Emergency arrest of debtor who beat up 3 debt collectors, forced to kneel and apologize

Debtor Do Duc Lan.

On the evening of April 8, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Thanh Son - Head of Dong Trieu Town Police (Quang Ninh) confirmed: The Investigation Police Agency of Dong Trieu Town Police has issued an emergency arrest warrant for Do Duc Lan (born in 1974, in Yen Hop village, Yen Tho commune, Dong Trieu town, Quang Ninh province) to investigate and clarify the acts of beating up a debt collector and forcing him to kneel down, which occurred in Yen Hop village, Yen Tho commune on April 6.

Previously, Mr. Lan owed a man named Thanh (in Mao Khe, Dong Trieu town) 400 million VND but for many years he had been slow to pay. Angry, Mr. Thanh hired Hung Thinh Company (headquartered in Ho Chi Minh City) to collect the debt. At around 10:00 a.m. on April 6, a group of 5 people claiming to be from Hung Thinh Company came to Mr. Lan's mechanical workshop in Yen Tho to collect the money.

Here, a member of the Hung Thinh Company group grabbed Mr. Lan's son by the collar and slapped him. Seeing this, the young man called his father for help. Having been trained in the army and being very good at martial arts, Mr. Lan forced the group of debt collectors to surrender. Two members of the Hung Thinh Company were lucky to escape, while the remaining three were beaten by the homeowner and left to crawl.

After beating the three people, the "debtor's" family forced all three to lie face down on the factory floor to film a video, then posted it on social media.

After the incident, a man named Duc from Hung Thinh Company reported to Yen Tho Commune Police. Upon receiving the report, the Commune Police sent forces to the scene, coordinated with the Town Police to rescue 3 debt collectors, and took them to the emergency room.

At the same time, the police force protected the scene, seized evidence, and asked related people to come to the police station to take statements to serve the investigation to clarify the cause of the incident.

Of these 3 people, 2 were taken to Mao Khe Hospital (Dong Trieu town) for emergency treatment, one with an eye injury and the other with an arm injury.

Currently, Dong Trieu town police continue to investigate and clarify the case.