"Robbery" a gambling den using the form of shaking the plate

On March 22, the People's Court of Quy Hop district opened a public trial of the first instance criminal case against Kem Thi Tinh for the crimes of "Gambling" and "Gambling". The defendants: Chu Van Tri, Ho Thi Thang, Nguyen Van Hung, Mai Hong Phong, Lang Van Chuong, Nguyen Le Phuong Huyen, Tran Kim Dung, Nguyen Thi Nguyet, Dau Thi Van and Quang Van Hung for the crime of "Gambling".

Defendants at trial. Photo: Phan Giang

According to the indictment, at about 4:30 p.m. on October 5, 2017, Tinh called Tran Thi Dung and Ho Thi Thang, both residing in Chau Binh commune (Quy Chau), to come to his house in Cau Da hamlet (Yen Hop, Quy Hop) to gamble.

After receiving Tinh's phone call, Dung brought drinks and food to gamble and sell to gamblers. Afterwards, Ho Thi Thang, Mai Hong Phong, Nguyen Thi Nguyet, Lang Van Chuong and Nguyen Le Phuong Huyen gathered at Tinh and Tri's house to gamble by shaking the dice and winning or losing money under the cooling system behind the house.

Tri used scissors to cut 4 dice from the cards, Tinh went into the kitchen and took out a porcelain bowl and a porcelain plate. Huyen was the dealer. The rules of the game for gamblers were that each player could only bet on one side, even or odd, each game had a minimum of 20 thousand dong, maximum of 200 thousand dong, the winner got the same amount as the bet.

At about 5:40 p.m. the same day, Dau Thi Van and Ngo Thi Hue, who lived in Chau Binh commune (Quy Chau), went to Tri's house to take shelter from the rain. Seeing that everyone was gambling, Van used the money she brought with her to gamble. Hue saw that Phong had a lot of money, so she asked Phong for 150,000 VND. Van gambled for a while, ran out of money, and when the rain stopped, Van and Hue went home.

Afterwards, Nguyen Van Hung from Chau Binh commune (Quy Chau) and Quang Van Hung from Yen Hop commune (Quy Hop) came to join the gambling. While the gamblers were engrossed in gambling, they were discovered and caught red-handed by Quy Hop police. During the gambling, Tinh directly collected 300,000 VND in money. The total amount of money that the gamblers had and would use for gambling was nearly 16 million VND.

During the arrest, Hung and Hung escaped and later surrendered to the Quy Hop District Police investigation agency.

At the trial, the defendants bowed their heads and admitted their guilt. The panel sentenced Kem Thi Tinh to 16 months in prison, and Nguyen Van Hung and Ho Thi Thang to 4 months in prison. The panel sentenced Tri, Huyen, Chuong, Phong, and Nguyet to 4 months in prison with a suspended sentence, while Van and Hung were each fined 6 million VND.