Award-winning Vietnamese environmentalist arrested as rights groups fear ‘clamp down’
by Chris Humphrey in Hanoi from on (#5VYWV)
Green energy activist Nguy Thi Khanh, recipient of the Goldman prize, is latest activist to be detained on tax-related charges
Nguy Thi Khanh, Vietnam's first recipient of the prestigious Goldman environmental prize, has been arrested on tax evasion charges.
The founder of the Green Innovation and Development Centre was detained last month, but her detention was confirmed by state media on Wednesday.
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