Temporarily detain a subject engaged in activities to overthrow the people's government

A source from the Phu Yen Provincial Police Investigation Security Agency said on February 4 that the unit had just issued a decision to prosecute the accused and executed an order for temporary detention for the crime.“Activities aimed at overthrowing the people's government"For Ngo Cong Tru (born in 1988), residing in Phu Nong village, Hoa Binh 1 commune, Tay Hoa district. The decisions and temporary detention orders were approved by the People's Procuracy of Phu Yen province in accordance with criminal procedure.

Initial investigation results show that, through the social network Facebook and YouTube channel, since February 2020, Ngo Cong Tru registered to participate in the so-called "Referendum" following the call of the reactionary organization called "Provisional National Government of Vietnam".

After that, Ngo Cong Tru was not only given the code name “TCDY” by the above reactionary organization, but also the citizen code of the “Third Republic of Vietnam” created by the “Provisional National Government of Vietnam”. In August 2020, Ngo Cong Tru continued to be admitted as a member by the “Provisional National Government of Vietnam”, and was assigned the task of propagating and attracting others to participate in the activities of this reactionary organization.

Escorting defendant Ngo Cong Tru from his home to the Phu Yen Provincial Police Detention Center.

Since being appointed as a member, Ngo Cong Tru has regularly participated in online meetings of the reactionary organization “Provisional National Government of Vietnam”. In those meetings, Ngo Cong Tru not only participated in discussions and information exchanges, but also received instructions to carry out sabotage activities and attempts to overthrow the people's government from a number of leaders. In addition, Ngo Cong Tru also regularly posted and shared on social networking sites articles, images, and videos with content calling on people to participate in the activities of the “Provisional National Government of Vietnam”, supporting Dao Minh Quan - one of the leaders and self-proclaimed “Prime Minister” of the reactionary organization “Provisional National Government of Vietnam”.

Not stopping there, from February 2020 to January 2021, Ngo Cong Tru also propagandized and enticed a number of relatives in his family to join the reactionary organization "Provisional National Government of Vietnam". This subject provided information of 8 relatives in his family to participate in the "Referendum" activity and was given the code "TCDY".

From the collected documentary evidence and investigation results, the Investigation Security Agency of Phu Yen Provincial Police prosecuted and temporarily detained Ngo Cong Tru for the above crime according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 109 of the Penal Code.

According to the announcement of the Ministry of Public Security, the "Provisional National Government of Vietnam" is a terrorist organization, carrying out activities against the Party and State of Vietnam with the motto "Burn everything, destroy everything, kill everything" to carry out the purpose of changing the political regime, overthrowing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and eliminating the leadership role of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The predecessor of the organization “Provisional National Government of Vietnam” was “Tan Dan Chu” established in 1991. This organization was led by Dao Minh Quan (born 1962), from Tam Ky town (Quang Nam), Lieutenant of the Republic of Vietnam regime. This subject is residing at PO BOX 2807 Anaheim, CA 92814 California - USA.