Locals gather to protest at the front yard of the Loc Ha People’s Committee’s office in central Ha Tinh Province on April 3. (Photo: vietnamnet.vn ) Ha Tinh (VNA) – The Investigation Policy Agency ofcentral Ha Tinh province on April 12 decided to prosecute a criminal caseof “public order disruption” and “unlawful seizure” that took place on April 3in Loc Ha district’s Thach Bang commune.
Decision No. 18/CSDT-PC44 was signed by Colonel Tran Hai Trung,deputy director of the province’s Investigation Police Agency and sent to theprovincial People’s Procuracy.
It was based on Article 123 and Article 245 of the Criminal Code,as well as Articles 34, 100 and 104 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
At around 8.40am on April 3, some 2,000 locals carryingslogan-printed banners and loudspeakers evaded the front yard of the Loc HaPeople’s Committee’s office, demanding compensation for the environmental incidentof mass fish deaths caused by the Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company andaccusing the police of hitting citizens with rocks, the Cong an Nhan dan (People’sPolice) online newspaper reported.
At 10.30am, some leaders of the protesters hit and seized policeofficer Nguyen Bao Trung and encircled to prevent others from taking him to thehospital.
The protest was dismissed at 2pm of the same day followingcommunications with local authorities.
Most of the protesters are parishioners of the Trung Nghia parishin Thach Bang ward and Kim Doi parish in Thach Kim ward, the newspaperreported.-VNA
Decision No. 18/CSDT-PC44 was signed by Colonel Tran Hai Trung,deputy director of the province’s Investigation Police Agency and sent to theprovincial People’s Procuracy.
It was based on Article 123 and Article 245 of the Criminal Code,as well as Articles 34, 100 and 104 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
At around 8.40am on April 3, some 2,000 locals carryingslogan-printed banners and loudspeakers evaded the front yard of the Loc HaPeople’s Committee’s office, demanding compensation for the environmental incidentof mass fish deaths caused by the Hung Nghiep Formosa Ha Tinh Steel Company andaccusing the police of hitting citizens with rocks, the Cong an Nhan dan (People’sPolice) online newspaper reported.
At 10.30am, some leaders of the protesters hit and seized policeofficer Nguyen Bao Trung and encircled to prevent others from taking him to thehospital.
The protest was dismissed at 2pm of the same day followingcommunications with local authorities.
Most of the protesters are parishioners of the Trung Nghia parishin Thach Bang ward and Kim Doi parish in Thach Kim ward, the newspaperreported.-VNA
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