Minister of Public Security speaks about posting information about Nguyen Hai Duong's death sentence

According to Minister of Public Security To Lam, the law does not prohibit posting information and images of death row executions, but it should not be done.

Minister of Public Security To Lam

Recently, some newspapers published information about the execution by lethal injection of Nguyen Hai Duong - the perpetrator of the massacre that killed 6 people in a family in Binh Phuoc, as well as the publication of the last images before this death row inmate was brought to execution.

Immediately after that, there were many controversial opinions about this, in which many opinions said that condemning the brutality of crimes is necessary, but exploiting the private lives of death row inmates when they have confessed and accepted to pay for their crimes is not advisable, because criminals also have human rights.

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Minister of Public Security To Lam

Talking to Giao Thong newspaper about this issue on the sidelines of the National Assembly, Senior Lieutenant General To Lam - Minister of Public Security, said that the Ministry of Public Security will re-examine how the province is doing, because this issue is decentralized and assigned to the province to handle.

The Minister of Public Security also informed that currently, there are quite a lot of backlogs of death penalty cases.

In response to Giao Thong newspaper's question about the Minister's opinion on whether or not to post this information and images, Minister To Lam said that the Law does not prohibit it, but it is not advisable to do so, and that information should not be posted. "The Ministry will review this matter," Minister To Lam affirmed.

He also informed that recently some social networking sites reported that the authorities had taken organs from death row inmate Nguyen Hai Duong. This information is completely false, and the press needs to carefully verify the information before posting.

According to the Minister of Public Security, we currently do not have a legal basis for receiving organs from death row inmates.

Death row inmate Nguyen Hai Duong writes a letter to his relatives before his execution. (Photo: CAND)

Previously, on the morning of November 17, the authorities completed the execution of death row inmate Nguyen Hai Duong (from An Giang, who committed the massacre of 6 people in a family in Binh Phuoc).

Accordingly, the Execution Council transferred the death row inmate from the prison in Binh Phuoc to a prison of the Ministry of Public Security in Binh Duong province to carry out the sentence. When the sentence was completed, the Execution Council completed the relevant procedures to hand over the death row inmate's body to his family.

Two years ago, Nguyen Hai Duong and Vu Van Tien broke into the house of Mr. Le Van My (48 years old, in Chon Thanh District, Binh Phuoc) and committed a massacre of 6 people in Mr. My's family. Before the incident, Tien invited Tran Dinh Thoai (29 years old, from Vinh Long) to join. Thoai followed Tien to Mr. My's house but then left without continuing to participate in the crime with Tien.

After the massacre, the People's Court of Binh Phuoc Province sentenced Duong and Tien to death for murder and robbery. Tran Dinh Thoai, as an accomplice, was sentenced to 16 years in prison for murder and robbery./.

According to VOV.VN