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Vietnam charges 3 with terrorism amid abduction claims

Three men have been charged with terrorism and document forgery in Vietnam, following allegations by a pro-democracy organization that two of its members were abducted in Cambodia. The organization, Viet Tan, claims the two individuals, who hold Norwegian and Australian citizenship, entered Cambodia legally and were forcibly taken to the Vietnamese border. Vietnamese authorities state they apprehended the men crossing the border with forged documents. AI

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Vietnam charges 3 with terrorism amid abduction claims

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Bac Pham ·

    Vietnam charges 3 men with terrorism as abduction claim emerges

    A Vietnamese pro-democracy organisation has alleged that two of its members, who hold Norwegian and Australian citizenship, were abducted in Cambodia and taken to the border with Vietnam, where Hanoi authorities later accused them of illegally entering the country. Vietnam has ch…