A young man was tricked out of m.oney by his fiancée and trafficked in banned substances to get married to a new person

The trial of Lau Ba Li (30 years old, from Nam Can commune, Ky Son, Nghe An) on March 25 took place quickly because the defendant's crime was quite simple. Lau Ba Li was prosecuted by the People's Procuracy of Nghe An and brought to court for trial on the charge of illegally buying and selling banned substances.

Besides the members of the first instance jury, the escorting police and the defendant, there was no one else. Li's parents currently reside in Laos and did not attend the trial.

Defendant Li's defense lawyer was also not present, only sent a brief defense statement with general opinions.

This Mong ethnic man's path to committing a crime with the highest penalty makes many people feel sad.

Lau Ba Li followed his parents to Laos when he was young, so he can no longer speak Vietnamese fluently. At the age of 20, Li worked as a hired excavator driver and became acquainted with Va Y Sua. "If you two like each other, then just move in together, don't get married yet. She gave birth to two sons," Lau Ba Li said.

Y Sua stays at home to raise the children, while Li still travels around with the excavator, earning every penny to take care of the family and get married, because according to Mong people's customs, they are not considered husband and wife until they get married. When she earned some m.oney, Li thought about a big wedding with the woman who gave birth to her two children.

But life is not as this Hmong guy expected. Y Sua took all of Li's savings and ran away with her lover, leaving behind her first c.hild, over 2 years old, and a 4-month-old b.aby.

"Having spent all the m.oney, she asked to return, but I did not accept. Luckily, the two children had grandparents to take care of them," Li said.

Trafficking banned substances to get m.oney to get married

Then Li met Y Mua, who had just turned 18 years old. Even though he is young, Y Mua always seems to know how to live, promising to take care of and raise his two children with Li. Li also wants to have a good reputation and agree to marry Buy as his wife, especially when the g.irl announces she is pregnant.

If you want to have a wedding, you must have m.oney. Therefore, when Va Bon Ma (Laotian, about 30 years old) invited him to sell banned substances to Vietnam, Li accepted. Because Li has no capital to contribute to the purchase, she will go with Bon Ma to deliver and translate, in exchange Bon Ma pays Li 2,000 USD.

On June 23, 2023, Li drove a motorbike to take Bon Ma to receive a backpack containing banned substances from 3 Lao men in the forest area of Thanh Thuy commune (Thanh Chuong, Nghe An).

After receiving the goods, Li and Bon Ma went deep into the interior of Vietnam. The next day, the two went to Thanh Tien hamlet (Vo Liet commune, Thanh Chuong district), Bon Ma told Li to look after the banned substances, and he went to meet the buyer to get the m.oney. When Bon Ma left, Li was discovered and arrested by the police with 2.2kg of h.eroin.

At the trial, Lau Ba Li admitted the acts as charged in the indictment. This man said he agreed to sell banned substances with Bon Ma to shop and get married.

Li confided that when she learned that her lover was pregnant, she was very happy and wanted to get married as soon as possible. Li also raised 7 buffaloes and cows, but she regretted selling each one, because she thought of letting the buffaloes and cows give birth, raising more herds, and earning a living to raise 3 small children.

"Sell cattle to get married or sell banned substances to get married, which is more profitable?", one person asked. The Mong ethnic man honestly replied: "At that time, I didn't think so. Now that I know, it's too late."

When Lau Ba Li was arrested, her lover decided to go to Thailand to work with the growing pregnancy in her belly.

In this case, Lau Ba Li acted as an accomplice, the crime was simple, the defendant was an ethnic minority, his knowledge of the law was limited, the investigation and trial process appeared sincere. , repentance, repentance... These are circumstances that mitigate the penalty according to the provisions of law.

Comprehensively reviewing the case, the first-instance Trial Panel sentenced Lau Ba Li to life imprisonment.

"I heard that she gave birth to a daughter. She promised to return and take care of the children for me. I miss them very much. I have to try hard to reform so I can return to be with my children. Until I get out of prison." , probably the sons are already married," Li confided.

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