Nghe An: Young man in trouble with the law for living with his 15-year-old girlfriend
(Baonghean.vn) - After meeting online, Cong took his girlfriend away from home to rent a place to live together. Meanwhile, the family still thought the girl was missing.
On March 28, the Criminal Police Department (PC 45, Quang Nam Provincial Police) announced that it had just prosecuted and detained Ho Dinh Cong (22 years old, residing in Bac Son hamlet, Tam Hop commune, Quy Hop) for the crime of having sexual intercourse with a child from 13 to under 16 years old, according to Article 145 of the 2015 Penal Code.
Talking to reporters, Captain Luong Quoc Nghia (PC 45 Quang Nam province) said that a few months ago, while working at a bar in China, Cong met a 15-year-old girl living in Cua Dai ward (Hoi An city, Quang Nam province) online. At that time, the girl was in 9th grade. After chatting many times on Facebook, the two developed feelings for each other.
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| A man was in trouble with the law for having sex with a girl under 16 years old. Photo: Hien Tung |
Before Tet, Cong returned home and went to Hoi An to meet his girlfriend. The female student then followed her boyfriend to Da Nang without informing her family. On February 13 (the 28th of Tet), the couple went to Ho Chi Minh City to rent a house and live together.
"Not seeing the daughter contact her, and not coming home during Tet, the family was confused, thinking she was missing so they reported it to the police," Captain Nghia said. During the investigation, the detectives received information that before she went missing, the female student was with a young man of unknown origin, speaking with a Central Vietnamese accent. From this clue, the police determined that the female student had left home to follow her new boyfriend.
Meanwhile, after renting a house and living together for a month in Ho Chi Minh City, Cong took his young girlfriend back to his hometown to meet his family. However, Cong was later arrested at home by detectives from Nghe An Police in coordination with PC 45 (Quang Nam Provincial Police) while he was preparing to take his girlfriend to Lang Son for work.
At the police station, this young man admitted to having had sex with a 15-year-old girl many times.
