Prosecution of deputy director who hired someone to cut down 9 areca trees
Tam saw that the median strip was planted with many areca palm bushes that were too tall to block the view of the billboards, so he had the idea of hiring someone to cut down the areca palm bushes to create space without blocking the view. Tam hired 3 people to cut down 9 areca palm trees for 15 million VND.
On November 18, the Investigation Police Agency of Tan An City Police, Long An Province, announced that it had just finished the investigation and transferred the case file to the People's Procuracy of the same level, requesting to prosecute the defendants: Tran Thanh Tam, born in 1993, residing on Hoang Hoa Tham Street, Ward 7, Binh Thanh District, Ho Chi Minh City, Deputy Director of a Media LLC located in Ward 5, Go Vap District, Ho Chi Minh City; Duong Thong, born in 1992; Duong Thanh Nghia, born in 2000, residing in Thuy Dong Commune, Thanh Hoa District, Tan An City and Phung Van Bang, born in 2000, residing in Ward 6, Tan An City for property destruction.
Previously, at 6:30 a.m. on September 23, Ward 2 Police, Tan An City, Long An Province received a report from the Tan An City Urban Upgrading Project Management Board that a row of ornamental areca trees on the median strip of Hung Vuong Street, near the intersection of Hung Vuong and Bui Chi Nhuan Streets, Ward 2, Tan An City, had 9 tree trunks cut by a subject. Tan An City Police assigned and directed the Criminal Police Team to coordinate with relevant professional units to conduct a crime scene investigation and investigate the incident.
After 24 hours of investigation, the investigation force identified 3 subjects: Thong, Nghia, Bang who committed the act of sawing 9 ornamental areca trees, temporarily residing in Ward 15, Tan Binh District, Ho Chi Minh City.
At the investigation agency, Tam confessed that previously, Tam's company had a contract to rent advertising space with people on Hung Vuong Street, Ward 2, Tan An City, then rented it to companies with advertising needs and was granted a license.
Through the survey, Tam realized that there were many ornamental areca bushes planted in the median strip of the above area that were so tall that they obscured the view of the billboards, so he had the idea of hiring someone to cut down the bushes to create an open space without obstructing the view. Tam hired the 3 people above to cut down 9 ornamental areca trees, for 15,000,000 VND.
At around 9:30 p.m. on September 22, taking advantage of the rain, darkness, and few people passing by, and to avoid detection by the authorities, the three subjects used mud to smear on two license plates to commit the crime. At the same time, they filmed and took photos of the act of sawing down the ornamental areca tree as a basis for receiving money from Tam. After receiving money from Tam, Thong transferred 3,000,000 VND to Nghia and 2,000,000 VND to Bang.
According to the asset valuation conclusion of the authorities, the 9 ornamental areca trees are worth more than 10 million VND. At the Police Investigation Agency, the 3 subjects admitted to all the above violations.
