Male student drowning in school swimming pool: Prosecution, criminal detention of swimming teacher
Regarding the case of a male student of class 9A1 of Vietnam International School drowning in the school's swimming pool, the Investigation Police Agency has initiated a criminal case and detained Tran Lam Thang (the school's swimming teacher) for the crime of Lack of responsibility causing serious consequences.
Initial investigation results determined that on the afternoon of August 22, class 9A1 of Vietnam International School had a swimming lesson from 1:20 p.m. to 2:00 p.m., taught by teacher Tran Lam Thang. At around 1:20 p.m. the same day, teacher Tran Lam Thang gathered 27 students of class 9A1 in the area in front of the swimming pool to prepare for the lesson.
After letting the students warm up for about 10 minutes, teacher Tran Lam Thang divided one group into sports activities in the school yard. The remaining group of 11 students, including PHA students, were directly led by teacher Thang into the swimming pool to practice swimming.
After leading the students into the pool, this teacher did not give any instructions but sat in a chair at the front of the pool to let the students freely practice swimming. During this process, the teacher did not manage or supervise but just sat in one place and frequently used his mobile phone. Therefore, teacher Thang did not detect that the PHA student went into the pool but did not swim but only went to the section of the buoy line separating the depths of 1.2m and 1.55m and could not go any further. This student struggled continuously for about 3 minutes before sinking.
When the student sank to the bottom of the pool, teacher Thang was still sitting in the same position using his cell phone. About 20 minutes later, he called and asked the students to come ashore and dismissed the class. At this time, no one had discovered that the PHA student had sunk.
At 2:06 p.m., the pool cleaner, Mr. Ha Van Xuan, went to clean the pool and was shocked to discover the PHA student lying motionless at the bottom of the pool in an area with a water depth of 1.55 meters. He and some teachers from the school took the child to Ha Dong General Hospital for emergency treatment. Authorities determined that the PHA student had died outside the hospital.
Based on the collected documents, on August 23, the Investigation Police Agency of Ha Dong District Police issued a decision to prosecute the case and issue a Decision to temporarily detain Tran Lam Thang for the act ofLack of responsibility causes serious consequences, as prescribed in Article 360 of the Penal Code.
The leader of Ha Dong District Police said that the unit is continuing to coordinate with relevant agencies to investigate and handle the incident according to the provisions of law.
