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Sentenced were Father Truong BaCan, historian and essayist, and Father Chan Tin, editor of the monthly Doi Dien, now closed by the government. The two were convicted after the magazine published a three-part series by Father Can on the history of the Communist revolution in North Vietnam...
...They would like to gag the press," Tin said, "by throwing two journalist priests in jail. Other journalists will think if they can do that to two Catholic priests, what will they...
While Father Tin is appealing the decision and calling on peace forces and journalists to oppose the government move, Father Can has decided to spurn his chance for appeal and to go to prison...
...Father Tin, in an interview with this writer last week, said the government is "now very embarrassed" by the case. "It is now trying to find some means of keeping Father Can out of jail," he said...
Asked how Thieu could have made such an apparent blunder, Father Tin said, "He has used strong measures to rule. He has used them against the students and veterans last year and succeeded. Now he thinks he can do the same with the press...