Prosecution of the driver who took the phones of 2 Russian female tourists in Hanoi’s Old Quarter

On May 13, the Police of Hoan Kiem District (Hanoi City) said that the Investigation Police Agency had issued a decision to prosecute the accused against taxi driver Tran Quoc Hung (born 1988, residing in Xuan Phuong, Xuan Truong, province). Nam Dinh) about the act of “Publicity” appropriation of property“.

According to the police, Tran Quoc Hung confessed that at the dawn of May 5, Hung welcomed two Russian female tourists on Lan Ong Street (Hoan Kiem District, Hanoi) to the food street area of ​​Hang Bong ward. (Hoan Kiem District). On the way, because the phone ran out of battery, 2 female tourists asked Hung to charge it.

At about 3 o’clock on May 5, the taxi went to the intersection of Hang Bong Lane and Hang Bong Street, because there was no Vietnamese money, so the two female tourists told the driver to wait to change money.

Taxi driver Tran Quoc Hung took the phone of 2 female tourists.

However, while waiting for guests, Hung saw 2 phones charging and thought that the 2 Russian female tourists who did not know Vietnamese would be difficult to call or report to the police, so he got greedy and drove. run away.

Through verification, at 11:30 a.m. on May 5, Hoan Kiem District Police invited Hung to work, and at the same time recovered 2 mobile phones and returned them to traveler.

Before that, the social network Facebook appeared with pictures and information about two Russian girls having two phones stolen by a taxi driver.

As one of the people present at the time of the incident and helping 2 female tourists, Mr. Hoang Hai (residing in Dong Da district, Hanoi) said that around 3am on 5/5, he and a few people You sit and eat at Hang Bong Street (Hoan Kiem District) when you hear the screams and cries of two young foreign girls.

After that, Mr. Hai and a few friends went to reassure them and learned that these two girls were from Russia, and had only been to Vietnam for 2 days.

According to Mr. Hai, after being reassured by everyone, the two girls went to the police station of Hang Bong ward to report, but due to language differences, they could not write a report. After being guided by the ward police to the hotel, thanks to the language support staff, the two tourists were able to work with the authorities.

According to VTC