HANOI, Tuesday 2 November 2010 (AFP) - A Vietnamese blogger has been detained for "infringing on the interests of the state" after she criticised a security official and his family, reports said Tuesday.
News of the arrest of Le Nguyen Huong Tra, 35, who blogged as Co Gai Do Long, came days after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton expressed concern about Vietnam's rights record.
The blogger "had written several entries criticising a state official and his family for their patronage of some showbiz beauties," the state Vietnam News said.
Tuoi Tre newspaper quoted General Le Hong Anh, Minister of Public Security, as saying the incorrect entries were posted about the family of Nguyen Khanh Toan, deputy minister of public security.
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