Six people detained and prosecuted for abduction of 16-year-old girl

Your browser does not support the audio element. The defendants said that the victim owed Tuấn and Hạnh money while working for them, and fled while the debt had not been cleared.  Defendants Danh Tuấn, Trần Thị Hạnh and Trần Văn Quí (left to right) at the police station. — VNA/VNS Photo

AN GIANG — Chợ Mới District Police on Monday announced a detention and prosecution order has been issued for six people involved in an illegal abduction of a  一 六-year-old girl. 

The decision has been approved by the People’s Procuracy of the same level. 

The six defendants are Danh Tuấn (born  一 九 九 一), Trần Thị Hạnh (Tuấn’s wife, born  一 九 九 八), Trần Văn Bảo (born  一 九 九 一), Hồ Thanh Hậu (born  一 九 九 三) from Kiên Giang Province; and Nguyễn Văn Đan Thuần (born  二00 六) and Trần Văn Quí (born  二00 六) from An Giang Province. 

Defendants Trần Văn Bảo, Hồ Thanh Hậu and Nguyễn Văn Đan Thuần (left to right) at the police station. — VNA/VNS Photo

According to the investigation unit, at around  四pm on August  四, local people reported to Chợ Mới District Police that a woman on a motorbike was surrounded and taken away by a group of five people travelling in a seven-seater car in Mỹ Luông Town. 

Chợ Mới District Police coordinated its criminal police department and Mỹ Luông Town Police, Hội An Town Police and border localities in Đồng Tháp Province to track down the vehicle. 

The car was captured  三0 minutes later in Lấp Vò District of Đồng Tháp Province. 

The defendants said that the victim, identified as H.T.H.A (born  二00 七), owed Tuấn and Hạnh money while working for them, and fled while the debt had not been cleared. 

Tuấn and Hạnh then gathered the other defendants to abduct A. and take her back to Kiên Giang Province to continue working to pay off the debt. 

Further investigation is being carried out by Chợ Mới District Police. — VNS

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