A Vietnamese blogger seeking refuge in Thailand due to political persecution was found in police custody in Vietnam after being reported missing on April 13, according to multiple news reports.
Vietnamese state media said on April 16 that police in Ha Tinh province arrested a person who tried to enter Vietnam illegally and without identification. Police later confirmed the person’s name was Duong Van Thai.
Thai, a 41-year-old blogger and independent journalist, fled to Thailand in 2018 for fear of being politically persecuted in Vietnam due to his social media posts criticizing the country’s communist regime.
He was reported missing on April 13, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). His neighbors said Thai left his rental house on his motorbike around 11 a.m. (local time). He made a live-streamed video on his YouTube channel later that day but never came home….