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Dissident Vietnam blogger ‘Mother Mushroom’ released, on way to US
HANOI, Oct 17, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Dissident Vietnamese blogger Nguyen Ngoc
Nhu Quynh — known by her pen name ‘Mother Mushroom’ — was released from
prison where she was serving 10 years for anti-state propaganda, an embassy
source and close friends told AFP.
She was freed from jail on Wednesday and put on a flight en route to the
United States to join her children and mother, a source said.
Family friend Nguyen Lai said on Facebook “congratulations” to Quynh,
adding her family who would soon be in a “free country”.
BSS/AFP/IJ/1502 hrs