Threatened to kill for confirming... high salary

Because he thought that Mr. PL (director of a branch in Da Nang) confirmed that his ex-wife's salary was HN 50 million VND/month to pay to the court and gain custody of the child, TBP (born in 1984, residing in Thuan Phuoc Ward, Hai Chau District, Da Nang) texted Mr. L. threatening to kill Mr. L.'s child if Ms. P. did not quit her job. Moreover, TBP also killed Ms. N's entire family.

Hai Chau District Police took the statement of the TBP

Thinking and doing, P. used his mobile phone to send 8 messages to Mr. L.'s phone, forcing Mr. L. to let Mrs. N. quit her job, otherwise he would go to Mr. L.'s company to destroy things or his 2 children would be "difficult to raise" if they were still alive. Moreover, P. also threatened to hire someone with late-stage AIDS to stab Mr. L.'s children in the eyes and C. (Mr. L.'s son) to death. P. affirmed that "I can do what I say".

At the same time he sent threatening messages to Mr. L., P. also sent 18 messages to his ex-wife, N., saying that he had sent messages to Mr. L. and that P. also promised to show N. the most brutal torture techniques. P. said that if N. gave him back the child, everything would be over, otherwise one day he would stab N., and if N. ran away, he would stab her family members.

In addition, P. also ordered Ms. N. to notify P. in advance if she ever touched her child's body again, otherwise he would get in the car and crush N.'s body. 8 years ago, P. and Ms. N. became husband and wife and later had 2 children together. However, during their time together, there were many conflicts and disagreements between P. and Ms. N., so in early 2017, Ms. N. filed for divorce and the Hai Chau District People's Court held a first-instance trial. The court also ruled that Ms. N. had the right to raise the 2 children...

However, after receiving the verdict, P. read it and realized that Ms. N.'s average income was 50 million VND, so P. thought that Mr. L. (the director of the branch where Ms. N. worked) confirmed a false salary, causing the court to prioritize child custody for N. So P. came up with a trick of sending threatening text messages... so that Mr. L. would let Ms. N. quit her job, so that she would have no source of income to raise her child. At that time, P. would complete the procedure to request the court to give her child custody.

In particular, at 9:00 a.m. on March 30, while standing at the foot of Thuan Phuoc Bridge, P. used his phone to call Ms. N. to inform her that he had cursed Mr. L. and told him that if P. was not fired, he would kill Mr. L.

"One day I will kill you brutally. I have thought of the most brutal torture methods in the world in human history to use on you. If you go to another region, I will stab your whole family" - P.'s original words over the phone were recorded by Ms. N.

Speaking to reporters, Colonel Tran Phuoc Huong - Head of Hai Chau District Police said that TBP's actions of texting and talking on the phone threatened the lives of many people, making those threatened by P. worried and believing that P. would carry out the content he texted and talked on the phone. Based on the statements of the victims, the subjects and the collected evidence, it is considered that TBP's actions have enough elements to constitute the crime of "Threatening to kill". Hai Chau District Police Investigation Agency has initiated a case, prosecuted the accused and issued an order to temporarily detain TBP.