Prosecution of biological father, step-aunt abusing an 8-year-old girl leading to death: How many years in prison can biological father Nguyen Kim Trung Thai receive?

April 20, 2022 13:14 GMT+7

On April 19, the Investigative Police Department of Ho Chi Minh City Police confirmed that it had completed the investigation conclusions and transferred all case files to the People’s Procuracy of the same level to propose prosecution. Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang (SN 1995, living in Gia Lai) for the crime of “Murder” and “Torturing others”.

Defendant Nguyen Kim Trung Thai (SN 1985, living in District 1, girl’s father) was proposed to be prosecuted for the crimes of “Torturing others” and “Concealing crimes”.

Nguyen Vo Quynh Trang and Nguyen Kim Trung Thai – 2 accused of abusing an 8-year-old girl who is Thai’s stepchild, leading to death.

Talk to PV Infonet Regarding this case, lawyer Diep Nang Binh – Head of Tinh Thong Luat Office (Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association) said: “Public opinion believes that the prosecution of defendant Nguyen Kim Trung Thai for these two crimes is too light. I agree with this opinion, because we cannot accept such a father.

However, the investigating police agency proposed to prosecute two crimes against defendant Nguyen Kim Trung Thai based on the provisions of the law. With these two crimes, the punishment for Thai can be from 5-10 years in prison.

If people have good morals and good intentions, such a prison sentence is too light, but the lifelong “conscience” sentence is really terrible for a father like Thai.

According to lawyer Diep Nang Binh, administrative violations of domestic violence prevention and control are handled with very low fines. According to Article 140 of the 2015 Penal Code, as amended and supplemented in 2017, the criminal sentence level. “Torturing others” The maximum is only 3 years in prison.

As for the crime of “Concealing a crime”, Article 389 of the current Penal Code stipulates: Committing the crime in the case of abusing position and power to obstruct crime detection or other acts of cover-up. criminal, shall be sentenced to between 2 and 7 years of imprisonment. Thus, for the two crimes mentioned above, the maximum sentence that Thai must receive is 10 years in prison.

Talking about domestic violence and its handling and punishment, lawyer Diep Nang Binh shared: “The Law on Prevention and Control of Domestic Violence (also known as the Law on Prevention and Control of Violence) has been approved issued long ago. According to this Law, domestic violence prevention issues; protection and support for victims of domestic violence; responsibilities of individuals, families, agencies and organizations in domestic violence prevention and control and handling of violations of the law on domestic violence prevention and control are fully stated.

However, that does not mean that domestic violence has decreased. Many cases are serious, complicated, sophisticated, unpredictable and difficult to handle by current legal regulations.

Even more, the problem of domestic violence in recent years has tended to be more serious, more diverse, more complex, and has been leaving tragic and painful consequences for many families, creating great harm to the whole society”.

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