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August 14, 2002, New York—Authorities in Vietnam will soon bring Internet essayist Le Chi Quang, 32, to trial on national security charges, according to CPJ sources. Quang has been in prison since February 21, 2002, when he was arrested for writing articles that criticized Vietnam's border agreements with China. Officials from the Prosecutor's Office informed…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2001/10/colophon.gif