal procedures against and arrest of a local resident with the charge of acting to overthrow the people’s administration.
Police of An Giang issues decisions on the start of legal procedures against and arrest Nguyen Thi Kim Phuong with the charge of acting to overthrow the people’s administration (Photo: VNA)
An Giang (VNA) – Police of the Mekong Delta province of An Giang on April 2 announcedthey just issued decisions on the start of legal procedures against and arrestof a local resident with the charge of acting to overthrow the people’sadministration.
Initial investigations revealed thatin 2018, Nguyen Thi Kim Phuong, born in 1967, joined the so-called “provisionalnational government of Vietnam” under the direction of a number ofreactionaries in the foreign-based organisation. Phuong attracted a number ofothers to the organisation and conducted the “referendum” among 159 people toelect Dao Minh Quan as “President of the Third Republic of Vietnam”.
On the basis of the findings from theinvestigations, An Giang police made an urgent arrest of Phuong. In an urgentsearch of her resident, the force found five flags of the former Saigon regime,together with many relevant documents.
An Giang police warn locals to heightentheir sense of vigilance against propaganda by hostile forces so as to avoidillegal acts./.
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Police of An Giang issues decisions on the start of legal procedures against and arrest Nguyen Thi Kim Phuong with the charge of acting to overthrow the people’s administration (Photo: VNA) 
