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Why did Viet Police Forcibly Grab US Student?

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Jun 20, 2018
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During tumultuous protest demonstrations in Ho Chi Minh City on June 9 and 10, Vietnamese police detained a 31-year-old American graduate student, Will Nguyen. Photos of his being roughed up by plainclothes police auxiliaries and dragged off to jail with an orange bag over his head went viral on the internet.

Within a few days, while Nguyen was being gri…

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