Pulling out fake reporter card to 'ask' traffic police to ignore violation
Driving a car with an expired inspection, the driver quickly pulled out a fake VTV reporter card and asked the traffic police to let him go.
The incident of a driver driving a car with an expired inspection taking out a fake VTV reporter card to "ask" Hanoi Traffic Police happened at around 11am on August 27, at the intersection of Tran Quoc Hoan - Pham Van Dong (Hanoi).
According to initial information, at around the above time, Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Cong Dung and Lieutenant Le Thanh Binh - Traffic Police Team No. 6, Hanoi City Police were on duty at the intersection of Tran Quoc Hoan - Pham Van Dong (Hanoi) and discovered a car with license plate number: 29A-056.70, driven by Nguyen Trung Phuc (born in 1969, in Hoai Duc, Hanoi), traveling from Mai Dich bridge to Thang Long bridge (Hanoi) with a "C" badge on the front, so they asked to stop.
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Driver (black shirt) with the car. |
During the inspection, the police discovered that the car's inspection had expired. It is worth mentioning that immediately after being checked by the police, the driver quickly pulled out a plastic reporter card with the name Nguyen Trung Phuc and the logo of Vietnam Television to "ask" the traffic police to let it go. However, upon verification, the police discovered that the reporter card was fake.
Senior Lieutenant Nguyen Cong Dung, Traffic Police Team No. 6, Hanoi City Police said: "The driver's violation was driving a vehicle with an expired inspection. We made a record, imposed an administrative fine of 2.5 million VND, temporarily detained the vehicle for 7 days, and revoked the driver's license for 2 months.
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The police proceeded to draw up a record of administrative fines and confiscated the fake VTV reporter card for further investigation. |
Regarding the reporter card, after verification from Vietnam Television, we discovered that it was fake, so we temporarily detained the card.
Authorities continue to clarify the incident.
According to Knowledge