A ranar 17 ga Maris, 2003, an sake kama Que bayan ya rubuta jerin labarai game da takunkumin kafofin watsa labaru na Vietnam, tare da gwamnatin da ke tuhumarsa da "leƙen asiri". A ranar 29 ga Janairu, 2004, Kotun Jama'ar Ho Chi Minh ta same shi da laifin "cin zarafin haƙƙin dimokiradiyya don yin barazana ga bukatun jihar, da haƙƙoƙin halal da haƙƙoƙin ƙungiyoyin jama'a da 'yan ƙasa" kuma aka yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin watanni 30. A ranar 22 ga Satumba, 2004, an tura Que a asirce zuwa sansanin aiki mai wahala (g) a lardin Thanh Hoa. Koyaya, an ba shi afuwa a ranar 31 ga Janairu, 2005 don Tết, an tsare shi tare da 'yan uwansa na Vietnam, tare da masu ra'ayin mazan jiya, Nguyen Ly, Nguyen Ba Dinh, da kuma Huynh Van. A watan Maris na 2011, Majalisar Dokokin Amurka ta yanke masa hukunci a kan "cin zarafin haƙƙin dimokiradiyya don yin amfani da haƙƙin dimokiradiyya don cin zarafin jama'a da kuma ya sanya shi a cikin kurkuku". A tsakiyar watan Maris
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