Old man molested young girl in Vung Tau was prosecuted

After 8 months of investigation, Vung Tau City Procuracy prosecuted Mr. Nguyen Khac Thuy (77 years old) for child molestation.

President requests clarification of child molestation case in Vung Tau/ Vung Tau Procuracy: 'Lack of evidence to prosecute old man for child molestation'

On the afternoon of March 27, Mr. Nguyen Quang Long, Chief of Office of the People's Procuracy of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, said that the Vung Tau City Procuracy has just approved the decision to prosecute Mr. Nguyen Khac Thuy (77 years old, residing in Lake Side apartment building, Vung Tau city) for the crime of Child molestation. Mr. Thuy was released on bail for investigation.

The apartment building where Mr. Thuy was accused of committing child molestation. Photo: Phuoc Tuan.

According to the initial investigation, more than 6 months ago, the mother, while confiding in her 7-year-old daughter, was shocked when she heard that a 77-year-old man living in the same apartment building had sexually assaulted her many times. She gave her daughter her phone to take pictures of the "pervert", then filed a complaint.

In addition to this girl, four other families in the apartment building also accused this old man of sexually abusing their children. Seven months ago, Vung Tau City Police initiated a criminal case. In the past several months, the authorities have not taken any legal action against the suspect, and many people believe that the case has been "sunk".

Explaining this after the President's directive to clarify the case soon, Mr. Nguyen Anh Doan (Chief of Vung Tau People's Procuracy) said that the police investigation agency had proposed to approve the prosecution of the accused man, but the Institute found that there was not enough basis, so it returned the case file for further investigation.

Recently, after reviewing the case file, the Supreme People's Procuracy said that there was sufficient basis and requested the local police investigation agency to prosecute the defendant./.

According to VNE