The daughter-in-law's case was affected: her sister-in-law was educated but quit her job and was crazy about her religion

The case of Ms. TTBD (born in 1991), who was influenced by her ex-husband's family due to fanaticism, has received a lot of public attention in recent times.

In June 2024, among the four defendants prosecuted in connection with this incident, two were Ms. D's sisters-in-law. That is Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan (35 years old, former teacher at Phan Boi Chau High School, City Phan Thiet) and Nguyen Thi Hoai Diem (41 years old, former teacher, Ms. Lan's biological sister). The biological father of Ms. Lan and Ms. Diem is the former chairman of the Commune People's Committee.

Many people were surprised that Ms. D.'s husband's family was an intellectual and well-off family in the locality. They did not understand why they were so crazy about religion that things like today happened?

Ms. Lan's extended family has joined a self-proclaimed sect called "Thien Trieu Nam Quoc" since early 2023 until now. Information in Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper said that Ms. Lan, Diem, along with a sister and younger brother (Ms. D.'s husband) are all teachers and state officials who have in turn resigned from their jobs and all They all divorced to focus on setting up worship altars.

At the spacious villa at 241 Bau Me and the isolated plot of land at 29 Tran Binh Trong (Thien Nghiep commune, Phan Thiet city), Ms. Lan's extended family often holds worship ceremonies from 11 p.m. the night before to 4 a.m. the next day.

Mrs. Lan was given the title "General Mulan", general manager of the family group

At first, Ms. D. and Mr. K. (Ms. Lan's husband) also joined the "Southern Kingdom of Heaven", but gradually they realized the absurdity of this evil religion as well as the expense of money, so they intended to leave. out of the organization. From here, Ms. D. began to be tortured because she was considered a disaster. It is known that "Thien Trieu Nam Quoc" is run by a 37-year-old single woman and has just started in Binh Thuan.

As reported, on April 18, Ms. D. went to Phu Thuy Ward Police (Phan Thiet City) to report being beaten and injured by her ex-husband. Ms. D. married Mr. NTT in 2014 and has 3 children together.

After that, the whole family, parents, and sister-in-law moved to rent a house on Nguyen Phuc Nguyen Street, Phu Thuy Ward (Phan Thiet City) because they believed that the villa in Thien Nghiep had "evil spirits."

By the end of December 2023, Ms. D. was forced to sign a divorce petition but still temporarily stayed to take care of her three young children. After that, her ex-husband's family changed the locks, confiscated the phone, and did not let Ms. D. go out.

From this point on, many people in her ex-husband's family began to torment Ms. D. under the pretext of "exorcism;" forced Ms. D. to write a confession of using witchcraft to harm her ex-husband's family, stealing money, and committing adultery. Due to fanaticism, the abuse continued for a long time. The husband's sisters even forced Ms. D. to drink wastewater and cleaning water.

If Ms. D. protests, she will be influenced or declare that if she does not comply, Ms. D.'s 10-year-old daughter will be allowed to drink wastewater. Because she loves her child, Ms. Because two defendants, Nguyen Hong Tam and Nguyen Huu Tinh, assigned to take turns guarding her, Ms. D. could not escape or call for help from those around her.

After that, Ms. D. was taken to a house in Ham Liem commune, Ham Thuan Bac district for 2 days and on April 18, her husband's sister took her to Ms. D.'s biological parents' house in Phong Nam commune (Phan Thiet city). ) to get the notebook that her husband's family thought Ms. D. had stolen. At that time, Ms. D.'s biological parents discovered that their daughter's face, hands and body were covered in injuries, so they shouted and took Ms. D. to the police to report.

On April 16, Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan thought that Ms. D. had stolen money, so she took her to a bank branch in Phan Thiet to check and get an account statement. the opportunity to step out of the house after more than four months of confinement.

However, at that time, she did not dare to escape or ask for help because she was threatened that if she called for help or ran away, Ms. D.'s three young children would be controlled to drink poison.

To prosecute and arrest the defendants in this case was a great effort of the scouts and investigators of the Phan Thiet City Police because the defendants had many very sophisticated coping tactics. These people destroyed all the memory cards in the camera at the house where Ms. D. was detained and discussed agreeing on a statement to bypass the investigation agency.