Thanh Hoa police confirm that bad guys fabricated rumors that the Deputy Secretary had a 'mistress'

On the afternoon of March 22, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police officially announced the results of the initial investigation into information circulating on social networks, rumoring that Mr. Do Trong Hung, Permanent Deputy Secretary and Head of the National Assembly Delegation of Thanh Hoa Province, had a "mistress".

According to the investigation agency, at around 8:00 p.m. on March 19, on Facebook appeared some information and images related to Mr. Do Trong Hung and Ms. Le Thi Trang - officers of the Editorial Department, Thanh Hoa Provincial Radio and Television Station, posted by a nickname namedSon Thai.

Upon discovering the incident, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police organized an investigation to find the person who posted the information.During the process of working with the police, Ms. Trang confirmed the images posted on Facebook.Son ThaiIt is indeed her image. However, she asserted that this was an act of fabrication, slander, and insult to human dignity, because she did not know and had never met or contacted Mr. Do Trong Hung.

Through professional activities, Thanh Hoa Department of Information and Communications confirmed the images of messages posted on Facebook.Son ThaiIt was created by a bad person and photographed and then combined with the image of Ms. Trang and the image of Mr. Do Trong Hung, but it is not true to the activities of this leader.

From the investigation results, Thanh Hoa province authorities confirmed that the bad guys created messages with fabricated content, using Facebook.Son Thaiposted and disseminated with bad intentions, aiming to defame Mr. Hung's personal honor and reputation and cause instability.determine security and order situation in the area.

Currently, Thanh Hoa Provincial Police are coordinating with relevant agencies to continue investigating and searching for the person spreading the rumor to handle it according to the provisions of the law.

Information about Mr. Do Trong Hung's personal life began to spread on March 19 from a Facebook account namedSon ThaiThis account posted many hot pictures of a young girl named Trang, next to Hung's picture and screenshots of text messages between the two. NicknameSon Thaiclaimed to be the husband of the girl in the picture.

The content of the messages mentioned the extramarital affair between Mr. Hung and a girl named Trang. In addition, there were many conversations mentioning behind-the-scenes personnel planning, election stories, and internal fighting tactics between Thanh Hoa province leaders.

On the afternoon of March 20, Ms. Le Thi Trang (26 years old, makeup artist of Thanh Hoa Radio and Television Station) - the person believed to be the "mistress" of the Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee - sent a petition to the police agency to verify the person who spread false information, insulting her honor and personal reputation.

Ms. Trang claimed that she had been blatantly “made up and slandered” and asserted that she had never met Mr. Hung before, only knowing him through mass media. She said that she had a boyfriend and had never been married, so she could not be the wife of a man named Son Thai.

On the afternoon of March 21, the Standing Committee of Thanh Hoa Provincial Party Committee held an extraordinary meeting regarding the rumor that Mr. Do Trong Hung, Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, had a "mistress" spread on Facebook.

At this meeting, Mr. Do Trong Hung affirmed that the rumors that have been stirring up public opinion in recent days are completely fabricated and slanderous. The Deputy Secretary of Thanh Hoa Province requested that the police be able to extract all text messages sent and received from his phone number from 2014 to the time of the rumors for investigation and verification.