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On the afternoon of December 16, after two days of work, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court announced the punishment for 19 defendants who supported and covered up in the case of Le Quoc Tuan (former policeman from District 11, City Ho Chi Minh) shot and killed 5 people in Cu Chi district, HCMC.
The panel began to pronounce the sentence
Specifically, the Panel sentenced the defendant Pham Thanh Tam (ie Ty Ba Di) to 5 years in prison for “Illegal Storage of Military Weapons”, 8 years in prison for “Possessing property committed by another person”. have. “The sum of the sentence that this defendant served was 13 years in prison.
Likewise, the first instance level decided to fine the remaining 18 defendants from 1 year in prison to 7 years in prison for: “Possession of property committed by another person”, “Illegal possession of military weapons.” “,” Concealment of criminals “,” Failure to report crimes “,” Illegal purchase and sale of military weapons. “Among them, 5 defendants served a 7-year sentence.
Tý Bà Dôm (center) was sentenced to 13 years in prison
Coinciding with the prosecution’s point, the Trial Panel said that the defendant Pham Thanh Tam had a hidden act of carrying guns, bullets and grenades from Cambodia to Vietnam. After that, Tam gave Le Quoc Tuan and several other subjects to keep the mentioned weapons. Tuan used these weapons to cause a particularly serious case, killing 5 people and wounding two others. Furthermore, Tam and several other defendants admitted to hiding all the stolen money in the silver slot awarded by Tuan (VND 802 million). Since then, the judicial body has concluded that the accused committed the two previous crimes.
The other defendants knew of the incident but intentionally helped the accomplices to hide, not to cry over the gun and bullets; provided effective support to Le Quoc Tuan during his escape; do not report to the police. The actions of the accused caused many difficulties in the process of investigation and capture of the perpetrator of the tragedy.
The defendants before the verdict
The Panel noted the sincerity and repentance of all the accused demonstrated during the trial; and many other extenuating circumstances (families with meritorious services to the revolution, difficult circumstances…). At the same time, the Panel considered partially reducing the sentence for a number of defendants who voluntarily surrendered and reported.
According to the first instance verdict, due to a game conflict, Tuan used an AK pistol to shoot and kill 5 people, injuring 2 people. This object also stole 3 motorcycles with 800 million VND and then escaped. The Ho Chi Minh City police concluded that the above acts had sufficient factors to constitute the crime of “murder”, “theft of property”, “illegal storage and use of military weapons”. In the process of hiding, Tuan was destroyed by fighting the force that arrested him. Therefore, the police suspended the investigation of the criminal case against the defendant Le Quoc Tuan.
The defendants heard the verdict of the panel
Regarding the case, Pham Thanh Tam (aka Ty Ba Du, SN 1978) went to Cambodia to buy 1 AK gun, 1 K54 pistol, 1 K59 pistol and 1 bag of ammunition and collected 2 grenades to take back to Vietnam. hide. After that, Tam gave Le Quoc Tuan and several other subjects to keep the mentioned weapons. Tuan used these weapons to cause a particularly serious case like the one above. Furthermore, Le Quoc Tuan gave Tam all the money he had stolen from the casino.
The other defendants intentionally helped the accomplices to hide, not cry, weapons and bullets; Accommodation, media and food arrangements helped Le Quoc Tuan hide. Failure to report or conceal hinders the investigation process.
Due to the content of the complaint, the investigator by corporal punishment presented by a defendant, the judicial agency found that despite the information, the defendant did not determine the name and age of the investigator. Therefore, the judicial body has no basis to accept the complaint.
Due to the fact that the subject Le Quoc Tuan died in the escape process, the victims, the injured representative can only initiate a civil lawsuit if he intends to claim damages.
Regarding the handling of the evidence, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court assigned all the weapons seized during the investigation of the case to the City Police to handle them in accordance with their competence. In addition, the court decided to confiscate and pay the state budget 802 million dong, the money from the murder and robbery of Le Quoc Tuan.
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