What penalty does the taxi driver who takes the phone of two Russian female tourists face the penalty?
As reported, this afternoon (May 5), the police commander of Hoan Kiem district said that in connection with two Russian female tourists, a taxi driver had appropriated two phones in Hang Bong alley – Hang Bong ward, at 11:30 am on the same day, the unit clarified that the taxi driver was Tran Quoc H., 34 years old, in Xuan Truong district, Nam Dinh province.
Driver H. admitted to be the driver of a car with license plate 30A-642.XX and handed over 2 suspected cell phones of 2 female tourists.
Hoan Kiem District Police continued to collect documents to clarify the case and handle it in accordance with the law.
Two Russian female tourists at the police station
Following the case, Dr., lawyer Dang Van Cuong – Hanoi Bar Association said that if the driver did not intend to appropriate it, after discovering the customer’s property left on the car, he would notify the car company. or local authorities to find the owner of the forgotten property, the driver is not breaking the law.
However, in the case of having the purpose of appropriating property, so he left or after discovering that the customer’s property was forgotten but because of greed, he did not return it, both of these situations the taxi driver will face being punished. Criminal prosecution.
Doctor, lawyer Dang Van Cuong – Hanoi Bar Association
Specifically, the case of the verification results showed that the taxi driver had no intention of appropriating property in the first place, because he did not hear the girl’s suggestion, he accidentally left. But when knowing that a customer’s phone is still not returned, this behavior will also be criminally handled for the crime of “Illegal possession of property”.
The law doctor said that, with the asset value of two Iphones up to 50 million VND, if handled for openly appropriating property, this taxi driver could face a sentence of 2-7 years. imprisonment according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 172 of the Penal Code above.
In case the customer’s property is left on the car, according to the law, the taxi driver must report the incident and return this property to the car company for the car company to report the incident. with authorities. Or the driver can also directly notify the authorities (such as the police agency, the People’s Committee) to hand over this property, then the authorities will carry out the notification procedures to find the owner of the property. public.
If the investigation results show that the taxi driver has received the money from the customer, left without knowing that the customer forgot the property, and then when he sees the property, he does not intend to return it, this act is also a criminal act. violate the law. If the property is worth 10 million VND or more, the person who illegally holds the property in this case will be examined for penal liability.
“In the past time, many taxi drivers have been examined and penalized for greed when deliberately appropriating or not returning customers’ property, and even theft and robbery of passengers. This shows that the ethics and business sense of some drivers are not good, lack of understanding of the law or because of greed, they disregard and are willing to commit illegal acts to appropriate property. produce.
The act of stealing money from tourists, extorting property, stealing, openly appropriating money and property of foreign tourists is an act that not only infringes upon property rights but also worsens the tourist environment. history, adversely affecting the reputation of Vietnamese people in the international arena. Therefore, the authorities need to verify, clarify and strictly handle cases like this.”lawyer Cuong recommended.
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