Prosecution of subjects causing public disorder by setting off fireworks in Vinh City
Vinh City Police have just issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute 3 suspects; temporarily detain 2 suspects for disturbing public order by setting off firecrackers.
Recently, Vinh City Police (Nghe An) regularly propagates and disseminates laws on regulations onfirecrackers, strict sanctions for the above behavior. At the same time, drastic measures are taken to combat violations of fireworks, but there are still cases of illegal fireworks being secretly set off "for fun".
On the evening of November 23, 2024, a working group of Vinh City Police discovered continuous fireworks exploding in a residential area in Trung Dinh block, Hung Dung ward. The working group inspected and discovered fireworks exploding at a coffee shop that was opening on Phong Dinh Cang street; deployed professional measures, collected evidence and documents, investigated, and clarified two young men who showed signs of suspicious behavior of burning fireworks and throwing them onto the street, causing public disorder.
At the Investigation Agency, along with the exhibits, the subjects confessed that they were Nguyen Quang Binh (born in 1988), residing in Block 15, Truong Thi Ward, and Pham Van Minh (born in 1993), residing in Block Trung Dinh, Hung Dung Ward. At the opening ceremony of a friend's coffee shop, the two subjects lit a fire and exploded 36 foreign-made firecrackers, then were discovered and arrested by the authorities. Through the struggle, Nguyen Quang Binh and Pham Van Minh realized that their actions were against the law.
Previously, the Vinh City Police Investigation Agency had just issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute three suspects, Pham Anh Tuan (born 1995), Tran Trung Thanh (born 1985), and Duong Van Toan (born 1982), all residing in Hung Hoa commune, Vinh city, for the crime of "disturbing public order".
According to the investigation results, on October 29, 2024, Tuan, Thanh, and Toan went to a restaurant in Khanh Hau hamlet, Hung Hoa commune to eat and socialize. Toan and Thanh brought firecrackers (purchased from a strange man earlier) with Tuan to the land area in front of the restaurant, then lit the fuse and set off the firecrackers. At that time, there were about 50 people in the restaurant, the sound of firecrackers exploding and sparks flying everywhere made the people present at the restaurant worried and upset.
Currently, the Vinh City Police Investigation Agency is completing the file to strictly handle the subjects according to the provisions of the law.
To ensure security and order in the area, especially before, during and after the Lunar New Year 2025, Vinh City Police will continue to deploy professional measures, promptly detect and strictly handle acts of illegal manufacturing, production, trading, storage, transportation and burning of fireworks.
The police agency recommends that agencies, organizations and individuals in the province raise awareness, sense of responsibility, and strictly comply with the provisions of the law on fireworks. In particular, when detecting cases of intentional violations of regulations on firecracker prevention and control, people need to immediately report to the nearest police agency for handling according to the provisions of the law. At the same time, actively propagate to relatives, family and friends to comply, contributing to stabilizing the security and order situation in the locality.
Setting off fireworks is an act that can be dangerous to yourself and society. According to Decree No. 137/2020/ND-CP dated November 27, 2020 of the Government on the management and use of fireworks and current legal documents, the act of illegally setting off fireworks has a maximum penalty of up to 7 years in prison.
