Eight anti-China demonstrators in Hanoi who ignored government orders to end a series of protestsĀ remain in custody for investigationĀ into causing public disorder. They were among the 47 detained at the rally on Sunday — the tenth of its kind in the Vietnamese capital — in which protesters objected to China’s supposed invasion of South China Sea waters, where the two nations have a longstanding sovereignty dispute.
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Vietnam: Eight protesters still held after anti-China rally
Eight anti-China demonstrators in Hanoi who ignored government orders to end a series of protestsĀ remain in custody for investigationĀ into causing public disorder. They were among the 47 detained at the rally on Sunday — the tenth of its kind in the Vietnamese capital — in which protesters objected to China’s supposed invasion of South China […]
By Marta Cooper
23 Aug 11