Minister of Public Security directs verification of intervention in handling overloaded vehicles
General To Lam requested Dong Nai Provincial Police to urgently verify, coordinate, and handle this issue; if officers and soldiers are found to have committed violations, they must be strictly punished.
On the afternoon of November 25, General To Lam, Minister of Public Security, directed and assigned the Ministry of Public Security Inspectorate and a number of functional units of the Ministry to inspect, verify, and clarify information reported by the press about the Dong Nai Provincial Traffic Police intervening to handle overloaded vehicles; and report to the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security as soon as possible.
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| Minister of Public Security directs verification of intervention in handling overloaded vehicles |
Previously, the press reported on the intervention of some officers and soldiers of the Dong Nai Provincial Traffic Police in handling overloaded vehicles, causing outrage in public opinion and negatively affecting the image of the People's Public Security force in general and the Traffic Police force in particular.
General To Lam requested Dong Nai Provincial Police to urgently verify, coordinate, and handle this issue; if officers and soldiers are found to have committed violations, they must be strictly punished in accordance with the law and regulations of the People's Public Security force.
Previously, initial information from the press agencies reflected that two officers of the Road and Railway Traffic Police Department of Dong Nai Province Police had filed a complaint in the past month accusing leaders of the team and department of "protecting" and interfering in the process of handling traffic violations, not allowing overloaded vehicles on the national highway to be handled.
These traffic police officers requested law enforcement agencies from central to local levels to clarify that team and department leaders "have repeatedly protected overloaded vehicles and intervened with subordinates to release overloaded vehicles" in Dong Nai province.
The whistleblowers also said that when they expressed their opinions about the above protection, they were immediately transferred to other jobs.
At noon on November 23, the leader of Dong Nai Provincial Police confirmed to the press that they were investigating and clarifying information about the incident./.