The deputy editor-in-chief of Van Nghe newspaper was accused of raping a colleague: It is difficult to handle the criminal, but must revive the ‘conscience court’ of the corrupt

On the night of April 6, a hot social network spread an open letter from the Facebook page Da Thao Phuong accusing a deputy editor-in-chief of raping and slandering her 22 years ago.

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Talk to PV Infonet Regarding the case, lawyer Hoang Tung stated: “The case has passed for more than 20 years and the statute of limitations for criminal prosecution has expired.

Once again, the case was brought up, although it is impossible to undo the damage to the victim, cannot officially force the perpetrator to receive the appropriate punishment, but this action of Ms. Thanh Thuy worthy of approval and support.

We cannot feel the guilt, shame, loneliness, and negative emotions that the victim has experienced, but we can share it by speaking up and expressing our views on the case.

Speak up so that the bad guys can’t “gloat” because bad things are not detected, speak up so that the “conscience court” comes to life in him.

Everyone needs to be held accountable for their wrongdoing. From the perspective of spreading awareness and alerting society, this job promotes cases of sexual harassment and sexual abuse to be brought to light, giving victims a part of their trust from society, from the strictness of the law; Above all, promote gender equality and promote the progress of the whole society.

In addition, from the perspective of the press, the lawyer said that a person in the leadership position of the social criticism unit but being condemned by society for morality is completely contradictory and needs to be considered and handled. suitable.

Acts of sexual harassment, sexual abuse (if any) even though the statute of limitations for criminal handling has expired, it still needs to be clarified.

Also according to lawyer Hoang Tung, the Writers’ Association – the newspaper’s governing body needs to take practical actions to clarify the responsibilities of the accused, and at the same time purge and clean this unit’s apparatus.

Before that, on the morning of April 7, answering reporters Infonet Over the phone about hot information spreading on social networks, Mr. A, who was accused, said that he was aware of an open letter denouncing him.

Answering the question ‘do you have any response to these allegations’, Mr. A said, “I have no opinion, because I do not know where this will go and how, so I do not have an opinion”.

“From my personal point of view, these words are not completely correct,” added Mr. A, but “how can not be said yet”.

Mr. Nguyen Quang Thieu, Chairman of the Vietnam Writers Association affirmed that “the association will soon have an opinion” on the case.

Talking about the issue of sexual harassment and abuse, lawyer Hoang Tung (Head of VPLS Trung Hoa, Hanoi) shared: “Sexual harassment and sexual abuse is not a new issue, but up to this point they are Because this is a time when gender equality in Vietnam has a certain position, young people do not hesitate to speak up, full of enthusiasm and determination for social progress.

More worrying is that recent sex offenders mostly have good identities, are educated, and have a certain social status.

They have the ability to be aware of the behavior, but still intentionally perform and use many methods to manipulate the victim to satisfy their best interests, making the victim submissive.”

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