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1. Police in Vietnam arrest journalist Huy Duc and lawyer Tran Dinh Trien for abusing democratic freedoms through Facebook posts.
   2024-06-09 02:36:18 (First version)
2. Police in Vietnam arrest journalist Huy Đức and lawyer Tran Dinh Trien over Facebook posts.
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