Prosecution of the man who kidnapped two girls to film pornographic clips
Listening to the seduction of his foreign lover, Vi kidnapped two girls on Nguyen Hue walking street and brought them to his apartment in Saigon Pearl, where he filmed 12 pornographic clips and sent them to his lover.
The People's Procuracy of Ho Chi Minh City has just completed the indictment against Pham Huynh Nhat Vi (21 years old, residing in Ward 22, Binh Thanh District) for the crimes of "Using a person under 16 years old for pornographic purposes" and "Appropriating a person under 16 years old".
According toprosecute, through a dating app on social networks, in October 2023, Vi met and had a relationship with a foreign man named Richard (currently unknown). After that, the two met many times and Richard sent Vi sex clips to watch.
In early December 2023, Richard left Vietnam. After that, Richard texted Vi many times, asking her to find and seduce girls aged 6-12 to film pornographic clips. He asked Vi to send the clips to Richard after filming. In return, he promised to give Vi money and said he would return to Vietnam to marry her.
Around March 2024, Richard sent Vi $500 and told Vi to find girls, then rent an apartment for Vi to film pornographic clips.
On the evening of April 3, Vi went to Nguyen Hue walking street to look for and seduce girls. There, Vi saw two girls, NKTM (7 years old) and LHTL (3 years old), wandering around selling candy without their mother by their side.
Vi approached and chatted with the two girls, gave them 10,000 VND, and enticed them to eat fried chicken and ice cream. Vi took pictures of the two girls and sent them to Richard, who then chose M. to commit the act. Since the two girls were together, Vi decided to seduce both of them.
Vi took the two children on foot through many streets from District 1 to District 8, while walking, Vi texted Richard to discuss accommodation. A while later, Richard texted to inform that he had rented an apartment in Saigon Pearl apartment building (Ward 22, Binh Thanh District).
Richard rented the apartment through an apartment rental app. Richard then guided Vi through the use of the apartment.
After that, Vi took a technology taxi and took the two children back to the rented apartment in Saigon Pearl apartment building.
During the investigation, Vi admitted to her actions and the police had evidence to determine that between the evening of April 3 and April 7, Vi filmed 12 pornographic clips and sent them to Richard.
On April 8, the Criminal Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police coordinated with District 1 Police and Binh Thanh District Police to raid the apartment, successfully rescued the two children and brought Vi back to work.
As reported, at 8pm on April 3, Ms. Nguyen Thi C. (27 years old, living in District 7) and her 4 children stood at area 1, Dong Khoi Street to sell candy. She then went to meet an acquaintance about 100m away.
Two girls, NKTM and LHTL, went to sell candy together; the 10-year-old girl took care of her 9-month-old sister. 30 minutes later, Ms. C. panicked because she could not find M. and L. She ran everywhere looking for them but could not find them. Ms. C. then reported to the authorities.
