On the night of September 18, PV Thanh Nien’s source said that the Tan Phu District Police Department had just decided to prosecute the case and arrest Mr. Quach Duy (38 years old) to investigate the act of “abuse of freedoms “. democracy violates the interests of the State, rights and legitimate interests of organizations and individuals ”.
On the afternoon of August 19, the Tan Phu District CSDT police searched the place and work of Mr. Quach Duy and confiscated some related documents.
Previously, on September 9, 2019, on Mr. Quach Duy’s Facebook account “Duy Quach”, there was information about land allocation and land leasing in project 76 Ton That Thuyet, District 4, Ho Chi City Minh, in That said, “The Investigative Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security investigates the allocation of cheap ‘golden land’ related to the vice president of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee, Tran Vinh Tuyen …”. On May 24, the inspector of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications decided to sanction Mr. Quach Duy VND 7.5 million for “posting false information” on the Facebook social network. Also according to the content of the sanction decision of the Department of Information – Communication, the above information of Mr. Quach Duy is “slander, insulting the honor and reputation of other people”.
Disagreeing with this decision, Mr. Quach Duy sued and asked the court to resolve two issues: first, to compel the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Information and Communications to cancel the decision to sanction the administrative offenses against him; forced the Chief Inspector of this Department to compensate him in the amount of 7.5 million VND if he had to pay a fine while waiting for the court to reach an agreement.
Mr. Quach Duy said he provided information quoted and quoted from online newspapers; at the same time, his punishment has not ensured authority and procedures in accordance with the law.
On June 6, 2019, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court judged in the first instance, rejecting Mr. Quach Duy’s petition. On September 10, 2020, the high-level People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City held an appeal trial, dismissing Mr. Quach Duy’s appeal on the content of the lawsuit against the Chief Inspector of the Department of Information and Communications from the city of HCM.