Nghe An: Prosecution of man using knife to demand protection money for rice harvester

(Baonghean.vn)- On June 7, the People's Procuracy of Do Luong district approved the decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and temporarily detain two subjects for the act of 'extortion of property' as prescribed in Article 136 of the Penal Code.

The two subjects prosecuted are Nguyen Hong Diep, born in 1989, and Thai Van Hiep, born in 1988, residing in Hamlet 6, Thinh Son Commune, Do Luong District. During harvest season, this group went to the fields in Thinh Son Commune and neighboring communes to find rice harvester owners to threaten and demand protection money, at a price of 30,000 VND/1 sao of rice field; if anyone did not pay, they would quarrel, damage the machines, or assault and cause injury.

The two subjects Hiep and Diep demanded to 'protect' the owners of the rice harvesters like this.

According to the initial statements of the subjects: On June 1, 2016, a multi-purpose harvester owner in Yen Son commune asked him to find rice fields that needed to be harvested and he would be paid 30,000 VND per sao; at the same time, if there was a strange harvester, he would not be allowed to harvest in the area...

After accepting the offer, Hiep saw that the harvester of Mr. Hoang Van Hai (born in 1968) in Xuan Son commune was harvesting rice for the people in his commune, so he and Diep demanded protection money of 1.5 million VND. Ms. Lien, wife of Mr. Hoang Van Hai, did not agree, so Hiep immediately took a sharp knife and ran down to the field to attack Mr. Hai and did not let him continue harvesting rice.

Then Hiep continued to hold a knife close to Lien's neck. Because he was too scared, Hai then called to negotiate and gave the two subjects 1 million VND.

After realizing that their actions were illegal, the two suspects went to the Do Luong District Police Department to surrender. The police are currently investigating the case./.

Quynh Giang