Model Ngoc Trinh temporarily detained
On the afternoon of October 19, the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department issued a decision to prosecute, search the residence and arrest Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh, born in 1989, for the crime of "Disturbing public order"...
At the same time, the Investigation Police Agency also decided to prosecute the accused, search his residence and ban him from leaving his place of residence for the crimes of "Using fake documents of agencies and organizations" and "Disturbing public order".
Previously, the Office of the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department of Investigation coordinated with the Traffic Police Department, Thu Duc City Police and other professional departments to verify and resolve information about crimes related to the act of driving a large-displacement motorbike, performing dangerous acts on the road in Thu Duc City by Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh; then posted and spread on social networks, causing public outrage.
The Ho Chi Minh City Police Department determined that although Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh (a permanent resident of Tan Hung ward, district 7; current residence: Phu Huu ward, Thu Duc city) did not have a class A2 motorcycle driving license, on October 6, Ngoc Trinh and Tran Xuan Dong (born in 1987; permanent resident of ward 3, district 4; current residence: Binh Thuan ward, district 7) organized and carried out the act of driving a motorcycle with license plate 59A3-115.88 (BMW brand, cylinder capacity 999cm3) to circulate and perform on D15 High-Tech Park road (in Tang Nhon Phu B ward, Thu Duc city) with dangerous driving movements, offensive postures, not wearing protective gear, lying, kneeling on the saddle...
Around the beginning of September 2023, Tran Xuan Dong and Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh also organized a gathering, driving a "Ninja" motorbike on Tran Bach Dang Street, Thu Thiem urban area (Thu Thiem ward, Thu Duc city) performing offensive and dangerous driving movements such as standing with both feet on one side of the motorbike, letting go of both hands to let the motorbike run by itself, sitting on one side of the saddle to run by itself...
During the above motorcycle performances, Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh filmed and edited the clips herself and posted them on her personal accounts on social media platforms, including: Titok account "Ngoc Trinh" (ID: @ngoctrinh89; currently has 6.8 million followers; received a total of more than 163.3 million likes for all videos) posted 5 videos with content related to the act of driving large-displacement motorcycles with offensive and dangerous driving movements on September 24-28, 2023, October 2-6-8, 2023.
As of 10:00 a.m. on October 12, these videos had received 478,000 likes; 4,881 comments; 9,848 video saves; 5,787 shares. Facebook account “Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh (The girl eating goods)” (facebook.com/ngoctrinhfashion89; currently has more than 3.1 million followers) also posted the above videos, attracting 5.9 thousand interactions, 438 comments, 266 submissions. Facebook Fanpage account “NGỌC TRINH” (currently has 2.7 million likes; 5.9 million followers) posted a video showing Ngoc Trinh driving a large-displacement motorbike and having an accident that resulted in a leg injury.
After that, these videos spread on the internet with more than 240 posts on Facebook, more than 650 articles on websites; more than 3000 related videos on Youtube. Public opinion in the mainstream press and the internet mostly strongly opposed Ngoc Trinh's behavior.
Considering that the posting and dissemination of video clip content of the above accounts has a negative impact on security, order and social safety, negatively affecting the awareness, lifestyle and behavioral culture of young people, especially this is a social network account followed by millions of people, violating the code of conduct on social networks in Decision No. 874/QD-BTTTT dated June 17, 2021 of the Ministry of Information and Communications, and needs to be prevented and handled promptly, the Department of Information and Communications of Ho Chi Minh City and the Department of Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention of Ho Chi Minh City Police have transferred information and documents to the Investigation Police Agency of Ho Chi Minh City Police to request handling in accordance with the provisions of law.
Expanding the investigation, the City Police Investigation Agency clarified the origin of the motorbike with license plate 59A3-115.88. Tran Xuan Dong presented a fake motorbike registration certificate number 122678.
Tran Xuan Dong admitted that although he knew the motorcycle registration certificate was fake, he still bought the BMW motorcycle because it was cheap.
The Ho Chi Minh City Police Department is continuing to conduct investigation and verification measures to urgently clarify the entire content of the case, the criminal acts of Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh, Tran Xuan Dong and the remaining related subjects to thoroughly and strictly handle them before the law.
