article_snippet.sent: But in second place in Asia is Vietnam, where CPJ's most recent prison census showed Vietnam holding 16 reporters behind bars as of December 1.
article_snippet.sent: Add one more in late December, Nguyen Dinh Ngoc, a prominent blogger who was arrested for "law-violating" after police searched his home in southern Ho Chi Minh City on December 27, and two more in January, Nguyen Quang Lap and Hong Le Tho, arrested on anti-state charges of "abusing democratic freedoms" and you can see the pattern.
article_snippet.sent: Because the print and broadcast media are so totally government controlled, mainstream journalists seldom go to jail any more in Vietnam.
article_snippet.sent: Only two investigative print reporters remain behind bars in Vietnam,
article_snippet.sent: Only two investigative print reporters cases dating back to 2012 and 2013.
article_snippet.sent: Only two investigative print reporters were accused of accepting bribes for dialing back critical news coverage.
article_snippet.sent: While arrests were made after those murders, there have been no convictions.