Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc made the emphasis at hisworking session with Hanoi’s authorities on the prevention of crime andlaw violations on October 21.
According to Deputy Minister ofPublic Security Sen. Lieut. Gen. Le Quy Vuong, criminal cases in Hanoiaccounted for 9.5 percent of the country’s total criminal cases, onlyafter Ho Chi Minh City (10.5 percent).
Deputy PM Phuc askedthe municipal authorities to take stronger measures to fight and preventcriminal offenses to ensure safety for citizens.
Thecommunal and district-level police chiefs must be responsible for theoccurrence of crime in their neighborhood and will be prosecuted if theygive a cover-up, the government leader said.
Hanoi needs topay due attention to the prevention work as well as the coordinationbetween relevant forces with the mass organisations in the fight, Phucnoted.
Director of Hanoi Police Nguyen Duc Chung reported thatin the first ten months of this year, the municipal police brought tolight 4,500 criminal offenses including those relating to 485 offensescommitted in 2012.
The increasing unemployment and debt-riddendifficulties were the major causes behind an increase in criminaloffenses, which happened mainly in the city’s outlying districts.-VNA