HCM City prosecutor accused of threatening locals with tear gas gun
06-OCT-2008 Intellasia | Thanhniennews
Oct 6, 2008 - 7:00:00 AM
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A member of the HCM City People's Procuracy (HPP), the municipal prosecution office, has been accused of using a tear gas gun to threaten some people Wednesday in public in Phu Nhuan District.
Police Thursday said an investigation has been launched after Ngo Pham Viet allegedly used a gun to fire tear gas and menace some individuals on Hoang Van Thu Street.
Viet was apprehended at the scene by police of Phu Nhuan District's Ward 9 and the city's emergency police force. However, authorities released him later after recording his statement.
At the police station, Viet confessed he had threatened some individuals whom he thought had snatched his wallet and that the gun used was distributed by his office.
According to Viet, he was on the way home from a bout of boozing when a woman pretending to be a commercial sex worker stopped him and stole his wallet.
An official from Phu Nhuan District police confirmed that Viet had his wallet stolen. However, he said that police were investigating if Viet had in fact attacked other people and that they planned to inform Viet's office about the case.
Head of the HPP, Vo Thi Kim Hong, said the office had received a report submitted by Viet Thursday, saying he was attacked by some people when chasing after the woman thief and had fired a tear gas shot in self-defense.
Viet denied accusations that he assaulted some people with a club.
Hong said the office had equipped Viet with the weapon on September 23 for his role as prosecutor. They also had allowed Viet to take the gun out of the office on September 29 to get it repaired.
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