Why was the famous Facebook owner in the Central Highlands arrested for the second time?
During the investigation, the police determined that Tran Minh Loi had posted 7 articles and 4 videos on his personal Facebook page with content insulting the honor, dignity, and reputation of a district judge.
On December 2, information from the Dak Lak Provincial Police Department of Investigation said that it had issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Tran Minh Loi (born in 1968, residing in village 4, Ea Bhok commune, Cu Kuin district) to investigate the act of "Abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, the rights and legitimate interests of organizations and individuals", as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 331 of the 2015 Penal Code; amended and supplemented in 2017. The decisions were approved by the People's Procuracy at the same level.
According to the initial investigation, Tran Minh Loi used his personal Facebook page “Tran Minh Loi” to post 7 articles and 4 videos with information related to the accusation of wrongdoing by Mr. Le Loi (Chief Justice of Cu Kuin District People’s Court) between May and July 2022. Through verification, these articles and videos have insulted the honor, dignity, reputation, and infringed on the rights and legitimate interests of Mr. Le Loi.
Tran Minh Loi is known to netizens as the owner of the Facebook account Tran Minh Loi, a "famous" person in the Central Highlands and has been given the title "Hero" of anti-corruption by many people. On his Facebook, Loi uses the slogan "Fighting corruption does not belong to anyone", "Destroy internal invaders"... However, Loi has taken advantage of his "label" to commit illegal acts for personal gain.
In 2016, Loi was arrested by the Dak Nong Provincial Police Department for the crime of "Bribery" in connection with a case that occurred in Dak Mil district. Expanding the investigation, Dak Nong Provincial Police determined that Loi was also involved in another case in Dak Lak province in 2014 with the same crime of "Bribery".
For his crimes in the two cases, Loi was sentenced to 4 years and 6 months in prison by the Dak Nong Provincial People's Court as well as the High-Level People's Court in Ho Chi Minh City. After being released from prison in 2022, Loi opened Tran Minh Loi TV Legal Consulting Service Company Limited located at Loi's house in village 4, Ea Bhok commune, Cu Kuin district, specializing in consulting people on issues related to land disputes, property, complaints, denunciations of officials... with the legal status of Deputy Director of the company.
