A man in Nghe An was fined 7.5 million for threatening a commune official on Facebook.

On November 21, a leader of Huoi Tu commune (Ky Son district) said that a man in the area had just been fined 7.5 million VND by Ky Son district police after live-streaming on social media cursing and threatening commune officials.

According to the commune leaders, in 2009, Nga Ba village temporarily allocated production land to households for production convenience and economic model building. At that time, Mr. Lau Phai D., who was the village chief, represented the village management board to write a record of temporary division and temporary allocation of land to households, in which Mr. Vu Chu V. was assigned a piece of land next to National Highway 16. Because he had no need to use it, Mr. Vu Chu V. agreed to give the village chief a part of the area to grow elephant grass.

However, recently, Mr. Lau Phai D. brought many large peach trees to plant on this land and then transported construction materials to make the foundation, with the intention of building a solid structure. Believing that Mr. D. was occupying this land, Mr. Vu Chu V. filed a petition to the local authorities. After many times of handling, on November 3, the People's Committee of Huoi Tu commune organized a field inspection to have a basis to handle the case. However, while the team was inspecting, Mr. Lau Phai D.'s son, Mr. Lau Ba X. (31 years old), recorded a video and broadcast it live on Facebook.

"This person live-streamed on Facebook using vulgar words to curse the Huoi Tu commune government and village officials. At the same time, he threatened to throw stones and chop off the officials' legs.... After receiving a report from Huoi Tu commune, Ky Son district police invited this man to work and he admitted to his violations," the leader of Huoi Tu commune added.