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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Oliver Holmes

BBC journalist barred from leaving Vietnam and interrogated repeatedly

Vietnam’s leader, general secretary Tô Lâm, smiling as he fits an earpiece at a diplomatic meeting
Vietnam’s leader, general secretary Tô Lâm, is on a visit to the UK, where friends of the journalist hope Keir Starmer can raise the case. Photograph: Kimmo Brandt/EPA

Vietnamese authorities have barred a BBC journalist from leaving the country and ​subjected them to days of interrogation, in a press freedom case that comes to light during a high-profile visit by Vietnam’s leader to the UK.

The journalist, a Vietnamese citizen who lives and works in Thailand, had returned to their home country in August to renew their passport, according a source with knowledge of the situation.

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