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Vietnam drink firm pays $23,300 to silence fly in bottle scandal, tells police

Vietnam drink firm pays $23,300 to silence fly in bottle scandal, tells police

Saturday, February 07, 2015, 13:20 GMT+7

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.

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