A prominent Vietnamese blogger and YouTuber seeking asylum in Thailand has been abducted by Vietnamese intelligence agents and forcibly returned to his country, according to media and civil society reports, on the same day that U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken hailed the strength of the U.S.-Vietnam relationship.
According to a report by Radio Free Asia (RFA) yesterday, Duong “went missing on the morning of April 13 after he left his rental home in Bangkok to pick up a friend at the airport.” Calls to his mobile phone that afternoon went unanswered, the U.S.-funded broadcaster quoted several of his friends as saying. According to Viet Tan, a pro-democracy organization formed by South Vietnamese exiles in 1982, Duong was abducted by secret police on April 14.
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Information
Number of attacked persons or entities related to media
1
Do they work as freelance or media?
Yes
Position in media
Status of journalists
Gender
Male
Age
Country
Vietnam
Full name or name of group
Identified
The name of perpetrator (individual/group)
Vietnamese intelligence agents
Background (state actor or non state actor)
Gender
Attack mention about gender background/sexual wording?
No
Date of incident
Year of incident
2023
Type of incident
Physical Intimidation
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