Senior-lieutenant Huynh Minh Duc in Ho Chi Minh City’s Phu Nhuan District has been found returning a traffic violator’s motorbike after receiving a bribe of VND13 million (US$630).
According to Lieutenant-Colonel Nguyen Dinh Vinh who investigated the case after receiving a tip-off, Duc confessed that he had personally taken the bike out of the police’s warehouse and returned it to Tran Minh Hoa, the traffic violator.
Vinh said Duc received the money through Hoang, whom Hoa asked to help him bribe the police.
Earlier, on April 23, Hoa had his motorbike taken away after he was found violating traffic laws and having neither a driver’s license nor an ID card.
On June 25, Hoang went to the district police and met Huynh Minh Duc, who handled Hoa’s case. Duc told Hoang that Hoa would have to pay VND10 million in advance to get the bike back.
Hoang then gave the amount to Duc, who said the case could be considered to be 99 percent solved. On July 3, Duc told Hoang that the case was sold and asked Hoang to meet him at a café on Bui Dinh Tuy Street in Binh Thanh District to receive Hoa’s bike.
One day later, Duc called Hoang to ask for an additional VND3 million ($146), explaining that since the case was serious, Hoa must pay more for him to bribe his superior.
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