Emergency arrest of 2 restaurant employees fighting in front of hospital

On the afternoon of June 4, the Criminal Police Department of Dak Lak Province Police announced that it had urgently arrested a number of employees involved in the brawl between two restaurants on Nguyen Van Cu Street, Buon Ma Thuot City, in front of the gate of the Central Highlands General Hospital.

Accordingly, the police have detained Nguyen Tran Quoc Thang (born in 1999, residing in Ea Tam ward) and Tran Ba ​​Duy Phuong (born in 2003, residing in Tu An ward) to investigate the acts of "Disturbing public order" and "Intentionally causing injury". The other 3 subjects including: Pham Quang Vinh (born in 1993), Le Van Thai (born in 1990) and Truong Trong Tan (born in 2009) are currently on bail, continuing to serve the investigation.

According to initial investigation, recently, some employees of Thanh Ha and Be Ba restaurants located opposite the gate of the Central Highlands General Hospital often got into fights due to conflicts in competing for customers. The peak was on the morning of June 2, when the two sides exchanged words and then started fighting. Some subjects used weapons such as wooden crutches to beat up, causing an employee of Be Ba restaurant to be hospitalized for emergency treatment. Initial examination showed that this person was beaten and suffered 20% injury.

The investigation agency also determined that the subjects Thang, Phuong and Thai were from Thanh Ha restaurant, and Vinh was from Be Ba restaurant.

According to local residents, the situation of “rice brokers” soliciting and soliciting customers in front of the Central Highlands General Hospital has been going on for a long time. Authorities have repeatedly taken action to rectify the situation, but when the force withdrew, the situation recurred.