Arrests made over threats to officials
The Criminal Investigation Police Department has joined forces with police in the northern province of Bac Ninh to detain a group of people for threatening the chairman of the provincial People’s Committee and several other officials, said Major General Ho Sy Tien, director of the department.
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| Major General Ho Sy Tien, director of the criminal investigation police department |
The Prime Minister asked the Ministry of Public Security to investigate and report back to him by the end of last month. The arrests appear to be the result of the investigation.
As reported by tuoitrenews.vn, three sand exploitation projects along the waterway were approved in 2014 and executed by the Vietnam Inland Waterways Administration (VIWA).
But Ha Luu Company, the contractor hired by VIWA to carry out one of the three, was found to be taking advantage of the project to illegally exploit sand, causing serious damage to local dams and riverbanks.