Why not prosecute the case of the father who accused his 6-year-old daughter of being sexually abused?
(Baonghean.vn) - According to the leader of Nghe An Province Police, the decision not to prosecute the criminal case against the crime report of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trung accusing his 6-year-old daughter of being abused was based on scientific evidence.
As reported by Nghe An Newspaper, on August 23, 2019, the Vinh City Police Department issued a decisionnot to prosecute criminal case against the crime report of Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trungaccused Ms. Tran Thi TA and two other subjects of sexually abusing her daughter.
This is the result after nearly 2 months of active investigation by the police force. To reach this conclusion, the Vinh City Police Department of Investigation coordinated with relevant professional units to conduct investigative measures in accordance with the provisions of the law.
Scientific evidence
According to the leader of Vinh City Police, on June 28, 2019, Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trung went to Vinh City Police to file a complaint about his daughter being sexually abused. According to the complaint, 10 days ago, Trung left his child with Tran Thi TA (from Hau Giang).
During the custody process, TA took T. to room 209, Muong Thanh Thanh Nien Hotel, then called two people (1 male, 1 female) to room 209 and all three people sexually assaulted T.'s genitals and anus. The girl's father requested that the investigation agency clarify this matter.
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| With these fabricated accusations, Nguyen Thanh Trung has violated the honor, reputation and dignity of a 16-year-old girl. Photo: Minh Tam |
After receiving the complaint, Vinh City Police handled it according to the procedures and regulations in Circular 01 on verifying crime reports in accordance with the law.
The Vinh City Police Department has taken statements from Trung, TA, T and related people, requested a forensic examination of the child, organized a crime scene investigation, conducted a technical examination of the audio tape recorded in the hotel room provided by Trung, compiled camera data at the hotel, verified the background and identity of Nguyen Thanh Trung, Tran Thi TA...
The results show that Mr. Nguyen Thanh Trung's accusation that his daughter T. was sexually abused is completely untrue based on scientific evidence.
Through verifying the call logs in Trung and TA's phones on the evening of June 19, 2019, camera data, statements from hotel staff and audio recording data provided by Trung (including a reflection of the broadcast program of VTVCap8-BiBi channel), it was determined that the time TA and T. were present in room 209 of Muong Thanh Thanh Nien Hotel without Trung was from 8:15 p.m. to 9:53 p.m. on June 19, 2019, not as Trung stated, from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m. on the same day.
Specifically, Nguyen Thanh Trung and Tran Thi TA rented the Muong Thanh Thanh Nien Hotel to stay from June 18, 2019. At 7:56 p.m. on June 19, 2019, Trung and An left the hotel. Before leaving, Trung left a mobile phone without a SIM card in recording mode in TA's suitcase in room 209 (according to Trung's statement, because he suspected TA of having a relationship with someone else, he placed a tracking device).
TA took a taxi to Trung's house in Le Mao ward while Trung rode a motorbike to his mother's house in Quang Trung ward to pick up T. and bring him to his house to give him to TA. Then he went drinking beer with his friends. TA and T. took a taxi to the hotel. When they arrived at the hotel gate, TA bought T. 3 ice creams and went up to the room. At 9:53 p.m., Trung returned to the hotel and stayed in room 209 with TA and T. until the morning of June 20, 2019.
Through extracting camera data collected at the hotel on the evening of June 19, 2019 and examining to determine the integrity and continuity of the camera data; collecting statements from hotel staff, it was determined that no one other than TA, T. and Trung entered room 209 between 8:00 p.m. and 11:00 p.m. on June 19, 2019 (the time T. entered room 209 until Nguyen Thanh Trung returned to the hotel to sleep with TA and T.)
Checking TA's phone log data on June 19, 2019 determined: Between 6:51 p.m. and 10:21 p.m. on June 19, 2019, 17 calls were made, but no one was there except Trung, TA's mother, the taxi company, and the delivery person (food).
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| Decision not to prosecute the case by the Vinh City Police Investigation Agency. Photo: Minh Tam |
TA's phone call history matched the recorded data. This determined that T. Khai's statement that TA called 2 people to room 209 to commit the act of abuse was not true.
The results of the forensic examination of the audio recordings of activities in room 209 during the time TA and T. stayed there, conducted by the Institute of Criminal Science of the Ministry of Public Security (including the audio recordings provided by Trung to the police and sent to the press), also determined that there were only the voices of TA, T., Trung and the TV, and no other voices in the recording.
In the conclusion of the examination No. 22 dated June 28, 2019 of the Nghe An Provincial Forensic Center, it was shown that T.'s private area had no signs of injury, the hymen was slightly dilated naturally, without external force and without being violated. The anus had two slightly swollen areas. According to the examination results of Hospital 108 when Trung's sister took T. for treatment, the swelling in the anus was due to constipation.
The father is delusional
During the process of working with the investigation agency, Tran Thi TA also confirmed that there was no sexual abuse of T. The developments of the incident according to TA's testimony on the evening of June 19, 2019 were consistent with other collected documents.
TA's phone also contains many photos, videos, and audio recordings of TA and T.'s activities in room 209, showing that the two were very close, affectionate, and always playing with each other, with no signs of anything unusual.
Synthesizing evidence related to the case, the investigation agency has worked with Nguyen Thanh Trung many times. Up to now, Trung has admitted that the whole incident was made up by him.
Accordingly, because Trung used crystal meth (the last time was on June 25, 2019), he had delusions. When he saw his daughter had an infection due to inadequate care, Trung suspected that TA had abused her, so he asked T. to follow her father's words.
Assessing the entire case, the leader of Nghe An Provincial Police said that this was an extremely complicated, sensitive and difficult case for the investigation process. Due to the false accusation, the whistleblower and those with related interests did not cooperate during the working process with the investigation agency.
In addition, because the collected evidence contradicted Nguyen Thanh Trung's complaint, the investigation agency had to conduct meticulous appraisals many times to produce accurate final results; the process of verifying the background and identity of the accused due to the long geographical distance (Hau Giang)... significantly affected the investigation progress of the police agency.