It depends on your connections. A journalist was recently jailed. What was their crime? Reporting on government corruption. This very well regarded journali

It depends on your connections. A journalist was recently jailed. What was their crime? Reporting on government corruption. This very well regarded journalist did a ton of research, uncovered corruption and identified 12 government officials. https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-releases/article/vietnam-journalist-sentenced-to-prison-for-abusing-democratic-freedoms https://www.ifj.org/media-centre/news/detail/category/press-... Four of them were put on trial and sentenced. The journalist was then told to stop talking about because "the criminals were caught". The journalist said "no they haven't been, there are eight others you ignored". And continued to report on it. The journalist was eventually sentenced to 3.5 years in prison for "abusing democratic freedoms". If you're connected to the right people, you won't be treated with kid gloves, the government won't even consider it a crime.