Prosecution and detention of a subject behaving like a 'gangster' in Thanh Chuong town

Investigation process, initial behaviorextortionof defendant Nguyen Hoang Trung has been proven and clarified by Thanh Chuong District Police. Accordingly, at the end of 2020, Mr. NHT (born in 1992), residing in Thanh Chuong town, borrowed 100 million VND from Nguyen Hoang Trung.

On the due date, he did not have the money to pay and was pressured by Trung, so on March 15, 2021, Mr. NHT brought 9,000,000 VND to Nguyen Hoang Trung's house to pay. Seeing that Mr. NHT did not pay on time and showed signs of procrastination, after receiving 9,000,000 VND, Nguyen Hoang Trung used threatening and intimidating words, kept NHT in the living room, and asked him to contact his relatives to come and sign the remaining debt confirmation paper of 91,000,000 VND.

After each unsuccessful attempt to contact, Nguyen Hoang Trung cursed and beat Mr. NHT.

Defendant Nguyen Hoang Trung. Photo: Duc Vu

Next, Nguyen Hoang Trung drove a car carrying Mr. NHT to meet a friend of Mr. NHT who lived in block 3A, Thanh Chuong town, with the purpose of forcing Mr. NHT to write a loan note of 91 million VND from this person to pay off Trung's debt. Although he did not want to borrow money like this, but under Trung's threat, Mr. NHT was forced to comply.

After getting the money, Nguyen Hoang Trung drove NHT back home. Because of the beating, NHT went to Thanh Chuong District General Hospital for treatment and called Thanh Chuong District Police to report Nguyen Hoang Trung's violation.

On March 15, 2021, Nguyen Hoang Trung was arrested by Thanh Chuong District Police. An emergency search of Trung's residence was conducted. The police seized 1 car, 1 gun (rubber bullet gun), and 23 bullets.

Thanh Chuong District Police are continuing to investigate other violations of Nguyen Hoang Trung.

Duc Vu