Police in Vietnam have proposed prosecuting a local man for his deliberate bodily harm inflicted on his stepchild in September 2017. Tran Quang Long, 28, residing in Rach Gia, the capital city of Kien Giang Province, continuously beat T.T.P., his stepchild, 5, with an aluminum stick on September 22, 2017, causing the kid an injury rate of 31 percent, according the investigation results by the municipal police. The authority says that at around 10:00 pm the same day, Long was consuming a mixture of heroin and methamphetamine – a powerful central nervous system stimulant – in his rented room. In his stupor he shouted at P. when seeing him playing with water. He hit P. multiple times, thinking that the child would not obey him. The child remained dry-eyed, simply staring at the man, which enraged him. Long thrashed the kid with an aluminum hanger that he had unbent and folded in half. The child’s mother, who is Long’s putative wife, was also on the receiving end after imploring him in vain to spare her child from the physical abuse. Local residents ran to the woman and child’s rescue, which prompted the man to halt his violence, but left him swearing loudly in front of his accommodation. The mother, who suspected her child to be in a serious condition, asked Long to take him to a hospital, on the arrival at which he ran away. She filed a lawsuit against the man for his maltreatment one week later. His… [Read full story]
Police in Long An Province on Monday arrested a local man who allegedly tortured his 12-year-old son and caused the boy's death on Saturday. The boy succumbed to severe injuries to his brain and lungs, police in the southern province said. Pham Van Xuyen, 57, who was drunk on Friday evening, tied up his son with a rope and repeatedly beat the boy on his head, back and chest, police said. The father told police that he was angry that night because his son often stole some ducks and eggs from the family. After beating his son, Xuyen left the…... [read more]
arrested last year for beating a mute and mentally-ill teenager in a hotel received a one-year jail term at a trial on Thursday. Nguyen Thanh Son, 43, was sentenced under assault charges as medical tests found that he left permanent injuries on 11 percent of the body of the 15-year-old, who is congenitally deaf and mute, mentally challenged and and has trouble walking. No sex abuse charges were brought against him although police in Nghe An Province found many wounds around the boy’s genital area when they saved him from a local hotel last September. The indictment said Son is…... [read more]
Police in Ho Chi Minh City on Monday said they are seeking murder charges against a local man who tried to kill his wife and their 3-year old daughter with a hammer earlier in January. Le Cong Tin, 28, started the attack after a fight with his wife Mai Thi Thuy Trang. According to the police, Tin and Trang argued over money on January 9. Tin claimed that he had not received his monthly salary yet, but Trang was told by one of his colleagues that his company had already paid its employees. After the heated argument, Tin hit his…... [read more]
Le Thanh Tam, the baby's stepfather, has been taken into custody, according to local police. District police chief Le Xuan Vang said the case was discovered by Tam's neighbours, and both Tam and his wife, the baby's mother, Nguyen Thi Xuan Lan, admitted to the crime. It was alleged that Tam filmed the baby being physically abused on several occasions. The evidence is being kept by police for further investigation. Vang said up to four people could face prosecution for their alleged involvement in the abuse. Dr Nguyen Van Ve of Dong Thap Province where the baby is being treated…... [read more]
Vietnamese police are cooperating with their Cambodian counterparts to investigate a Vietnamese man accused of brutally beating a small child in Cambodia. Speaking to reporters, Major General Ho Sy Tien, Head of the Criminal Police Department, said that the police from both countries are searching for a Vietnamese suspect named Nguyen Thanh Dung from An Giang Province. Nguyen Thanh Dung (right) suspected to be the man who tortured the child in Cambodia (photo by Cambodiadaily) The Ministry of Public Security revealed a video clip showing a Vietnamese man torturing a 2- year-old at a cocoa plantation in Cambodia has been…... [read more]