By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 03, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s northern city of Haiphong on July 31 arrested two local residents, accusing them of running a Facebook page on traffic police bribery, state media has reported.
Nguyen Duc Hao, 21, and Hoang Anh Thu, 23, were said to have the facebook account namely “Tránh chốt CSGT Hải Phòng” (Avoiding Haiphong traffic police points) where they had posted the road points of the local traffic police in order to help drivers avoid being captured for traffic violations.
According to the accusation of the Haiphong city’s police, Hao and Thu had posted a number of video clips and pictures with incorrect information which said the local traffic policemen placed tricks and took bribery from automobile and motorbike drivers.
They were also accused of posting comments insulting local policemen.
The duo may face imprisonment up to seven years, according to the country’s Criminal Code.
Police bribery, especially among traffic policemen, is problematic in Vietnam. Recently, Hanoi’s residents accused local traffic police of setting a trick in the Thanh Tri district, forcing drivers to violate traffic regulations and being caught by police.
In the one-party Vietnam, social networks are very popular given all newspapers, radios and television channels are closely controlled by the ruling communist party.
The government has also strived to tighten control over social networks in order to cool down public dissatisfaction on socio-economic policies, bad human rights records and weak response to the Chinese violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea, observers said.
Facebook is well-known in Vietnam, becoming one of the most preferred communication tools among local residents. The country has more than 30 million Internet users, 74.1% of whom are using Facebook.
A survey conducted at three leading newswires namely Vnexpress.net, Vietnamnet.vn and Dantri.com.vn from October 2012 to April 2013 by the Academy of Journalism and Communication showed that 72% of articles posted on Vnexpress were sourced from social networks, Vietnamnet 67% and Dantri 50%. The majority of the news was sourced from local Facebook accounts.
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August 3, 2015
Two Vietnamese Arrested after Launching Facebook Page on Traffic Police Bribery
by Nhan Quyen • [Human Rights]
According to the accusation of the Haiphong city’s police, Hao and Thu had posted a number of video clips and pictures with incorrect information which said the local traffic policemen placed tricks and took bribery from automobile and motorbike drivers.
They were also accused of posting comments insulting local policemen.
The duo may face imprisonment up to seven years, according to the country’s Criminal Code.
By Vu Quoc Ngu | Aug 03, 2015
Police in Vietnam’s northern city of Haiphong on July 31 arrested two local residents, accusing them of running a Facebook page on traffic police bribery, state media has reported.
Nguyen Duc Hao, 21, and Hoang Anh Thu, 23, were said to have the facebook account namely “Tránh chốt CSGT Hải Phòng” (Avoiding Haiphong traffic police points) where they had posted the road points of the local traffic police in order to help drivers avoid being captured for traffic violations.
According to the accusation of the Haiphong city’s police, Hao and Thu had posted a number of video clips and pictures with incorrect information which said the local traffic policemen placed tricks and took bribery from automobile and motorbike drivers.
They were also accused of posting comments insulting local policemen.
The duo may face imprisonment up to seven years, according to the country’s Criminal Code.
Police bribery, especially among traffic policemen, is problematic in Vietnam. Recently, Hanoi’s residents accused local traffic police of setting a trick in the Thanh Tri district, forcing drivers to violate traffic regulations and being caught by police.
In the one-party Vietnam, social networks are very popular given all newspapers, radios and television channels are closely controlled by the ruling communist party.
The government has also strived to tighten control over social networks in order to cool down public dissatisfaction on socio-economic policies, bad human rights records and weak response to the Chinese violations of the country’s sovereignty in the East Sea, observers said.
Facebook is well-known in Vietnam, becoming one of the most preferred communication tools among local residents. The country has more than 30 million Internet users, 74.1% of whom are using Facebook.
A survey conducted at three leading newswires namely Vnexpress.net, Vietnamnet.vn and Dantri.com.vn from October 2012 to April 2013 by the Academy of Journalism and Communication showed that 72% of articles posted on Vnexpress were sourced from social networks, Vietnamnet 67% and Dantri 50%. The majority of the news was sourced from local Facebook accounts.