Posts Tagged ‘ Police department ’

Vietnamese police accept shortcomings in in-custody death scandal 

December 19, 2011
Vietnamese police accept shortcomings in in-custody death scandal 

Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen holds a photo of her husband, Nguyen Cong Nhut, who died at the Ben Cat District Police Station in Binh Duong Province on April 25 during an interrogation related to crimes at a local tire factory where he worked. Police in Binh Duong Province have said they are responsible for managing their officials [...]

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Students are the new mules 

November 12, 2011
Students are the new mules 

  African drug smugglers shift carriers to avoid detection Preyanooch Phuttharaksa, a 22-year-old Thai student, was arrested on October 29 at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan Son Nhat International Airport for allegedly smuggling more than three kilograms of methamphetamine into Vietnam Everything went smoothly for Preyanooch Phuttharaksa on arrival at Ho Chi Minh City’s Tan [...]

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Accidents waiting to happen 

September 23, 2011
Accidents waiting to happen 

  Mafia-esque bus transportation system a no-holds-barred race fraught with risk Buses wait to pick up passengers on the road outside the Giap Bat Bus Station in Hanoi It took 30 minutes for the bus to travel just one kilometer as it inched its way out of the My Dinh Terminal in Hanoi at around [...]

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Dead Kumho worker not implicated in theft, may have been whistleblower 

August 20, 2011
Dead Kumho worker not implicated in theft, may have been whistleblower 

Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen holds a photo of her husband, Nguyen Cong Nhut, who died at the Ben Cat District Police Station in Binh Duong Province on April 25 during an interrogation related to crimes at a local tire factory where he worked. After nearly four months of investigation, Binh Duong Province detectives have yet [...]

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Cop suspended for violent interrogation in Nha Trang 

August 8, 2011
Cop suspended for violent interrogation in Nha Trang 

Nguyen Truong Vu, a xe om driver, accuses Lieutenant Lang Thanh Dung, a police officer of Nha Trang City Police Department, to beat him up during an interrogation. A police officer in the central province of Khanh Hoa has been suspended pending investigations into accusations that he beat up two residents during an interrogation. Lieutenant [...]

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HCMC traffic accidents, deaths on the rise after two-year break 

May 22, 2011
HCMC traffic accidents, deaths on the rise after two-year break 

At least 220 people were killed in 257 traffic accidents in Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of this year. At least 220 people were killed in 257 traffic accidents in Ho Chi Minh City in the first quarter of this year, compared to 176 fatalities the same period last year, municipal officials [...]

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Vietnamese students gets $90,000 in lawsuit against US cops 

May 11, 2011
Vietnamese students gets $90,000 in lawsuit against US cops 

Ho Quang Phuong has been given $90,000 in compensation by the San Jose Police Department. A Vietnamese student in California has been paid US$90,000 in compensation for being violently beaten up by police officers two years ago, according to a BBC report. Last year, 22-year-old Ho Quang Phuong, a student of the San Jose State [...]

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Bien Hoa police chief fired for criminal links 

January 2, 2011

  The police chief of Bien Hoa Town in southern Vietnam has been dismissed because of his connections to two gangs operating illegal betting, loan sharking and extortion rackets that were busted in April this year. The punishment was meted out to senior lieutenant colonel Nguyen Thanh Long due to “wrongdoing at work,” the Dong [...]

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Capital traffic policemen equipped with tear-gas guns

February 8, 2010
Capital traffic policemen equipped with tear-gas guns

LookAtVietnam – To confront the rise in crimes against traffic police in Hanoi, the capital city’s Traffic Police Department has equipped its staff with tear-gas, electric rods and handcuffs during the lunar New Year festival. Department Chief, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Duy Ngoc explained that the volume of travelers and vehicles would soar this Tet and, [...]

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SOCIAL IN BRIEF 6/12

December 6, 2009
SOCIAL IN BRIEF 6/12

Remains of 36 soldiers reburied in central Vietnam; Flood tides cause havoc in HCM City; Japanese knowhow to halve road fixing times; Phu Tho student killed by police traffic car Remains of 36 soldiers reburied in central Vietnam      The central province of Quang Ngai on Friday buried the remains of 36 soldiers who died [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...