Deputy of the district's agricultural department used a plastic gun to 'threaten' people and was disciplined.

The act of Mr. Mai Thanh Tuan - Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tri Ton district (An Giang) using a plastic gun to 'threaten' people in the Soai Chek lake area, Nui To commune, Tri Ton district is offensive and lacks standards.

Mr. Phan Van Suong - Deputy Secretary of the District Party Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Tri Ton District (An Giang) said that the District People's Committee has just agreed to impose an administrative fine of 7.5 million VND and a disciplinary warning on the government side.

At the same time, the Tri Ton District Party Committee's Inspection Committee was transferred to conduct Party disciplinary action against Mr. Mai Thanh Tuan - Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Tri Ton district, related to his use of a plastic gun to "threaten" people in the Soai Chek lake area, Nui To commune, Tri Ton district, exactly 1 month ago, causing disgust and lacking standards.

Previously, on March 17, some people went to Soai Check irrigation lake area, Nui To commune, Tri Ton district (An Giang) to fish. At this time, Mr. Mai Thanh Tuan - Deputy Head of the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, concurrently Head of the Irrigation Station of Tri Ton district came to prevent these people from entering Soai Check lake area to fish and the two sides had an argument.

Soai Chek irrigation lake area, where the incident occurred.

At that time, Mr. Tuan was alone, the group of young men was quite large, so Mr. Tuan took out a plastic gun (like a real gun) and shot a young man in the leg to "scare" the group of young men. Mr. Tuan's action of using a plastic gun to "scare" the people was recorded by people present using their phones, then the clip was posted on social networks.

After the above clip was posted online, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Tri Ton district directed the district police to investigate and identify the person in the clip as Mr. Tuan. After the incident, the Tri Ton district police asked Mr. Tuan to hand over two plastic toy guns that he had bought in Ho Chi Minh City.

The plastic gun that Mr. Tuan used to "scare" people into going fishing.

According to the assessment results of the Institute of Criminal Science (Ministry of Public Security), the gun Mr. Mai Thanh Tuan used to "threaten" people on the afternoon of March 17, at Soai Chek Lake, Nui To Commune, Tri Ton District, was a plastic gun, on the list of dangerous toys, which can cause injury when shot; this type of plastic gun is on the banned list.

The Tri Ton District Police also worked with the young man whose toe was shot by Mr. Tuan with a toy gun. He only suffered from swelling and redness, but no injuries.

According to CAND