Punish young man for posting on social media content insulting the police force

On December 20, Quynh Luu District Police issued a decision to fine Mr. NTT (born in 1987), residing in Quynh Luu District, Nghe An Province, for postingfalse information, insulting the reputation of agencies and organizations on social networks.

Previously, through the work of grasping the situation, the Internal Political Security Department, Nghe An Police discovered that Mr. NT T's Facebook account posted false information about the activities of Quynh Luu District Police. The Internal Political Security Department coordinated with Quynh Luu District Police to work with NTT on the use of his personal Facebook account to post and comment on false information, insulting the reputation of the police force.

Police work with violators. Photo: Duc Vu

At the police station, Mr. T. confessed that at 8:00 a.m. on December 15, 2022, NHT was driving a motorbike on the road in Son Hai commune, Quynh Luu district when he saw the Quynh Luu district police working group on duty. At this time, T. used his personal phone to take photos of district police officers handling traffic safety violations and then posted them on his personal Facebook account with false content, insulting the police force with the aim of attracting likes and "warning" people around.

For the above violation, on December 20, 2022, Quynh Luu District Police issued a decision to administratively sanction Mr. T. according to the provisions of Point a, Clause 1, Article 101, Decree No. 15/2020/ND-CP dated February 3, 2020 of the Government stipulating sanctions for administrative violations in the fields of post, telecommunications, radio frequencies, information technology and electronic transactions (amended and supplemented in Decree No. 14/2022/ND-CP dated January 27, 2022), with a fine of 5 million VND.

After realizing his violation, T. removed the post, posted an apology to the police officers of Quynh Luu district on his personal Facebook page and pledged not to repeat the offense. Screenshot