Young man posts photo of monkey killing on Facebook and is fined over 5 million VND

(Baonghean.vn)-On the afternoon of January 27, Head of the Hoang Mai Town Forest Protection Department, Mr. Le Ngoc Huu, said that this agency had just issued a decision to administratively fine Mr. Chu Van Cuong (born in 1988) more than 5 million VND and Le Ba Thuan (born in 1966, both residing in Quynh Lap commune, Hoang Mai town) more than 12 million VND.

As reported, on January 2, on the personal Facebook page of Cuong Va Cuong, many photos were posted of a young man taking many photos of killing and locking up monkeys in a very barbaric manner with the title "Preparing to cook again so posting the photos again. Inbox for more details".

Pictures of "showing off" monkey killing achievements on Cuong and Cuong's facebook

These photos were quickly spread widely by netizens and received many responses disagreeing with the barbaric act of killing monkeys. Upon receiving the information, Hoang Mai Town Police coordinated with Hoang Mai Forest Protection Department to go to Chu Van Cuong's private home to investigate. Cuong confessed that the photos posted on Facebook were taken when he visited Mr. Le Ba Thuan's home, also residing in Quynh Lap commune. At Cuong's private home, the authorities also discovered and seized a falcon kept in an iron cage. Afterwards, Mr. Thuan was summoned by the police to give a statement.

Based on the investigation results, Cuong and Mr. Thuan were administratively sanctioned under Decree 157 on Regulations on administrative sanctions for violations of forest management, forest protection and forest product management. Specifically, for the acts of "illegally purchasing wild animals" and "illegally killing wild animals", Mr. Le Ba Thuan was administratively sanctioned with the amount of 12.7 million VND.

The bird seized at Cuong's house is a black hawk, a wild animal.

Chu Van Cuong was administratively fined VND5.25 million for illegally raising wild animals because according to the results of the Institute of Ecology, the bird that the authorities had previously seized at Cuong's home was a black hawk, a wild animal. Therefore, the authorities handed over the bird to Pu Mat National Park for care and release into the wild.

Regarding the previous assessment that there might be a wildlife trafficking ring, Mr. Le Ngoc Huu said that according to the investigation results of the police agency, it was determined that there was no such ring.

Ha An