YouTuber Le Chi Thanh asked for a reduced sentence to return to his family soon to take care of his children but was not approved

The jury thought that the sentence imposed by the first instance court was appropriate, so it did not reduce the sentence.

On April 12, the People's Procuracy of Binh Thuan province said that it had completed the indictment against Le Chi Thanh (39 years old, a native of Binh Thuan province) for abusing democratic freedoms to infringe upon the interests of the State. State, lawful rights and interests of organizations and individuals.

According to the indictment, from July to October 2020, Thanh used the account "Facebook Le Chi Thanh", to post videos and articles with content that distort the truth, infringe upon the interests of the State, lawful rights and interests of the People's Court, lawful rights and interests of the People's Public Security, the title of Deputy Minister of Public Security and personally Colonel Le Ba Thuy - superintendent of Thu Duc prison (Z30D).

According to the indictment, Le Chi Thanh used to work in the police force from February 2003 to 2020, the rank of captain. While working at Xuan Loc prison (Dong Nai), Thanh violated the regulations of the People's Police. On July 31, 2020, Thanh was stripped of the title of People's Public Security.

After being disciplined, Thanh complained but was resolved to keep the old level. Thanh went online to say that the Deputy Minister of Public Security abused his power to discipline him. In addition, Thanh also posted many other content and articles that the indictment said were misleading and untrue, affecting other organizations and individuals.

Previously, on January 14, Thanh was sentenced to 2 years in prison by the People's Court of Thu Duc City (HCMC) for resisting public officials. In this case, Thanh is appealing because he thinks the punishment is too heavy.

On April 13, the People's Court of Ho Chi Minh City opened an appellate trial of defendant Le Chi Thanh for the crime of "resisting people on official duty". The appellate trial took place due to the appeal of defendant Le Chi Thanh, arguing that the sentence of the first instance was too heavy compared to the defendant's crime.

At the appellate court session, defendant Le Chi Thanh presented that, about his behavior, defendant Thanh just wanted to ask the working group to comply with the provisions of the law, using a special vehicle to transport the defendant's car to his home. headquarters. The defendant stated that the things the defendant did affect the public official. The defendant's act, obstructing the traffic police to bring the vehicle to the place of impounding the violating vehicle is against the law.

"The first-instance level declared the defendant "resisting on duty" was not unjust, but the 2-year prison sentence was too heavy. The defendant was angry, so he could not limit his behavior. The defendant repented. Regarding his behavior, I hope the jury will consider reducing the sentence, so that he can return to his family soon and take care of his children," defendant Thanh testified in court.

Regarding the filming of a video clip to post on social networks, defendant Thanh said that it was not for any purpose, just wanted people to know traffic laws and let law enforcement officers comply with the law. The representative of the Procuracy said that the defendant had many mitigating circumstances, so he asked the court to reduce Thanh to 6 months in prison.

The lawyer also argued that his client repented and had a good character, so he asked the court to impose a sentence of detention. After deliberation, the trial panel (Trial panel) determined that the first-instance judgment that sentenced defendant Thanh was the right person and the right crime.

The court noted that the defendant also had achievements in the previous work process, the family had contributed to the revolution, which were new details that had not been considered. However, the jury thought that the sentence imposed by the first instance court was appropriate, so it did not reduce the sentence.

The police said that before that, Le Chi Thanh had repeatedly performed acts of obstructing the functional forces (here the traffic police) in performing their duties, creating pretexts for provocation, misrepresenting and giving false information. on public service. After that, Thanh spread it on social networks with the purpose of attracting followers for personal gain, adversely affecting security and order.

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