People do not choose easy work
The image of the soldier wearing the green uniform Ha Van Sang is very close and familiar to the people in the resettlement areas of Ngoc Lam and Thanh Son communes (Thanh Chuong). Not only is he a prestigious person with the people, he is also known as a border guard officer with many achievements in the fight against all kinds of crimes.
(Baonghean) -The image of the soldier wearing the green uniform Ha Van Sang is very close and familiar to the people in the resettlement areas of Ngoc Lam and Thanh Son communes (Thanh Chuong). Not only is he a prestigious person with the people, he is also known as a border guard officer with many achievements in the fight against all kinds of crimes.
We met Ha Van Sang when he and his teammates had just completed Project 315L, arresting people who illegally trafficked people to China from Mong Cai, Quang Ninh. This is the latest project that Ngoc Lam Border Guard successfully solved in May 2013. Lieutenant Sang was the first to discover it and was also the one who went directly to Quang Ninh with his teammates to arrest this group of people.
Lieutenant Ha Van Sang
Originally from Mon Son commune, Con Cuong district, Ha Van Sang (born in 1977) graduated from the Border Guard University in 2007 and worked at Ngoc Lam Border Guard Station as a reconnaissance team leader. In 2009, he was assigned by his superiors as the team leader of the anti-drug team and in September 2012, he was appointed Deputy Head of Operations of Ngoc Lam Border Guard Station. Ngoc Lam Border Guard Station manages 35 km of border line and 3 border communes: Ngoc Lam, Thanh Son and Hanh Lam of Thanh Chuong district. The area is large, people's lives are still difficult, including 2 communes of ethnic people resettled by Ban Ve Hydropower Plant, the educational level is still low, many backward customs and practices exist, and the proportion of unemployed workers is high. Besides, the number of drug addicts from their hometown (Tuong Duong) returning to live, the number of people returning from prison, and people related to drugs are relatively large, making the security and order situation in the area complicated.
To grasp the activities of criminals, he often sticks to the area, "with" the people to understand the customs and practices of the people. From there, he creates trust and love for the masses, enlists the support of local Party committees, authorities, village elders, village chiefs, and prestigious people among ethnic minorities to fight and arrest all kinds of criminals in the area. In his positions, he actively and proactively builds plans, researches, evaluates, analyzes specifically and classifies the nature of each area, to serve the work of preventing, combating, and effectively fighting against drug crimes. From 2011 to now, Senior Lieutenant Ha Van Sang has directly developed plans and successfully arrested 9 cases/10 drug criminals. In coordination with Thanh Chuong District Police, Traffic Police Team No. 3 on Ho Chi Minh Road arrested 5 cases/6 drug criminals.
Along with the fight against drug crimes, Senior Lieutenant Sang often focuses on propaganda and mobilizing those who have made mistakes to return to honest work. In 2011, through professional measures combined with persuasive education, he directly propagated and mobilized 3 subjects with drug convictions who had completed their prison terms and were residing in areas with signs of drug retailing activities, to abandon their wrongdoings, return to honest work, become good citizens, and actively participate in helping the Border Guard in the fight against drug crimes.
On the other hand, he advised the local Party Committee, government and functional forces to send 16 subjects to centralized drug rehabilitation (in 2012 and early 2013); 11 subjects to community-based drug rehabilitation. Coordinated with the locality to organize propaganda to raise awareness and sense of law compliance for the masses in the area, did a good job of propaganda to collect weapons and explosives, in 2012 mobilized the handover of 47 homemade flintlock guns. Coordinated with the communal police force to do a good job of managing the area, maintaining political security - social order and safety, building solidarity, mutual support and assistance in performing assigned tasks.
In 2012 and early 2013, Senior Lieutenant Ha Van Sang directly trained and instructed the Ngoc Lam Commune Police in 3 sessions with 68 security officers participating. In addition, he was always close and attentive to grasp the thoughts and aspirations of the people, learn about effective economic practices to propagate and mobilize people to follow, contributing to hunger eradication, poverty reduction, and improving life.
With those achievements, in 2011-2012, Senior Lieutenant Ha Van Sang was honored to receive a certificate of merit from the Border Guard Command for implementing the emulation movement to win and a certificate of merit from the Provincial People's Committee for his contributions over 10 years of implementing Directive 07 of the Provincial Party Committee on strengthening the fight against drugs. The border soldier who has been a grassroots Emulation Fighter for 5 consecutive years confided: "It is an honor to be Uncle Ho's soldier, I always learn from Uncle Ho in the style of being close to the people, taking the people as the root. Working in the special field of fighting against crimes, drug crimes, sometimes endangers my life, but that is the job I have chosen, so no matter how hard it is, I always try my best to complete the task to contribute to keeping the people's lives peaceful".
Article and photos: Le Thanh
