8 suspects identified for assaulting 2 lawyers in Chuong My, Hanoi

Hanoi police have announced the results of the investigation into the assault of two lawyers, Tran Thu Nam and Le Van Luan, in Dong Phuong Yen commune, Chuong My district, Hanoi on November 3.

Colonel Nguyen Duy Ngoc - Deputy Director of Hanoi City Police Department chaired a press conference to announce the initial investigation conclusion of the case in which Lawyer Tran Thu Nam (39 years old, in Cau Giay, Hanoi) of Tin Viet and Associates Law Office and Lawyer Le Van Luan (30 years old, in Dong Da, Hanoi) of Hung Dao Thang Long Law Office were assaulted by a number of subjects.

The police reported the incident.

The Hanoi City Police Investigation Agency has verified and clarified the 8 subjects involved in the incident of beating two lawyers, including: Dang Quang Huy (26 years old, in Nam Phuong Tien commune, Chuong My, Hanoi), Nguyen Duy Ninh (31 years old, in Nam Phuong Tien commune, Chuong My, Hanoi), Luu Cong Thang (34 years old, in Thanh Binh commune, Chuong My, Hanoi), Do Xuan Nguyen (38 years old, in Truong Yen commune, Chuong My district, Hanoi), Cao Van Huan (20 years old, in Nam Phuong Tien commune, Chuong My district, Hanoi), Nguyen Duy Manh (21 years old, in Tan Tien commune, Chuong My district, Hanoi), Hoang Dinh Dan (29 years old, in Phu Nghia, Chuong My district, Hanoi); all 7 subjects above are farmers and Nguyen Gia Tu (38 years old, in Dong Phuong Yen commune, Chuong My district, Hanoi) is an employee of the Credit Fund of Dong Phuong Yen commune, Chuong My.

Initially, the subjects confessed that at around 12 noon on November 3, they sat down to eat at Ngan Trinh restaurant. At 2 pm on the same day, they invited each other to visit a sick person by motorbike in Lung Vi village, Dong Phuong Yen commune, and there was a 4-seat car.

The wounds on the face of lawyer Tran Thu Nam.

There were two lawyers in the car, Tran Thu Nam and Le Van Luan. Because the car was speeding and spraying dust on them, the subjects chased after them. At 3:30 p.m. the same day, the subjects waited on the road for the car to come out and assaulted the two lawyers. The investigation agency determined that Cao Van Huan blocked the car. Then, Huan, Thang, Manh, and Ninh rushed in and used their hands and feet to punch and kick the two lawyers in the face. When lawyer Luan ran away, Do Van Nguyen chased after him and kicked him, causing Luan to fall into the field.

Colonel Nguyen Van Vien said: “The information that among the people who assaulted the two lawyers were commune police officers and that the two lawyers had their cell phones robbed is incorrect. Hanoi City Police have determined that right before the time when the eight young men stopped the car to beat Mr. Nam and Mr. Luan, there was Mr. Nguyen Van Cuu, born in 1982, a police officer of Dong Phuong Yen commune, who was riding a motorbike through that area, but did not stop and did not know or participate in the incident.”

According to Hanoi City Police, lawyer Le Van Luan told the police investigation agency that during the scuffle, Mr. Luan fell into the rice field, then continued to run away. When he returned to the car, he found an old black LG D682 mobile phone. The police investigation agency searched for it but could not find it.

Hanoi City Police is directing the Hanoi City Police Investigation Agency to continue investigating, collecting and consolidating documents and evidence, clarifying the level of violations of the subjects involved in the assault on the two lawyers to strictly handle them according to the law.

According to infonet