Four female students forced to take a week off from school in gang beating case

On the afternoon of April 2, the Disciplinary Council of Dien Hung Secondary School and Dien Kim Secondary School (Dien Chau District) issued disciplinary measures against students involved in the fight two days ago.

At Dien Hung Secondary School, Tran Thi Huyen Tr. (class 8A) was forced to take a week off school. Meanwhile, at Dien Kim Secondary School, 3 female students also received similar disciplinary action.

As for Bui Thi Tr. (class monitor 8B - Dien Kim Secondary School), the school determined that she "only followed to watch" so she was only disciplined with a reprimand.

In addition, the victim in the incident, Ho Thi Phuong Th., was also disciplined with a reprimand for spreading information that her friend was pregnant, leading to this incident.

Police take statements from witnesses. Photo: Tien Hung

Earlier, on the morning of April 1, a clip appeared on social media recording a group of female students beating up a friend. In the clip, the group of female students continuously cursed, forced the friend to kneel down and apologize, and then slapped her in the face. Despite the beaten female student crying and apologizing.

According to the police, Ho Thi Phuong Th. (grade 7B) is a neighbor of Tran Thi Huyen Tr. (grade 8A). Both are studying at Dien Hung Secondary School. Recently, Th. heard rumors that Huyen Tr. was pregnant, so she went home to tell her mother. Phuong Th.'s mother then continued to tell her neighbors about this information.

Believing that Phuong Th. was deliberately spreading bad news about her, on the afternoon of March 31, Huyen Tr. called four female students of class 8B of Dien Kim Secondary School to go find her to "talk". At the casuarina beach on the coast of Dien Hung commune, the group forced female student Phuong Th. to kneel and apologize, then took turns slapping her. The incident was recorded by one of the female students, sent to friends, and posted on social media.