Trial of 8 subjects organizing gambling
(Baonghean.vn) - The public trial of the gambling case sentenced 6 defendants to 50 months in prison and a fine of 60 million VND, and 2 defendants to 19 months of non-custodial reform.
The People's Court of Nghia Dan district has just held a public trial of the gambling case against Phan Anh Tuan, Dang Van Tuyen, Nguyen Xuan Huy, Tran Trung Duc in Nghia Thai hamlet, Nghia Trung commune and Dinh Viet Thuan, Cao Trung Thanh, Le Minh Hai, Nguyen Quoc Viet in Tan Thai block, Nghia Dan town, Nghia Dan district.
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| Defendants at trial. Photo: Minh Thai |
At around 12 o'clock on May 4, 2018, at the gambling lot of Phuong Hue's family, in Tan Thai block, Nghia Dan town, Nghia Dan district, the above 8 subjects gambled by playing dice, with Phan Anh Tuan as the dealer.
At around 1 p.m. the same day, the Nghia Dan District Police Department caught the gamblers red-handed, seizing at the gambling site a set of porcelain bowls and plates, and four round dice cut from cigarette packs. The total amount of money the suspects used for gambling was VND22,500,000.
At the trial, the defendants confessed their crimes.
The trial panel sentenced the defendants Phan Anh Tuan and Dang Van Tuyen to 10 months in prison; Cao Trung Thanh to 9 months in prison; Nguyen Xuan Huy to 8 months in prison; Dinh Viet Thuan to 7 months in prison; Le Minh Hai to 6 months in prison, but all 6 defendants were given suspended sentences and each had to pay a fine of 10 million VND; Nguyen Quoc Viet to 9 months of reform; Tran Trung Duc to 10 months of reform, all without detention.