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[Rick Halperin]

Aug. 30



VIETNAM:

Murderer gets death penalty


A gangleader in HCM City was found guilty of robbery and attempted murder
at a HCM City People's Court in Tan Binh District, yesterday.

Dang Quoc Dat, a 25-year-old resident of Tan Phu District, was sentenced
to 3 years in prison for robbery which is moot as he's also been sentenced
to death for attempted murder. An overly harsh punishment but one the
man's victims are unlikely to question.

Le Dinh Tuan, a 25-year-old resident of District 5, and Tran Quang Vuong,
a 23-year-old resident of Binh Thanh District, were handed 24 year prison
terms each for the same charges.

Nguyen Ngoc Huy, 25, a resident of Tan Binh District, was sentenced to 8
years in prison for attempted murder, while Nguyen Dinh Phuong, a
20-year-old resident of Tan Binh District, got 9 months for harbouring
criminals.

At 7 p.m on April 2, Tuan and Vuong snatched a mobile phone from Ngo Bich
Ngoc on Cong Hoa Street in Tan Binhs Ward 13 and ran away.

When the 23-year-old female victim cried for help, Trinh Xuan Tam, 45, and
Tran Quang Kiet, 43, both residents of Ward 13, threw a chair and a
bicycle onto the street to stop the robbers. Tran Manh Thanh, 49, and
others then gave chase.

At 10 p.m, Dat and other members of his gang returned to the site and used
swords to slash and injure Tam, Thanh, Tran Van Muoi and Phan Van Binh to
intimidate residents of Ward 13 for their attempted heroics.

(source: Vietnam News Agency)