A Vietnamese beverage producer has agreed to pay half a billion dong to buy the silence of a customer who found a dead fly in an unopened bottle of its energy drink.
But before sending a representative to complete the payment, Tan Hiep Phat Co. Ltd. also reported to the police, who eventually arrested the customer for alleged “confiscation of property.”
The case has started a debate among local members of the public and lawyers as to whether Vo Van Minh, an eatery attendant in the southern province of Tien Giang, should receive a criminal charge for his act.