Vietnam has sentenced a former army officer to 15 years in jail for plotting to overthrow the communist regime, a court official said on Thursday, in the latest crackdown on dissent.

Ngo Hao, 65, who served under the US-backed regime in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War, was convicted at a trial in south central coastal Phu Yen province Wednesday, the official told Agence France-Presse.

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