Criminal acts of Viet Tan elements in Ha Tinh

Hoa signed contracts with several foreign stations and websites for 1,500 USD for 16 reports/month with information that incites, is reactionary, and opposes the Vietnamese State.

On April 6, the leader of the Security Investigation Agency of Ha Tinh Police said that the unit had decided to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused, and temporarily detain Nguyen Van Hoa (born in 1995, residing in Ky Khang commune, Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province) for 3 months for the crime of "Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and citizens" according to Article 258 of the Penal Code.

Recently, the security and order situation in Ha Tinh has become complicated due to reactionary elements at home and abroad colluding with some extremist elements to take advantage of the marine environmental incident to incite and attract people to gather, protest, and destroy property, causing very serious consequences.

To combat this type of crime, the Ha Tinh Police Investigation Security Agency has established a Project coded V116 to fight and issue a decision to arrest Nguyen Van Hoa (born in 1995, residing in Quang Ich village, Ky Khang commune, Ky Anh district, Ha Tinh province).

Nguyen Van Hoa at the investigation agency.

At the investigation agency, Hoa confessed honestly to his acts of propagandizing and inciting people to protest, causing insecurity and disorder, distorting and defaming the Party and State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

Specifically, in 2014, Hoa created several social media accounts to communicate and make friends with many people. In April 2014, when the HD 981 drilling rig incident occurred, through social media, Hoa read and viewed articles with propaganda content that distorted and defamed the Party and the State. From there, he used social media to edit, modify and disseminate articles with content opposing the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The subject directly filmed and took photos of events where a number of people gathered, protested, and filed complaints in order to incite people to cause disturbances, disrupt public order, and oppose the people's government. Initially, Hoa used social networks to post articles defaming leader Ho Chi Minh, slandering the Party and the State, and propagating ideas that were contrary to the policies and guidelines of the Party and the State of Vietnam...

Next, Hoa used his personal Facebook account to communicate with extremist elements and members of reactionary organizations to post videos and images inciting protests after marine environmental incidents and floods in Ha Tinh, Nghe An, and Quang Binh, which he personally filmed, took photos of, and interviewed people.

In particular, on October 2, 2016, Hoa directly participated with a number of people gathering to protest at the main gate of Formosa Company, using a flycam to film and broadcast live on social networks, and at the same time directly calling out and inciting people under the direction of a number of extremists, with the aim of causing insecurity and destroying Formosa Company's property.

Nguyen Van Hoa also created many gmail accounts to share and send pictures and articles about hot issues happening in Ha Tinh, Nghe An, and Quang Binh to individuals belonging to reactionary organizations and used them as a means of communication and receiving money from organizations and individuals.

Hoa signed contracts with several foreign stations and websites for 1,500 USD for 16 reports/month. It is worth mentioning that the provocative information that Hoa posted and provided attracted a huge number of viewers and was spread at a dizzying speed...

Nguyen Van Hoa is a criminal with a high level of information technology, with many coping methods, causing difficulties for the investigation process. By taking advantage of the media, cyberspace, under the direction of reactionary organizations and extremists, he not only distorted and defamed the leaders of the Party and State of Vietnam but also actively deepened and exaggerated hot issues such as environmental incidents and floods in Ha Tinh, Nghe An, and Quang Binh to incite the people.

That action leads to colluding with evil and hostile forces, betraying the ideals, career, and revolutionary achievements of the Party and the nation.

Nguyen Van Hoa's behavior also shows signs of committing the crime of propaganda against the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, as prescribed in Article 88 of the Penal Code of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

The successful solving of the case, expanding the investigation, clarifying the criminal acts of Nguyen Van Hoa, and at the same time proposing to strictly handle these subjects have received strong support from public opinion.

For the sake of money, Nguyen Van Hoa has become a puppet in the hands of Viet Tan and extremists to oppose the Party, the State, and the socio-economic development achievements of his homeland.

After being informed and explained by the Investigation Security Force of Ha Tinh Police, Hoa clearly recognized his illegal behavior, sincerely confessed and advised those who have, are, and will harbor such behavior to wake up soon, not follow in Hoa's footsteps to receive the leniency of the Party and State of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

According to Vietnamnet