Binh Thuan: legal proceedings started against 17 more riot suspects

The People’s Procuracy in Binh Thuan on August 29 approved the launch of legal proceedings against 17 more people concerning the disturbance of public order at the provincial People’s Committee headquarters last June.
Binh Thuan: legal proceedings started against 17 more riot suspects ảnh 1Scene taken at a riot in front of the Binh Dinh People’s Committee headquarters last June. (Photo: VNA)

Binh Thuan (VNA) – The People’s Procuracy in thecentral province of Binh Thuan on August 29 approved the launch of legalproceedings against 17 more people concerning the disturbance of public order atthe provincial People’s Committee headquarters last June.

To date, the number of riot suspects facing legalproceedings has come to 32.

Investigation is underway so that a trial could beginsoon. 

The disturbance began in Phan Thiet City at about 5pm ofJune 10, when a group of people gathered and moved from Phan Thiet Market tothe provincial People’s Committee building to protest draft law provisions onspecial administrative-economic units and leasing land at the units.

They shouted and jostled police and guards of the buildingand incited bystanders to attack police with bricks and stones.

Some even attacked police with homemade petrol bombs, stonesand some other tools, and destroyed the fence and burned the sentry box andseveral rooms of the sentry force. They also damaged the fence around someother provincial agencies.

Traffic near the administration’s headquarters was paralysedwhile over 15 motorbikes were burned down and many facilities were destroyed.

Police were sent to the site, and the crowd was onlydissolved by about 2am of June 11.

According to the Binh Thuan Police, through interrogation, allof the arrested suspects said they were given money to participate in the disturbance. 

According to the provincial Party Committee’s Commission forInformation and Education, demonstrations and social order disturbance in thelocality last June were incited by reactionaries. Most of those persuaded tojoin such incidents were people with a criminal background or drug addicts.

The commission said the disagreement of the special economiczone draft law was just a pretext for arousing public disorders.

The police are searching for the masterminds so that theycould be handled in line with the law.-VNA 
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