'Robbed' a gambling den using the form of shaking the dice
(Baonghean.vn) - Kien arranged for 12 other people to "gamble" together by playing dice at the house of Mr. Hanh (Kien's aunt's husband). The total amount of money seized at the gambling table and around the gambling area was 42.5 million VND.
On August 27, the People's Court of Quy Hop district opened a public trial of the first instance criminal case against Pham Trung Kien (born in 1982), residing in Tam Hop commune, for the crimes of "organizing gambling" and "gambling". The defendants: Phan Thi Thuy, Truong Xuan Than, Dao The Hong, Hoang Van Toan, Pham Thi Nhung, Pham Van Ut, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Vo Thi Chung, Le Thi Ngoc, Pham Toan Thang, Nguyen Van Tuan and Hoang Manh Hau for the crime of "Gambling".
According to the indictment, at around 3:30 p.m. on May 7, 2020, Kien drove his sister Pham Thi Nhung to visit Mr. Truong Dinh Hanh (Kien's aunt's husband) who was sick. On the way to Mr. Hanh's house, Kien had the idea of gambling, so he went to a grocery store to buy a deck of cards as gambling tools with the intention of using Mr. Hanh's house as a gambling spot and collecting money from gamblers to give a portion to the homeowner. Kien used his phone to contact and persuade the above subjects to participate in gambling.
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| Defendants at trial. Photo: Phan Giang |
While gambling at Mr. Hanh's house, the Quy Hop District Police discovered and caught 13 people gambling with dice, confiscating 42.5 million VND, 1 porcelain bowl, 1 porcelain plate, 4 round dice pieces cut from playing cards, one side green, one side red, 1 position board, 15 mobile phones, 1 car, 8 motorbikes, 1 yellow ring...
It is known that the defendants Phan Thi Thuy and Dao The Hong have very bad personal records. Thuy herself is serving a 15-month suspended sentence for gambling, and is still gambling, while Dao The Hong was sentenced to 7 years in prison for the crimes of "Intentionally causing injury", "Murder", "Receiving property obtained by others through crime", and "Gambling".
At the trial, the defendants bowed their heads and admitted their guilt. The panel sentenced Pham Trung Kien to a total of 18 months in prison for the two crimes of “Organizing gambling” and “Gambling”; Phan Thi Thuy was sentenced to a total of 24 months in prison; Truong Xuan Than to 6 months in prison with a suspended sentence, a probationary period of 12 months, and an additional fine of 10 million VND.
The defendants, including Hong, Toan, Nhung, Ut, Hoa, Chung, Ngoc, Thang, Tuan and Hau, were sentenced by the People's Court to fines ranging from 20 to 35 million VND. These defendants were fined nearly 200 million VND.
