Chief editor arrested; reason not yet announced

TUOI TRE

Gia Lai Province’s Police on Monday arrested Nguyen Manh Thang, the former chief editor of Doanh Nghiep & Thuong Hieu (Business & Brand Name) Magazine but are yet to announce the reason of the arrest. 

The arrest was conducted at 7 pm on July 4 at Thang’s Café at 44 Tran Quy Cap Street in Gia Lai's capital city of Pleiku.

Tien Phong cited a source saying Thang was suspected of being involved in the shooting of a police official at Gia Trung Prison. 

Ngo Xuan Thanh was shot injured at New Life Bar in Pleiku on February 13 by an underground gang from the northern city of Hai Phong. 

Thang, 35, is a native of Nam Dinh Province and a permanent resident of Hanoi. He has been working in journalism since last July and recently moved to Gia Lai to make business investments.

Doanh Nghiep & Thuong Hieu where Thang worked as the chief editor was under the management of the Vietnam Association of Rural Small- and Medium-sized Enterprises.

The magazine stopped operation in early June under a decision of Gia Lai Province’s Department of Information and Communications.

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Housemaid arrested for stealing $30,000

TUOITRENEWS

Police Wednesday arrested a housemaid for stealing US$20,000 and VND200 million ($10,000) in cash from her employer.

Tran Thi Day, 35 of Dong Thap province, confessed to police that while her employer’s family was soundly asleep on the morning of June 13, she stole the key, opened the safe and snatched the cash away.

Day was working as a housemaid for 53-year-old Nguyen Thi Tuyet Hoa at the latter’s house located at No 465 on National Highway 1A, Binh Tan district’s Binh Hung Hoa ward.

According to Cong An Nhan Dan, police have returned most of the stolen money to Hoa.

Thieves stealing from whoremongers arrested

LAODONG

Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Thanh District police yesterday arrested 7 members of a gang that stole money and valuables of playboys and are searching for the gang’s leaders.

At 22 p.m on May 13, after receiving leads from local residents, the police conducted a raid on the house at No. 94/9/5 on Road D3 in Ward 25 and caught the gang in the act of stealing VND15 million (US$740) and 4 mobile phones from two playboys.

The police arrested 7 members who later confessed that H. and M., a married couple, were their leaders. 

Gang members said their job were to bring men who wanted to have sex with prostitutes to the house. 

As the men had sex, the gang members would steal their valuables through a hole under the bed. The prostitutes then excused themselves, left the room and never returned. 

Afterward, another gang member would act as “the owner of the hotel” and tell the guests to leave. 

The arrested members told the police they had stolen from hundreds of men since they started last year.

They also said most of the victims were upset over their losses but didn’t report to the police because of shame. 
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