The Hanoi People’s Procuracy has just issued an indictment to prosecute three former police officers who worked at Dien Bien Ward Police, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi for the crime of “Abusing position and power to appropriate property”, according to the provisions of Article 355 of the Penal Code.
The three defendants in the case include:
Chu Hai Nam (born in 1993), former officer of the Drug Crime Investigation Police Team of Ba Dinh District Police, who was assigned to support Dien Bien Ward Police;
Ngo Viet Duc (born in 1988), former officer of Dien Bien Ward Police;
Tran Van Cong (born in 1988), former officer of Dien Bien Ward Police.
Illegal acts
According to the indictment, the incident occurred in June 2023 when Chu Hai Nam and two colleagues, Duc and Cong, discovered a young man named Minh with signs of illegal possession of drugs in Dien Bien Ward. After checking, all three determined that Minh was hiding drugs on his person.
However, instead of handling the case according to the law, this group of police officers made a verbal agreement with Minh: if he gave 60 million VND, the case would be dropped, no record would be made or criminal proceedings would be taken.
Notably, after the agreement, Chu Hai Nam and the other two took the initiative to take Minh to an ATM so that he could withdraw cash and give it to them. Hanoi detective, this action was carried out during the shift and took advantage of the name of the police force to pressure and force the violator to give money.
Later, the incident was discovered and these three officers were suspended from work, investigated and prosecuted.
Consequences and consequences
The actions of the three former police officers not only seriously violated the law but also greatly affected the reputation of the People’s Police force in the eyes of the people. Taking advantage of one’s position to appropriate property under the guise of “receiving thank you money” from violators is an unforgivable act and must be dealt with severely.
The case has been transferred to the People’s Court of the same level to prepare for trial according to regulations.
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