Police in the central province of Ha Tinh on June 9 arrested threemen and charged them with stealing property from factories and theconstruction site belonging to the Hung Nghiep Formosa company in VungAng Economic Zone.
Police in Duc Tho district arrested DangAnh Hung, 23 in Duc Chau commune on suspicion of theft. Hungconfessed to taking advantage of disturbances in the zone on May 14 tosteal assets from enterprise.
Meanwhile, Cam Xuyen districtpolice captured Trinh Xuan Canh, 32, and Nguyen Huu An, 30, in Cam Quancommune and charged them with committing similar acts. The two allegedlymingled with crowds in the zone protesting against China’s illegalplacement of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s waters, before looting from thesite.
Earlier, Duc Tho police seized several stolen itemsfound in the house of Le Thai Tuyen in Duc Dong commune. These werebelieved to have been passed to him by Nguyen Chi Thanh from Bao Locdistrict, Lam Dong province and Pham Van Chat from Quynh Luu, centralNghe An province, after the duo stole them on the night of May 14.
Anti-China parades on May 14 tuned violent, when some people tookadvantage of the situation to set fire to the houses and workplaces offoreign workers and loot company assets, machinery and other equipment.The Formosa company was particularly affected.
The province mobilised 600 police and military officers to disperse the crowds and take foreign workers to safe places.
The local authorities have returned stolen assets to enterprisesoperating in the zone, while the provincial police is also continuingits investigations to reclaim the stolen property.-VNA
Police in Duc Tho district arrested DangAnh Hung, 23 in Duc Chau commune on suspicion of theft. Hungconfessed to taking advantage of disturbances in the zone on May 14 tosteal assets from enterprise.
Meanwhile, Cam Xuyen districtpolice captured Trinh Xuan Canh, 32, and Nguyen Huu An, 30, in Cam Quancommune and charged them with committing similar acts. The two allegedlymingled with crowds in the zone protesting against China’s illegalplacement of a drilling rig in Vietnam’s waters, before looting from thesite.
Earlier, Duc Tho police seized several stolen itemsfound in the house of Le Thai Tuyen in Duc Dong commune. These werebelieved to have been passed to him by Nguyen Chi Thanh from Bao Locdistrict, Lam Dong province and Pham Van Chat from Quynh Luu, centralNghe An province, after the duo stole them on the night of May 14.
Anti-China parades on May 14 tuned violent, when some people tookadvantage of the situation to set fire to the houses and workplaces offoreign workers and loot company assets, machinery and other equipment.The Formosa company was particularly affected.
The province mobilised 600 police and military officers to disperse the crowds and take foreign workers to safe places.
The local authorities have returned stolen assets to enterprisesoperating in the zone, while the provincial police is also continuingits investigations to reclaim the stolen property.-VNA
