How is the destruction of important national security works, facilities and means handled criminally?

Article 303 of the 2015 Penal Code, amended and supplemented in 2017, Clauses 1 and 2, stipulates the crime of destroying important works, facilities, and means related to national security, as follows:

1. Anyone who destroys works, facilities or means of transport, information and communication, electricity works, fuel pipelines, irrigation works or other important works related to national defense, security, economy, science - technology, culture and society, if not falling under the cases specified in Article 114 of this Code, shall be sentenced to imprisonment from 03 years to 12 years.

2. Committing a crime in one of the following cases shall be punishable by imprisonment from 10 to 20 years or life imprisonment:

a) Organized;

b) Causing damage or cessation of operations of important national security works, facilities and means;

c) Causing the death of 3 or more people;

d) Causing injury or damage to the health of 03 or more people, with the total body injury rate of these people being 201% or more;

d) Causing property damage of VND 1,500,000,000 or more;

e) Adversely affecting the socio-economic situation;

g) Dangerous recidivism.

3. A person who prepares to commit this crime shall be sentenced to imprisonment from 01 year to 05 years.

4. The offender may also be subject to probation from 01 to 05 years.

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