Double punishment for 9 young men and women in Nghe An gathering for picnic during quarantine
(Baonghean.vn) - While the whole country was implementing social isolation according to Directive 16 of the Prime Minister, 9 young people organized a picnic, all 9 of them did not wear masks.
On the afternoon of April 13, the Chairman of the People's Committee of Dien Phu Commune (Dien Chau) issued 9 decisions to administratively sanction 9 young people for gathering more than 2 people outside the office and not wearing masks, with a fine of 400,000 VND/case.
Specifically, at around 3:00 p.m., the authorities in Dien Phu commune went to inspect and discovered 9 young men, including: Tr.Th.Th (born in 1998, residing in Tho Thanh commune, Yen Thanh), Ph.TH (born in 1995, residing in Van Thanh commune, Yen Thanh); VVTh (born in 1994), Tr.VQ (born in 1993), Tr.VH (born in 1991), Th.VH (born in 1992), all residing in Dien Thap commune, Dien Chau district; Ph.Th.L (born in 1998, residing in Dien Ky commune, Dien Chau district); Tg.TL (born in 1996) and Tr.THTr (born in 1996) residing in Dien Lam commune, Dien Chau district, gathering to organize a picnic at Xuan Duong lake, in Dien Phu commune.
Of these, 9 people, including 4 men and 5 women, all were not wearing masks.
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A group of young people gathered in large numbers and did not wear masks in public. Photo: D.C. |
According to Mr. Tran Minh Hanh - Chairman of the People's Committee, Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control of Dien Phu Commune, said: Because each case violated 2 errors, including not wearing a mask and gathering more than 2 people outside the office, we fined each case 400 thousand VND, total 3,600,000 VND.
The act of "Failure to implement personal protection measures for people participating in epidemic prevention and control and people at risk of contracting epidemic diseases according to the instructions of health agencies" is stipulated in Point a, Clause 1, Article 11 of Decree 176/2013/ND-CP dated November 14, 2013 of the Government regulating administrative sanctions in the health sector, with a warning or a fine from VND 100,000 to VND 300,000.
It is known that previously in Dien Phu commune, 7 cases were also handled for not wearing masks in public places.