3 suspects of reporters extorting property were detained
On January 10, the Investigation Police Agency of Bac Giang Province detained three suspects suspected of being reporters to investigate the act of property extortion.
Previously, the Criminal Police Department, Bac Giang Provincial Police caught red-handed 3 subjects including: Duong Van Huan, 38 years old, residing in residential group 3, Phu Do ward, Nam Tu Liem; Hanoi; Le Thanh Hai, 36 years old, residing in Co Nhue street, Co Nhue ward, Bac Tu Liem, Hanoi; Le Quy Loi, 34 years old, residing in Tay Son street, Phung town, Dan Phuong district, for extorting property from Mr. Nguyen Van T, 38 years old, residing in Hau residential group, Tho Xuong ward, Bac Giang city.
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The authorities seized three reporter cards under the name Duong Van Huan; two reporter certificates for the Vietnamese Craft Village Times under the names Le Thanh Hai and Le Quy Loi, a car, six mobile phones, more than 40 million VND and a number of related objects and documents.
Previously, on January 3, Hai, Huan, and Loi came to Mr. T's residence and said that the press agency where they worked had received a complaint accusing him of having an illicit relationship. The three men threatened that if he did not give them 50 million VND, they would release related information to the press and some functional agencies in order to discredit the individual and the collective where the victim worked.
At the investigation agency, the subjects admitted to the above acts. Currently, the investigation agency is temporarily detaining Hai, Huan, and Loi for further investigation.
