Miss Phuong Nga's investigation was reinstated

On June 14, Ho Chi Minh City Police decided to resume investigation of the case.Fraudulent appropriation of property, reinstated the investigation of suspects Truong Ho Phuong Nga (31 years old, Vietnamese beauty queen in Russia) and Nguyen Duc Thuy Dung (29 years old).

Sources said that Phuong Nga has filed a petition to reject the lawyers who defended her in the previous stage, leaving only lawyer Pham Cong Hung (former Judge of the Supreme People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City) to defend her this time.

Truong Ho Phuong Nga won the Miss Vietnam in Russia in 2007. She knew Mr. Cao Toan My and was accused by this tycoon of defrauding her of 16.5 billion VND by luring her to buy cheap houses. The investigation agency has prosecuted and arrested Nga and her close friend Thuy Dung as accomplices.

At the end of June 2017, after many days of trial, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City said that the case had many new details, refuting the indictment against Phuong Nga, so they decided to release her and Thuy Dung on bail. The panel of judges also returned the case file, requesting the investigation agency to clarify the contradictory details and the basis for charging the two girls.

Specifically, the court said that the amount of 16.5 billion VND that Nga allegedly cheated Mr. My, but both defendants affirmed that this was money that the US gave to Nga. Meanwhile, Mr. My's testimony was inconsistent, and other evidence was also contradictory. Mr. My stated that before buying the house on Nguyen Trai Street, he went to see it but did not contact anyone... it is necessary to check the reality to compare these statements.

Witness Nguyen Mai Phuong denied the testimony of Nga and Dung. The testimony still has many contradictions and needs to be investigated and clarified.

It is necessary to check the traceability on Nga’s computer to clarify the time of creation of documents related to the house purchase agreement on Nguyen Trai Street. The panel also requested to investigate who created those documents for handling.

Investigate information that Russia and Mr. My stayed in the same hotels, as provided by the lawyer, to consider violations of monogamy.

It is necessary to clarify how Dung participated in creating the house documents to determine the defendant's role as an accomplice.

Retrieve Nga's emails to see when the agreements related to the relationship were made. In addition, the court also recommended investigating whether or not the prison warden named Nghia violated the judicial activities of helping Dung and her boyfriend communicate...