Ho Chi Minh City, Aug. 5 -- Police in Ho Chi Minh City have launched criminal proceedings against a freelance singer and a media company executive for infringing music copyrights on YouTube, as part of a broader crackdown on intellectual property violations in the digital environment. The Investigation Police Agency under the municipal Public Security Department said on August 5 that it had prosecuted and placed in temporary detention Nguyen Thi Hien, owner of the YouTube channel Phuong Diem Huyen, and Nguyen Thanh Hiep, Director of Unicorn Vietnam Media and Entertainment Co., Ltd., for investigation on the charge of infringing copyright and related rights under Article 225 of Vietnam's Penal Code. According to the investigation, Hien coo...