Deputy PM calls to wipe out criminal gangs
Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has urged the Ministry of Public Security to clamp down on crime and get rid of gangs, especially in hotspots and Ho Chi Minh City.
He had a working session with the Ministry of Public Security’s Steering Board 138 in Hanoi on July 29 to review its performance from January to June and set tasks for the remaining months of the year.
Deputy PM Phuc asked the Ministry of Public Health and the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT) to closely monitor the sales of addictive drug derivatives and violent games, and limit the import of flu medicine as well.
Phuc said all relevant agencies must organise mass campaigns to raise public awareness of different kinds of crime at grassroots level.
Phuc cited moral degradation and weak capacity for enforcing law and dealing with the growing rate of crime, saying that the Steering Board is responsible for the incompetence of police officials.
During the first half of the year, the police handled 28,482 criminal cases, over 6,300 environmental protection violations, and 10,000 drug trafficking incidents.
In the last 90-day crackdown, the city’s police got tough on drug and criminal acts, capturing a number of high-profile gangs running gambling and prostitution services. Facilities producing large volumes of illicit weapons and explosives were also brought to light.
However, the Steering Board 138 admitted that crimes are getting more and more complicated, such as smuggling by road, air and waterways, gambling and drug trafficking.