Community camera detects restaurant owner taking money from customers
(Baonghean.vn) - A customer in Thai Hoa Town went to a restaurant to eat and forgot his wallet containing more than 150 million VND. Out of greed, the restaurant owner hid the customer's money in an attempt to steal it, but could not get past the community security camera system.
Taking money from customers is sentenced to 9 months in prison
At the end of October 2020, the owner of Thanh Lan restaurant in Kim Tan block, Hoa Hieu ward, Thai Hoa town was sentenced to 9 months in prison by the court for theft of property.
This is the incident that has caused a stir in public opinion in Hoa Hieu ward recently.
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Security camera at Kim Tan block, Hoa Hieu ward, Thai Hoa town. Photo: HT |
A resident in Kim Tan block, Hoa Hieu ward said that the incident had just happened, if not forsecurity cameraThe community could not detect the culprit. Because at noon when the customer came to the restaurant, there were only two people, there were no witnesses who saw the restaurant owner, Vo Ngoc Thanh, take the money. When the customer affirmed that he forgot to wrap the money of more than 150 million VND that he had just withdrawn from the bank at the above restaurant, the restaurant owner firmly affirmed that he did not take it.
However, through the extraction of the community security camera of Kim Tan block installed not far from Thanh Lan restaurant, it shows that when the customer entered the restaurant, he was carrying a handbag. However, when leaving the restaurant, he was not carrying a handbag. Faced with undeniable evidence, the restaurant owner admitted his actions, and had to reveal where he hid the money bag in a deserted area not far from the restaurant.
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Authorities monitor security and order through the camera system of Kim Tan block. Photo: cscc |
The case was handled by the authorities according to the law at the end of October 2020 with a 9-month prison sentence for the greedy restaurant owner.
Maintain security and order with security cameras
Kim Tan Block, Hoa Hieu Ward has 474 households with 1,740 people living on an area of 53 hectares, with National Highway 48 and Provincial Road 15C running through. Kim Tan Block Party Secretary Nguyen Thi Huong said that before the camera system (before 2018), Kim Tan was a complex area in terms of security and order, with frequent violations of property theft, traffic accidents and environmental sanitation violations, littering such as dumping garbage in deserted areas, under bridges, causing traffic accidents and then fleeing, and property theft also occurred frequently.
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Party cell secretary and block leader of Kim Tan block discuss work deployment in the area. Photo: HT |
Thanks to that, throughcamera extract7 cases of firecrackers were discovered, and the perpetrators of many petty thefts and hit-and-run accidents were caught. A resident even threw a dead pig under a bridge and was caught on camera, forcing that individual to apologize and deal with the consequences himself, burying the discarded dead pig according to regulations.
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The security camera system server in Kim Tan block is located at the Hoa Hieu ward police headquarters. Photo: cscc |