Bong Lai Pure House Case: Defense lawyer is investigated for distributing videos with signs of crime

The Investigation Police Agency of Long An Public Security has received a crime report from the Department of Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention related to lawyer Dao Kim Lan.

On March 9, according to Zing's source, the Long An Provincial Police Investigation Agency received a crime report from the Cybersecurity and High-Tech Crime Prevention Department (A05) - Ministry of Public Security. related to lawyer Dao Kim Lan (Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association), one of the five defense lawyers for the defendants in the Bong Lai Tinh That case.

According to the content of the crime report, lawyer Dao Kim Lan had an act of spreading online videos, images, words and articles with criminal signs about A.buse of democratic freedoms, infringing upon violate the interests of the State, the legitimate interests of organizations and individuals according to Article 331 of the Penal Code. The entire content of the criminal report has been received and accepted by the Long An province's procedural agency, if there are enough criminal signs, the case will be prosecuted.

Regarding the case, the representative of the Vietnam Bar Federation said that the unit received an urgent request for help from lawyer Dao Kim Lan dated February 28.

In the petition for help of lawyer Lan, Mr. Lan and a number of lawyers in the process of defending the defendants of the Bong Lai Tinh That case (address 191A Lap Thanh hamlet, Hoa Khanh Tay commune, Duc Hoa district, province) Long An) used the Youtube channel to record activities and journeys related to the case.

Lawyer Lan confirmed that he had received a notice from the Long An Provincial Police with the content: Mr. Dao Kim Lan has acted in the cyberspace of spreading videos, pictures, words, and articles with criminal signs. on A.buse of democratic freedoms, infringing upon the interests of the State and the legitimate interests of organizations and individuals, according to Article 331 of the Penal Code.

After receiving lawyer Lan's petition for help on March 5, the Vietnam Bar Federation said that it had worked with Mr. Lan and a number of related lawyers, and asked this lawyer to immediately remove the documents. videos on the social network Youtube. In addition, the Vietnam Bar Federation is ready to coordinate and send representatives to work with the Long An province's procedural agencies in case of necessity on content according to the crime report of the Cybersecurity Department.

In the case that happened at Tinh That Bong Lai, there were 5 lawyers defending the defendants, including lawyers Trinh Vinh Phuc, Dang Dinh Manh, Nguyen Van Mien, Ngo Thi Hoang Anh and Dao Kim Lan (Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association). Ho Chi Minh City).

Previously, Mr. Le Tung Van was sentenced to 5 years in prison by the first instance level of the People's Court of Duc Hoa district and the appellate level of the People's Court of Long An province for "abusing the rights of people's liberties and owners to infringe upon the interests of the State, the legitimate interests of organizations and individuals". In the same case, 5 other people of "Peng Lai Tinh Gia" were also sentenced to 3-4 years in prison for the same crime.

After the appellate court pronounced the sentence and the 5 people in temporary detention expired the prescribed appeal time, the criminal judgment enforcement agency sent these 5 people to execute the judgment. Particularly, Mr. Le Tung Van, during the investigation, prosecution and trial, was released on bail by the prosecution agency because of his old age, weakness, and many diseases.

It is known that, after the judgment took effect, on December 7, 2022, the Chief Justice of the People's Court of Duc Hoa district issued a decision to execute the prison sentence for the defendant Le Tung Van. However, there was still no move to show that Mr. Van was going to execute the sentence.

On December 19, Mr. Le Tung Van submitted an application to postpone serving the prison sentence to the People's Court of Duc Hoa district. The reason given is that he is old, weak, has many chronic diseases such as: hypertension, type 2 diabetes, chronic anemia, coronary stenosis, stomach ulcer syndrome, duodenal disease, kidney disease stage 3...

On December 22, 2022, the People's Court of Duc Hoa district issued a decision to solicit an assessment, requesting the Medical Assessment Center of Long An province to conduct an assessment of the disease status with Mr. Van to have a basis for settlement. However, after that, Mr. Le Tung Van did not go to the Medical Assessment Center of Long An province for assessment.

Currently, the People's Court of Duc Hoa district is waiting for the examination results to have an official decision on the e.xecution of the sentence of defendant Le Tung Van in accordance with the law.

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