Ms. Nguyen Phuong Hang was prosecuted, arrested and detained: Necessary warning!

Hang’s livestreams on social media platforms always have a large number of followers. But the stories surrounding this character have also been controversial for nearly a year…

Before being prosecuted and detained, Ms Nguyen Phuong Hang (SN 1971, permanent resident 17-19 Ngo Duc Ke, Ben Nghe Ward, District 1; General Director of Dai Nam Joint Stock Company) many times on social networks, constantly denouncing many individuals and artists. In particular, on March 3, 2021, Ms. Hang sent an application to the Ho Chi Minh City Police Investigation Department to denounce Mr. Vo Hoang Yen.

In the application, Ms. Hang informed that she and her husband knew Mr. Yen had medical and charity activities. During one of Mr. Yen’s medical examination and treatment in Binh Duong, she and her husband had contact. After that, they supported Mr. Yen to build a pagoda and support people affected by storms and floods. During this time, Mr. Yen confided that many people were in debt when building temples, volunteering, providing free medical treatment, growing medicine…

Nguyen Phuong Hang in a livestream.

Ms. Hang said that because of her gratitude, she transferred a lot of money to Mr. Yen so that he could pay off his debt and do charity work. However, later, upon careful investigation, she and her husband discovered that Mr. Yen did not build temples, volunteer activities and grow medicine as mentioned. Therefore, she accused Mr. Yen of taking advantage of trust to appropriate more than 100 billion VND. Followed by the accusations are countless livestreams “exploiting”, cursing Mr. Yen …

However, in January 2022, the Ho Chi Minh City Public Security Bureau of Investigation officially announced the closure of the investigation and made a decision not to prosecute the criminal case after nearly a year of verification.

In addition, Ms. Hang also went on social networks to livestream and mentioned the names of many artists in charity activities. At the same time, Ms. Hang also filed a complaint against a number of artists such as comedian Hoai Linh, singer Thuy Tien, MC Tran Thanh… not being transparent when doing charity to the Ho Chi Minh City Police and the Ministry of Public Security. …

In the investigation and verification, Ho Chi Minh City Police confirmed that artist Hoai Linh did not steal charity money as reported by Ms. Hang. As for others, the Ministry of Public Security believes that the amount of money the artists receive is less than the amount they give to charity.

Many individuals denounced by Ms. Hang have sent applications to the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department and the Binh Duong Provincial Police. They believe that Ms. Hang has slandered, humiliated others and taken advantage of democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State, the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals.

However, Ms. Hang still conducts livestreams, continues to have bad words aimed directly at those who have denounced her. She even went to the home and workplace of the whistleblower. Many curious people gathered, caused a commotion, and even had conflicts of unrelated people…

In the information of prosecution and detention on the evening of March 24, the Ho Chi Minh City Police said that Ms. Hang had taken advantage of her influence, used the function of social networks on the internet, and organized many radio broadcasts. direct unverified information content, related to the private life of others; in which use insulting words, insulting the honor and dignity of others.

Talking about this case, Lawyer Nguyen Kieu Hung, Liberation Law Firm, Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association, said:There is no denying that Ms. Hang has contributed to uncovering some hidden corners in charity activities, but Ms. Hang’s behavior has exceeded the boundaries of law and morality. This behavior shows signs of breaking the law by infringing upon the legitimate rights and interests of other organizations and individuals. Currently, the investigation agency has prosecuted the accused against Ms. Hang, whether guilty or not depends on the investigation results and the effective judgment of the court. Regarding the act of being prosecuted, Ms. Hang was prosecuted for abusing democratic freedoms and rights to infringe upon the interests of the State, the lawful rights and interests of organizations and individuals according to Article 331 of the Penal Code, criminal punishment. maximum imprisonment of up to 7 years.

Meanwhile, Lawyer Tran Minh Cuong, Law Firm Solution & Partners (S&P), Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association, assessed the prosecution and detention of Ms. Hang as a necessary warning when increasingly appeared. cases of abusing speech in cyberspace to infringe upon the legitimate rights and interests of organizations and individuals. According to Lawyer Tran Minh Cuong, the prosecution and detention of Ms. Hang is a wake-up call from the law to help remind and deter those who have similar behavior online when there are excessive and excessive words. Excessive standards that infringe upon the interests of other organizations and individuals need to be stopped or adjusted in accordance with the provisions of the law…

According to the People’s Public Security