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On 5 July 2022, Thắng was arrested by the
Investigative Bureau of Hanoi Police, and charged with "making, storing, distributing or propagandising information, materials documents to oppose the state of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam", in breach of article 117 (1) of the penal code. Thắng was
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may have experienced mental health difficulties. They also argued that Thắng had not criticised the government specifically, but rather corruption in the country more generally. The prosecution claimed that books by the imprisoned dissident Phạm Đoan Trang had been found in his possession.
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223:, posted a photo on social media of his family, including Thắng, in what was seen by some as an implicit sign of support for him. Thắng's parents wrote a letter to the court, stating that "speaking up for disadvantaged people" was not a "crime against the government".
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using "so-called trustee prisoners" to "terrorise" Thắng and other political prisoners, in order to be able to claim having no direct role in any abuse experienced by dissidents, calling his ongoing detention "completely outrageous and unacceptable".
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Radio Free Asia, where Thắng acted as a contributor, described Thắng's sentence as a "miscarriage of justice", and noted that he was one of four of their contributors currently serving custodial prison sentences in
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released a statement criticising Thắng's sentence, calling on the
Vietnamese government to release Thắng and drop the charges against him. A group of international human rights organisations called on the
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Thắng's trial lasted only a few hours, and concluded with him being given a six year custodial sentenced, to be followed by two years of probation. Thắng's sentence is being carried out at prison no. 5 in
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remanded in custody, and was not shown the indictment against him until 30 March 2023; he also was unable to see his family between his arrest and the start of his trial in April.
101:. Through No-U, Thắng also provided humanitarian assistance to people experiencing poverty in rural areas of Vietnam, and especially those impacted by natural disasters in the
112:, which were violently suppressed by Vietnamese authorities. As a result of this, Thắng's activism expanded to criticisms of the government, including becoming a proponent of
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and protesting against forced land confiscations by local government officials. He also defended
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