Arrested a series of people who sent text messages threatening to kill leaders and officials
Recently, there have been a series of incidents where businesses sent text messages threatening to kill or assassinate leaders and officials related to economic interests. Accordingly, many subjects have been sentenced to prison for the crime of "Threatening to kill", according to the law.
Police investigate case of real estate company leader threatening to kill VTV9 director
Most recently, on August 17, Ho Chi Minh City Police said they had received a petition and worked with representatives of Vietnam Television Center in Ho Chi Minh City (VTV9) to clarify information related to the director and staff of VTV9 being threatened with assassination by Smartland leaders.
Previously, on August 16, the Vietnam Television Center in Ho Chi Minh City sent a document to the Director of Ho Chi Minh City Police Department requesting clarification and legal action against the leaders of Smartland Company who threatened to assassinate leaders and reporters of VTV9.
According to the content of the document, receiving complaints from a number of victims against Smartland Real Estate Investment, Construction and Project Development Joint Stock Company (Smartland) for operating with signs of fraud. Vietnam Television Center in Ho Chi Minh City sent reporters to clarify the case.
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| Image from VTV9 report. |
At noon on September 12, the 11:30 news on VTV9 broadcast part 1 of the report “International real estate multi-level marketing with huge profits – participants lost everything”, reflecting the fact that many people invested a large amount of money in Thai Tuan company, with an interest rate of 30%, but after only 3 months of paying interest, they suddenly stopped paying interest and the company disappeared. Thai Tuan company changed its name to Smartland and then HappyMonents and continued to scam many people…
On August 13, the leader of Smartland company sent a letter to VTV9 stating that the news was false, slanderous, and fabricated, and requested that they stop reporting. If they continued to report, they would hunt down the family of VTV9's director and staff related to the report.
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| Smartland's official dispatch threatened to assassinate reporters and leaders of VTV9 station. |
Realizing that the threat of the leader of Smartland company is serious, violates the law, and may not stop at just an empty threat. The Vietnam Television Center in Ho Chi Minh City requests the director of the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department to direct the clarification and legal handling of the act of threatening to kill by the leader of Smartland company; at the same time, support the plan to protect the property and lives of the reporters of the Vietnam Television Center in Ho Chi Minh City.
18 months in prison for threatening to kill the Chairman of Da Nang City
According to the indictment announced in court, Mr. Dao Tan Cuong - Deputy Director of Petrolimex Aviation Fuel Joint Stock Company, suspected that Mr. Tran Phuoc Son - Deputy Chief of Office of Da Nang City People's Committee was the person who advised Mr. Huynh Duc Tho to sign a document to continue re-inspecting land lot L09 in Suoi Da villa area, Son Tra peninsula, in order to affect the reputation of himself and his younger brother, Mr. Dao Tan Bang - former Chief of Office of Da Nang Provincial Party Committee.
Therefore, on July 10, 2017, Mr. Cuong bought a used mobile phone.
At around 1:45 p.m. on July 11, 2017, Mr. Cuong used SIM number 01262526048 to compose the message: "You are a bad boy, blood debt must be paid with blood", used SIM number 0936089536 to compose the message "You will have to pay the price, you betrayed your teacher and friends, you will have to suffer the consequences, you will die on the spot. You still have a wife and children" and then sent the above messages to Mr. Huynh Duc Tho and Mr. Tran Phuoc Son. Then he destroyed the phone and SIM card that sent the message and threw it into the Han River.
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| Defendant Dao Tan Cuong, who sent text messages threatening to kill the Chairman of Da Nang City, was sentenced to 18 months in prison. |
The consequences of Dao Tan Cuong's threatening text messages made Mr. Huynh Duc Tho and Mr. Tran Phuoc Son panic and fear that their lives and health would be harmed at any time, so they had to change their routes, hours, and means of transportation to work. They requested the City Police and the Da Nang City Military Command to arrange forces to control and protect them.
On August 18, 2017, the Criminal Police Department urgently arrested Mr. Dao Tan Cuong for investigation. Mr. Dao Tan Cuong was prosecuted by the Supreme People's Procuracy for the crime of "Threatening to kill" under Point a, Clause 2, Article 103 of the Penal Code.
On the afternoon of February 9, 2018, the People's Court of Da Nang City sentenced defendant Dao Tan Cuong to 18 years in prison for the crime of "Threatening to kill".
Threatened to kill provincial chairman for not being granted sand mining license
On the morning of January 16, the People's Court of Bac Ninh province opened a trial for Nguyen Trong Phuong (37 years old, living in Phuc Xa, Ba Dinh, Hanoi) on the charge of "Threatening to kill". Phuong is the one who sent threatening messages to the Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province and the Director of the Bac Ninh Provincial Police Department in early 2017.
According to the indictment, in mid-2015, Phuong and his wife established Song Loc Mien Bac Company Limited. In September 2015, Phuong asked the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province to grant his company a license to dredge, clear and collect products on the Duong River from km3 to km14, from Cao Duc commune (Gia Binh district) to Dai Lai commune (Que Vo district).
The provincial People's Committee refused on the grounds that exploiting resources would cause riverbank erosion.
Knowing that Mr. Ngo Thanh Son, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Downstream Salvage Company (who had a conflict with Phuong in business) was licensed to dredge the Cau River section through Bac Giang province), Phuong had the idea of sending a threatening text message to the Chairman of the People's Committee and the Director of the Bac Ninh Provincial Police. This was to put pressure on the authorities to approve sand and gravel mining companies, including Phuong's company.
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| Nguyen Trong Phuong received a 3-year prison sentence for texting threats to kill the Chairman of the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province. |
On January 23, 2017, Phuong went from his home to near Bac Ninh Maternity Hospital and sent 10 consecutive threatening messages to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee and the Director of Bac Ninh Provincial Police with the content "If you continue to make things difficult for my project, it will be like the Yen Bai case", "If you know what's good for you, leave others alone to do business"...
On March 31, 2017, Phuong was arrested. The panel of judges determined that Phuong's actions were dangerous to society and violated human life, so they sentenced the defendant to 36 months in prison.
Cleaning up a huge parking lot, Deputy District Police Chief was threatened with death
On April 4, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Do Hong Minh - Deputy Head of Dong Da District Police (Hanoi) informed the press that, following the direction of the Director of Hanoi City Police on ensuring urban traffic order (Order 02), Dong Da District Police force inspected a parking lot with many violations in Lane 24, Trung Liet Ward (Dong Da, Hanoi).
While the police were on a propaganda mission, asking car owners not to park their cars in the parking lot, a subject threatened to kill them. "Of course, I was wearing a military uniform at the time, so the subjects did not dare to act rashly," said Lieutenant Colonel Minh.
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| Police cleared illegal parking lot in Trung Liet ward. |
According to Lieutenant Colonel Minh, the reason why the subjects "stuck" to illegally keeping parking lots is because the profits from the parking lots are too great. "For example, the parking lot at 24 Dang Tien Dong, at the time of inspection, I counted about 350 cars parked at the lot, each month the parking lot owner earns about 700 million VND/month and does not have to pay any tax. That's not including motorbikes," said Lieutenant Colonel Minh.
On the evening of April 5, Dong Da District Police, Hanoi City summoned 8 security guards of parking lot No. 24 Dang Tien Dong, Dong Da, Hanoi City to the headquarters to work.
