4 people in Con Cuong (Nghe An) were arrested for cutting down eucalyptus trees due to personal conflicts.

Con Cuong District Police are detaining four suspects: Kha Thi Pom (born 1977), Lo Thi Son (born 1975), Phay Thi Nga (born 1983) and Vi Van Ngoc (born 1977), all residing in Yen Khe Commune, Con Cuong District, to clarify the act of property destruction.

Kha Thi Pom and Lo Thi Son were arrested by the police after investigating a complaint by Kha Thi G. (born in 1975, residing in Trung Huong village, Yen Khe commune).

Kha Thi Pom and Lo Thi Son. Photo: TA

Previously, on October 6, 2019, when Ms. G. visited her family's acacia garden, she discovered hundreds of 4-year-old acacia trees had been chopped down by thieves. Authorities examined the scene and determined that 171 acacia trees had been chopped down, causing damage to Ms. G's family of about 10 million VND.

Police believe the cause of the incident may have been a conflict between acacia growers and people grazing cattle and buffalo. On October 10, 2019, Con Cuong District Police arrested Kha Thi Pom and Lo Thi Son.

At the Investigation Police Agency, these two subjects confessed that due to a conflict with Ms. G's family, on the evening of October 5, 2019, Pom brought a knife and invited Son to go into Ms. G's family's acacia garden to cut down the acacia trees to vent his anger.

Couple Phay Thi Nga and Vi Van Ngoc. Photo: TA

These two subjects also confessed that on August 20, 2018, they invited Phay Thi Nga (born in 1983) and Vi Van Ngoc (born in 1977, both residing in Trung Huong village, Yen Khe commune) to cut down 775 acacia trees of the family of Mr. Trinh Van C. (born in 1982) in Trung Thanh village, Yen Khe commune.

The reason was that the buffalo and cows of these subjects broke into Mr. C's family's acacia forest and Mr. C asked for compensation, which led to a conflict. These subjects together went into the forest to cut down acacia trees in revenge, causing Mr. C's family to lose more than 21 million VND.