About 4,000 people attended the trial of the Binh Phuoc massacre.

The mobile trial of the massacre in Binh Phuoc was scheduled to begin at 7am on December 17, but as early as 6am, hundreds of people had arrived at the courthouse to attend.

Many people were present from dawn waiting to watch the trial - Photo: Thuan Thang

From 6am, hundreds of riot police were present to maintain order in the court area. Security was tightened right from the outside. Many people were also present to secure “good positions”. Many mobile water stalls were also set up by the people to serve the attendees.

The location of the mobile trial of Nguyen Hai Duong and two accomplices in the shocking massacre of six people in Chon Thanh district, Binh Phuoc province, is a 4-hectare plot of land located in the administrative center of Chon Thanh district, next to Chon Thanh High School.

About 4,000 people are expected to attend the trial. Due to the large number of attendees, the complexity of the case, and the retrial being held in the middle of an empty lot, security needs to be tightened.

The victims' families were also present early. Photo: Phuoc Tuan

Binh Phuoc Provincial Police said they had increased the security force to 400 people (an increase from the expected number). More than 100 reporters from newspapers had registered to cover the trial, with many newspapers sending 3-5 reporters to attend.

The trial panel was chaired by Mr. Nguyen Huu Tri, Chief Justice of the People's Court of Binh Phuoc Province. Two prosecutors of the People's Procuracy of Binh Phuoc Province, who held the right to prosecute at the court, were Mr. Le Duc Xuan - Chief Prosecutor and Mr. Nguyen Quoc Han - Head of Department 1.

The three defendants on trial in this case include:

1. Nguyen Hai Duong (24 years old, from An Giang, temporarily residing in Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City)

2. Vu Van Tien (also known as Be, 24 years old, originally from Binh Phuoc, temporarily residing in Hoc Mon district, Ho Chi Minh City)

3. Tran Dinh Thoai (27 years old, from Vinh Long, temporarily residing in Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City).

All three defendants were prosecuted for two crimes of “murder” and “robbery” under Clause 1, Article 93 and Article 133 of the Penal Code. According to the content of Clause 1, Article 93 regulating the crime of “murder”, all three defendants will face the highest penalty of death.

A large number of people attended the trial.

According to the indictment, Duong harbored hatred for Mr. My's family - a wood industry tycoon in BinhPhuoc - because of his forbidden love for Le Thi Anh Linh (Mr. My's daughter). He came up with the idea of ​​killing this man's whole family to rob them of their property. Duong invited Thoai to join and prepared the weapon. After the unsuccessful trip in the early morning of July 5, Thoai refused but still bought a knife for Duong.

Duong then persuaded Tien to support him but lied that he was here to demand the 900 million VND that Mr. My and his wife had invested in their business when they were still Linh's lovers. He promised to give Tien a portion. In the early morning of July 7, the two broke into the villa and killed 6 people, stealing phones, iPads, laptops, money... worth about 50 million VND. As for baby Na (18 months old, Mr. My's youngest child), Duong put her to sleep before fleeing.

Four days later, Duong and Tien were arrested. After a month of investigation, based on Duong's testimony, the police arrested Thoai. For this act, all three were prosecuted for two crimes: Murder and Robbery, with the highest penalty being the death penalty, with many aggravating circumstances such as: killing multiple people, killing children, killing to commit another crime, being barbaric, hooligan, and despicable.

3 defendants at trial.

Defendant Nguyen Hai Duong was assigned lawyer Hoang Kim Vinh, while defendant Vu Van Tien was also assigned another lawyer from the Binh Phuoc Province Bar Association to defend him. Defendant Tran Dinh Thoai was hired by his family to defend him, lawyer Pham Quoc Hung.

The victims also agreed to let lawyer Dao Xuan Thanh defend their rights for free.

According to tuoitre.vn/VnExpress.net