Drug rehabilitation center students beat someone to death just because of going to the toilet

On November 10, Nghe An Provincial People's Court opened the first instance trial of defendant Ta Quang Hong (born 1994), residing in Quan Bau ward, Vinh city, for the crime of "Murder".

Ta Quang Hong was sentenced by the Vinh City People's Court to compulsory drug rehabilitation at the Vinh City Voluntary Drug Rehabilitation Center for 21 months. During his rehabilitation, Hong was selected to work as a trainee at the Drug Rehabilitation and Health Rehabilitation Treatment Department.

On the afternoon of July 7, 2022, two police officers from Le Loi Ward, Vinh City took Mr. Le Minh S. (born in 1967) to a voluntary drug rehabilitation facility to complete the handover procedures according to regulations. Here, Mr. S. was taken for a drug test.

However, because Mr. S. could not urinate, Hong and another student assistant took him to the back to bathe so he could urinate more easily. At this time, two officers followed to monitor.

While Hong was bathing Mr. S., two officers went to the front to get tools to take samples for testing. After bathing, because Mr. S. still could not urinate and defecated on the spot, Hong slapped him in the face and used her feet to hit Mr. S.'s stomach and chest.

Then, Hong told Mr. S. to take a second bath. Because this person continued to defecate on the spot, Hong used his hands and elbows to hit Mr. S. in the back.

At 5 p.m. the same day, because Mr. S. still could not urinate due to cystitis, Hong continued to kick him in the chest and slap him in the face. When the officer took Mr. S. to collect urine, he suddenly threw himself into a wall, a tree, and a flower vase to commit suicide, but was stopped by everyone. Afterwards, the officer made a record of the incident.

That evening, Mr. S. agreed to be catheterized for a urine test. The results showed that he tested positive for drugs.

At 9 p.m. the same day, the rehabilitation center discovered that Mr. S.'s health had deteriorated, so they took the victim to the hospital for emergency treatment, but he had already died. The cause of death was multiple fractures of the left and right ribs, and a ruptured spleen...

At the trial, the defendant admitted to committing the crime as charged in the indictment. Hong confessed that he was angry that the victim had defecated on the spot many times, forcing him to clean up after her, so he acted out of control.

After the incident, the voluntary drug rehabilitation facility compensated the victim's family 150 million VND.

Considering the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, the People's Court sentenced defendant Ta Quang Hong to 19 years in prison for "Murder".