Ngoc Trinh suspects bail after 'lighting' a series of social media accounts, lawyer clarifies

Model and actress Ngoc Trinh caused a stir, speculating that she was about to be released on bail after moving to reopen a series of social media accounts. Amid many questions, the lawyer recently officially spoke out.

Model Ngoc Trinh (Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh) was detained for 3 months from October 19 to investigate the act of "Disrupting public order" in the criminal case "Disrupting public order", "Using fake documents of agencies and organizations".

However, recently, Ngoc Trinh's social networking sites such as fanpages with more than 2.7 million favorites, 5.9 million followers, personal facebook with more than 3 million followers, Instagram 5.7 million followers suddenly "lit up". Images posing on the side of the motorcycle and also video clips show this model riding a motorcycle without protective gear with offensive positions such as lying down, kneeling on the saddle ... has ceased to exist.

Although these websites only "lit up" after nearly 1 day and continued to be locked and inaccessible, however, some comments suggested that Ngoc Trinh may have been released on bail after being detained. Some other opinions suggest that fan pages, social networks of celebrities in the entertainment world are in charge of hired managers or admins, maybe these people have reopened the above online accounts.

Recently, some press agencies quoted sources as saying that Ngoc Trinh is still being detained by the Ho Chi Minh City Police Department for investigation for "disrupting public order".

Dr. Dang Van Cuong, a lawyer from the Hanoi Bar Association, said that from the information provided by the police agency, it is possible that Ngoc Trinh can only be prosecuted under Clause 1, Article 318 of the Penal Code with a penalty frame of a fine from VND 5,000,000 to VND 50,000,000, a non-custodial rehabilitation penalty of up to 2 years or imprisonment from 3 months to 2 years. This is a less serious crime as stipulated in Article 9 of the Penal Code.

However, the investigating agency prosecuted Ngoc Trinh for disrupting public order and applied temporary detention measures to the investigating accused. Normally, for less serious crimes and serious crimes, there will be no detention, only a ban on leaving the residence after the prosecution of the accused. Temporary detention shall only be applied to defendants prosecuted for less serious and serious crimes if the accused has no clear residence, shows signs of absconding, obstructs investigation activities, etc.

Article 119 of the 2015 Criminal Procedure Code stipulates that the subjects to apply detention measures are the accused or defendants in the following cases: Defendants or defendants who commit very serious crimes or especially serious crimes; An accused or defendants who commit serious crimes or less serious crimes for which the Penal Code provides for imprisonment for more than 2 years and in cases where there are grounds to believe that such person may evade or need to obstruct the investigation, prosecution, trial or may continue to commit the crime.

For defendants who are pregnant or nursing children under 36 months of age or elderly and frail people, seriously ill people with clear residences, they shall not be detained but other preventive measures shall be applied. Only in exceptional cases such as committing serious crimes, committing very serious crimes, committing particularly serious crimes and there are grounds to believe that if not detained, the person may evade or obstruct the investigation or trial or may continue to commit the crime, will he be detained.

Lawyer Cuong said that if he disagreed with the detention decision, Ngoc Trinh had the right to appeal against this decision. The investigating agency will also explain and clarify under which clause of the law Ngoc Trinh has been prosecuted, whether it is a less serious crime or a serious crime and the grounds for detention in this case. If the explanation is not satisfactory or disagrees with the detention decision, the accused has the right to lodge a complaint in accordance with law.

Ngoc Trinh was prosecuted and sentenced to 2 - 7 years in prison, "closing the door" to return to showbiz Kim Lâm10:12:33 15/01/2024The Ho Chi Minh City People's Procuracy said it had completed the indictment, transferred the file to the same level court, and prosecuted Tran Thi Ngoc Trinh (35 years old, from Tra Vinh) for the crime of disturbing public order. At the same time, identify aggravating and mitigating circumstances.