Threatening the chairman of Bac Ninh province, prosecuted for terrorism

According to the investigation, the reason Nguyen Trong Phuong threatened the chairman of Bac Ninh province was because he wanted to get a license to exploit sand. Phuong was prosecuted for terrorism.

After sending threatening messages to the leaders of Bac Ninh province regarding the sand mining licensing issue, Nguyen Trong Phuong threw a trash SIM card into the river.

On June 12, news from the People's Procuracy of Bac Ninh province said that this agency had just completed the indictment in the case of threatening the provincial chairman, prosecuting the accused Nguyen Trong Phuong (37 years old, residing in Ba Dinh district, Hanoi) for terrorism and Tran Anh Thuan (36 years old, residing in Bac Ninh city, Bac Ninh province) for failure to report a crime.

According to the indictment, in 2014, Phuong established Song Loc Mien Bac Company Limited, specializing in the business of construction materials and sand and gravel mining.

Phuong submitted a request for approval from the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province on the clearance and collection of products on the Duong River (from Km 03 to Km 14) from Cao Duc commune to Dai Lai commune (Gia Binh district) and in Dao Vien commune (Que Vo district) but it was not approved due to the risk of causing riverbank erosion.

During his business, Phuong got to know Mr. Ngo Thanh Son (37 years old) - Chairman of the Board of Directors of Downstream Salvage Company and Mr. Tran Anh Thuan - Deputy Director of Khanh Nguyen Import-Export and Transport Joint Stock Company.

Seeing that Mr. Son was licensed to dredge Cau River in Bac Giang province, Phuong thought of sending threatening messages to the Chairman of the People's Committee and the Director of the Bac Ninh Provincial Police.

The indictment stated that Phuong discussed with Thuan to buy a phone SIM card and then go near Mr. Son's house to text the two people above with the aim that when the investigation agency found the location, it would be thought that Mr. Son did it.

On the evening of January 23, Phuong sent 10 messages to the phone numbers of Mr. Nguyen Tu Quynh - Chairman of Bac Ninh Provincial People's Committee and Mr. Pham Hong Son - Director of Bac Ninh Provincial Police.

The content of the messages that the leaders of Bac Ninh province received were similar with threatening implications such as: "If you continue to make things difficult for my project, you will be like the Yen Bai case"; "You know what happened in Yen Bai, right?"...

After texting, Phuong threw the phone into the Duong River.

The prosecution agency determined that Thuan knew Phuong had sent threatening messages to leaders of Bac Ninh province but did not report the crime.

The People's Procuracy of Bac Ninh province believes there is sufficient basis to prosecute Phuong for terrorism, and Thuan for failure to report a crime.

According to Tuoi Tre