The investigation agency of the Thanh Hoa Police Department concluded their investigation into Bui Van Thuan, a Vietnamese dissident blogger, and informed his family that the case had been consequently submitted to the provincial procuracy, according to Trinh Thi Nhung, Thuan’s wife. Bui Van Thuan, 41, was arrested on August 30, 2021, on the charge of “distributing anti-State propaganda” under Article 117 of Vietnam’s Penal Code. Nhung wrote on her personal Facebook account that the investigation into her husband’s case concluded on September 10, but she only learned about the decision on September 20. In an interview with RFA, Nhung said that she’s hiring attorney Dang Dinh Manh as a defense lawyer for her husband while adding that Thuan’s family was still not allowed to visit him in detention. During the investigation process, the Thanh Hoa Police Department had summoned Nhung several times to their working sessions, demanding she limit the updates on social media regarding her husband’s case. The police also threatened to arrest Nhung if she refused to verify the authenticity of her and Thuan’s personal Facebook accounts.