Son Tung M-TP was fined twice as heavy, why?

Many people wonder about Son Tung being fined 70 million instead of 30-40 million.

Mr. Pham Cao Thai, Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, told Zing Son Tung was absent from the meeting with the inspector of the Ministry on the afternoon of May 5. The male singer's representative came to work.

Mr. Thai said the inspector had issued a decision to impose an administrative penalty on Son Tung's company. Specifically, the inspector decided to sanction Son Tung's company 70 million VND according to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 13, Decree 38/2021/ND-CP.

"The regulation under Clause 3, Article 13 stipulates a fine level of 30-40 million VND. But for the organization, Son Tung M-TP Company, the sanction is doubled. Therefore, the inspector sanctioned the company. of Son Tung 70 million VND", Mr. Thai explained.

In addition, Son Tung must also take remedial measures as prescribed in Clause 5, Article 13 of Decree 38, including forcible destruction of audio and video recordings; forcible return of illegal profits obtained from the commission of violations; Forced removal of audio and video recordings in the network and digital environment.

Previously, on April 29, talking with PV Dan Tri, Mr. Luu Dinh Phuc - Director of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information - Ministry of Information and Communications said that he had received an exchange document from the Ministry of Culture. -TT&DL about the content of the new MV of male singer Son Tung M-TP.

After evaluating the content in the MV, the Ministry of Information and Communications found that this MV has a bad impact on young people, especially in the context that some young people have psychological problems today.

The Ministry of Information and Communications immediately requested cross-border platforms to remove this MV.

Before the wave of harsh reactions from the audience and the media, on the evening of April 29, Son Tung M-TP officially apologized to "those who had uncomfortable feelings after watching this MV", stopping the release. Controversial MV. Currently, the MV "Theres no one at all" is no longer displayed on YouTube Vietnam.

Before being deleted, this MV reached about 8 million views and 600,000 likes after about a day of posting.

On the side of the Performing Arts Department - Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Meritorious Artist Tran Ly Ly talked to PV Dan Tri, watched the MV and as soon as it received the information, the Performing Arts Department immediately got involved. The Department has sent a document to the competent agencies to cooperate in handling the case.

"The Department of Performing Arts found that the performance content of the audio and video recording "Theres no one at all" (roughly translated: "There is no one") carries a negative, non-educational message to many people. The scene of chasing, smashing, violence and ending with the image of a suicide character has had a strong impact on the psychology of viewers, can influence and orient the negative behavior of society, especially children. ", Ms. Tran Ly Ly said.

The Department of Performing Arts assessed that the above content shows signs of violating the regulation banning "the use of costumes, words, sounds, images, movements, means of expression, forms of performing acts contrary to the law" customs and traditions of the nation, negatively affecting morality, community health and social psychology" in Clause 4, Article 3 of Decree No. 144/2020/ND-CP dated December 14, 2020 of the Government regulations on performing arts activities.

On the evening of April 28, male singer Son Tung M-TP released the MV for the song 100% in English called "Theres no one at all".

Son Tung transformed into a boy with a difficult childhood, an orphan who grew up in an orphanage. It was the absence of parental love that caused his soul to have constant struggles. He grew up to be a troublemaker. There are even scenes of being chased, beaten...

Many people were startled when Son Tung M-TP chose a negative ending for his character. As a youth idol, the way he built a tragic situation like this has been strongly reacted by the audience.

Especially in the context that there have been many cases of students jumping to suicide in recent times, many parents are worried that Son Tung's MV may have a bad impact on young people. Others responded that the MV promotes negative actions and extreme thinking.

Son Tung was fined 70 million, removed the new MV on all platforms, returned all revenue Rosé19:42:02 05/05/2022In addition to a fine of 70 million VND, the authorities asked Son Tung M-TP's company to destroy the video recording Theres no one at all. On the afternoon of May 4, Mr. Pham Cao Thai, Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism confirmed to Zing that he had...