21 Nightmare Days of Gambling Debtor Tortured in Cambodian Casino

A gang of gangsters specializing in gambling and loan sharking illegally detained and took a debtor to Cambodia for interrogation and beating for 21 days to collect the debt.

Tan Phu District Police, Ho Chi Minh City, said they are temporarily detaining 3 suspects for investigation and handling of the act of "illegal arrest" including: Huynh Gia Thinh (born in 1980), Le Thanh Trung (alias Rin, born in 1993, both from Da Nang City, temporarily residing in Tan Phu District) and Dinh Ly Na (born in 1988, from Dong Nai Province, temporarily residing in Tan Phu District).

Two subjects Ly Na (left) and Trung (right) at the police station

Through initial investigation, Thinh is the leader of a gang of gangsters operating in the fields of professional gambling, loan sharking, and debt collection in the suburbs of Ho Chi Minh City.

According to the suspects' statements, at the end of 2013, Mr. Nguyen Van L (born in 1971, in Thu Duc district, temporarily residing in Binh Tan) owed Thinh 13,500 USD for football betting, but he hid and refused to pay. On January 30, 2016, Mr. L was drinking coffee in Tan Phu district when he was discovered by Thinh's group and taken to a karaoke room on Huong Lo 3 ​​street, Tan Phu district. After 2 hours of brutally torturing Mr. L and forcing him to sign a debt paper of 900 million VND, Thinh and his accomplices drove Mr. L to the Cambodian border.

Gangsters with many weapons, ready to attack debtors

From January 31 to February 20, Mr. L was tied up and beaten in a closed room of two casinos in Cambodia. The gang repeatedly called Mr. L's girlfriend, demanding an advance payment of 200 million VND before releasing him. Thinh was the one who directly threatened Mr. L's girlfriend, saying that if she did not pay the money, they would cut out and sell Mr. L's kidney.

However, after 21 days of imprisonment, beatings, and torture, Mr. L was released back to Vietnam and the gang led by Thinh threatened to continue collecting debt later. Immediately after returning to Vietnam, Mr. L went to Tan Phu District Police to report the incident.

The leader Huynh Gia Thinh

Tan Phu District Police, Ho Chi Minh City, quickly arrested Trung and Na. Knowing he could not escape, Thinh surrendered. The police are expanding the investigation into the case and are searching for other related suspects.

According to ANTĐ