Many of Tuoi Tre readers and football fans across the country express skepticism over police conclusion that former national football captain Nguyen Huy Hoang was under alcohol influence when causing a car accident last week. Thanh Hoa city’s police Tuesday announced that Hoang drove under the influence of alcohol but the conclusion did not satisfy the public who believe Hoang has been affected by drugs thanks to a YouTube video clip showing him sitting in his car with his mouth wide open and eyes closed in a trance-like state. Many local residents besieging his car after the accident told the media that they did not smell any alcohol from the player, and such bizarre actions cannot be the result of alcohol. “I doubt the ‘alcohol conclusion’ as his cannot be the behavior of a drunkard,” reader aduylp wrote to Tuoi Tre.No tests whatsoever Thanh Hoa police said they did not have the 31-year-old undergo either the alcohol or urine tests as “he was totally drunk.” “So on which ground did the police conclude that Hoang was drunk while they didn’t conduct any tests?” a reader nicknamed fanthitcho said in an email to Tuoi Tre. Hoang, now playing for Song Lam Nghe An, has not shown up or addressed the media since the incident. He has not even paid a visit to his victim, a secondary teacher who is still in hospital due to a thigh injury. As the police refused to conduct blood or urine tests on Hoang, the public remain skeptical that there must be something fishy going on.Light penalty Meanwhile, Song Lam Nghe An Tuesday held an irregular meeting to determine the penalty on Hoang, as he breached the club’s disciplinary regulation. Although the final decision has yet to be announced, it is likely that Hoang will only have to pay a modest fine, as stated in the club’s regulation. Players will be fined VND3 million (US$150) if they lose control under the influence of alcohol for the first time, the rule states. A second violation would cost him VND13 million. The club’s coach Nguyen Huu Thang confirmed that this is Hoang’s first violation.