Siobhan Dowd
Le Chi Quang
‘I DON’T KNOW whether his opinions are right or wrong,’ said Le Chi Quang’s mother after he was sentenced last November to four years’ imprisonment and three vears’ house arrest. ‘But in no civilised country does one get imprisoned for expressing a wrong opinion.’
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