Arrest of mastermind of 'burying alive' young man

Quy Hop District Police said that the unit coordinated with PC01 Department - Provincial Police to arrest and escort Le Dinh Bao (born in 1991), residing in Da Son commune, Do Luong district. This is the mastermind in the case of illegal detention and digging a grave that occurred on March 24, 2021 in Nghi Xuan district, Ha Tinh province, wanted for the crime of "illegal detention" (stipulated in Article 157, Penal Code).

Previously, on March 24, 2021, Le Dinh Bao and 13 other subjects residing in Vinh city, Nghe An and Ha Tinh province arrested NQV (born 2004, residing in Xuan An town, Ha Tinh province), forced V. to take off his clothes and buried NQV alive. After that, Le Dinh Bao used his personal phone to record a video and post it on social networks. The above incident attracted great attention from the masses, causing public indignation and anger among the people.

Vinh City Police have initiated a case, prosecuted and temporarily detained 9 related subjects for the act of "Illegal arrest and detention" (stipulated in Clause 3, Article 157, Penal Code), and the mastermind Le Dinh Bao fled the area after committing the crime.

Image of a young man being buried alive by a group of people. Photo cut from clip

With the spirit of resolutely pursuing criminals, immediately after receiving information about this particularly dangerous wanted subject, the leaders of Quy Hop District Police directed the reconnaissance forces of professional teams and the police of communes and towns to urgently carry out professional measures to search for the subject's whereabouts; at the same time, launched a mass movement to denounce the whereabouts of the subject Le Dinh Bao. After a while, the reconnaissance source of the Chau Quang Commune Police Department, Quy Hop reported that the subject Le Dinh Bao was currently hiding in the Central Highlands provinces.

Realizing that this is a particularly dangerous wanted subject, this case has attracted great attention from public opinion; on the other hand, in the context of the Covid-19 epidemic being extremely complicated in many provinces and localities across the country, Quy Hop District Police reported and coordinated with PC01 Department - Provincial Police to establish a special project to capture and send working groups to the Central Highlands provinces to coordinate in capturing the subject.

On May 27, 2021, the working group of Chau Quang Commune Police and PC01 Department - Provincial Police discovered and successfully arrested Le Dinh Bao, when this subject was hiding in a residential area in Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province. The working group escorted Le Dinh Bao from Buon Ma Thuot City to hand over to Vinh City Police for handling according to regulations.