Arrested the Chief of Representative Office of Nong Thon Ngay Nay Newspaper for extorting money from businesses

On the morning of October 23, Quang Ninh Provincial Police said that based on collected documents and evidence, on October 22, the Provincial Police Investigation Agency issued a decision to prosecute, search and detain Hoang Anh Tuan (born in 1981, residing in Group 5, Zone 3, Hong Hai Ward, Ha Long City, Quang Ninh) as an accomplice in the case of receiving a bribe of 250 million VND from a business in Ha Long City.

Ha Long 1 Market where authorities caught Nguyen Van Diep receiving money from businesses.

Hoang Anh Tuan is the Head of the Representative Office of Nong Thon Ngay Nay Newspaper in Quang Ninh. The above decisions and orders were approved by the People's Procuracy of Quang Ninh province.

On September 1, the Investigation Police Agency of Quang Ninh Province and the People's Procuracy of Quang Ninh Province received a complaint from a company in Ha Long City, reporting that some subjects texted and calledforce businesses to pay money, otherwise will provide information about the company's violations to the press.

These people asked the company representative to give money on the afternoon of September 2 at Ha Long I market area.

After receiving the complaint from the business representative, the Investigation Police Agency and the People's Procuracy of Quang Ninh province coordinated to inspect, determine that the complaint had a basis, and assigned the task of handling the complaint and crime report according to regulations.

At around 5:00 p.m. on September 2, the Investigation Police Agency of Quang Ninh Province coordinated with the Provincial People's Procuracy to arrest a man receiving 250 million VND from a company representative at the parking lot of Ha Long I market.

Through inspection, the police identified the personreceive moneyis Nguyen Van Diep (born in 1979, working at the Quang Ninh Provincial Media Center). Based on the collected documents and evidence, the Investigation Police Agency issued an order to detain and arrest in an emergency case Hoang Van Trinh (born in 1985, reporter of Nong Thon Ngay Nay Newspaper, representative office of the Northeast region) as an accomplice of Nguyen Van Diep in this case.

After that, the Investigation Police Agency of Quang Ninh Province initiated a criminal case; prosecuted the accused and ordered a 4-month detention of Nguyen Van Diep and Hoang Van Trinh for the crime of receiving bribes under Article 354 of the Penal Code.