Business director impersonates army lieutenant general
Vo Thanh Phuc - Director of an import-export company, always wears military uniform and the rank of lieutenant general, and participates in many veterans' meetings.
On September 10, Vo Thanh Phuc (52 years old) and Tran Vu Han Minh Nhat (35 years old) were detained by Binh Thanh District Police to investigate their behavior and motive.impersonationLieutenant General and Captain of the Vietnam People's Army.
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| Phuc (left) and Nhat at the investigation agency. Photo: Nhat Vy |
According to the investigation agency, on the night of September 9, the Military Control Team of the Ho Chi Minh City Command on duty in the Cau Kinh area (Ward 27, Binh Thanh District) discovered Nhat wearing a military uniform and wearing the rank of captain running past. The working group checked but this person could not present a travel permit or work permit for any unit.
Nhat confessed that last week, "Lieutenant General Phuc" gave him a military uniform to wear to "pass through" the Covid-19 control checkpoint to deliver medicine.
Summoned for questioning, Phuc initially claimed to be a lieutenant general of the "Special Intelligence Department in charge of biology", then admitted to being the director of a business in District 7. At Phuc's house, the police seized two military uniforms, general ranks, medals of various kinds...
The military security force said that Phuc was under surveillance because of his behavior of impersonating a military officer. He had repeatedly worn military uniform to social activities, veterans' meetings... to take photos with delegates.
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