Hanoi police intervene, where will the case of TikToker accusing the pho restaurant of evicting customers go?

In response to the news that TikToker VML accused him of being evicted from a chicken noodle shop because he was in a wheelchair, causing anger on social networks, Hanoi City Police Department PA05 stepped in to verify this incident.

Cyber Security and High-Tech Crime Prevention Agency of Hanoi Police along with the authorities are investigating the case of a male TikToker claiming to have been "kicked out of the restaurant because he was in a wheelchair" at a pho restaurant in Hanoi. Noi.

In addition, the Hanoi Department of Information and Communications Inspector also said that the unit is verifying information a TikToker shared on social networks about being kicked out of two pho restaurants for being in a wheelchair.

"We are verifying to see if the incident of TikToker VML being refused service because he is in a wheelchair is true or not. Once everything is clear, we can invite this person to work," said a representative of the Department of Information Inspectorate. Hanoi News and Media said.

Before the authorities got involved, public opinion was shocked by what TikToker VML shared, saying that he and his girlfriend went to a pho restaurant near his house but were refused by the staff, "My restaurant doesn't have staff to help you." carrying someone like you".

Arriving at the second pho restaurant, Mr. L. said that this was a familiar restaurant and the two of them went in to eat normally. The seat was small, his wheelchair was slightly squeezed into the shop owner's space.

"She stood up suddenly, scolded the staff, "Who accepts this person to come here to eat?", the staff said "he often eats here, he usually sits like this". Then I stand"...", Mr. L. wrote.

Mr. VML said: "The meal got stuck in my throat, it was difficult to swallow." He said he was used to this feeling, but his girlfriend's "tears started to fall".

Below the post, L. added that after going out for coffee, he accidentally met foreign guests traveling to Hanoi for the first time and received a souvenir gift with words of encouragement from them.

The article quickly attracted nearly 100,000 interactions with more than 30,000 comments. Some people expressed frustration at the inhumane attitude of the two pho restaurants in the article. There are also people who share and encourage VML to forget sad memories and look forward to positive things in life.

However, the majority are skeptical about the authenticity of the article. Some people even suggested that the VML account publicize the addresses of the two pho restaurants mentioned above to clarify the truth. Because VML's shares not only cause controversy, causing people to have a distorted view of the culture of Hanoi people and shops in Hanoi, but can also affect tourism and the image of the capital in the eyes of international friends. international.

According to Nguoi Lao Dong Newspaper, the pho restaurant owner confirmed that Mr. VML and his girlfriend came to her restaurant. While she was preparing to change shifts, a girl took him in a wheelchair to the restaurant and ordered two bowls of pho. She remembered telling them to sit at the cafe next door to have more space, and then a staff member would bring pho, without intending to chase him away. She affirmed that she did not say "whoever accepts this language, come here to eat" but only reminded that next time they should sit on the other side to avoid getting entangled.

On the evening of January 15, amid the noise of male TikToker VML claiming he was "kicked out of a pho restaurant because he was in a wheelchair", Hanoi Radio and Television broadcast a report at 6:00 p.m. on this incident. In particular, images extracted from the pho restaurant's camera are becoming the focus of discussion. Because what happened on camera and the male TikToker's story do not match.

According to the recorded camera, when Mr. VML and his girlfriend entered the restaurant, because the path was too narrow (less than 1 meter), the restaurant owner and staff were together moving furniture and pho sales baskets to another location. Mr. VML sat right behind the shop owner.

Currently, the male TikToker has disabled commenting on his controversial post. The post received nearly 60k interactions, more than 7.5k shares and more than 53k comments.

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