Police in Ba Ria- Vung Tau have recommended that a 77-year-old suspect be prosecuted for molesting four preteen girls at a local apartment complex in the southern coastal province.

Police in the provincial capital of Vung Tau said on Friday they had concluded the investigation into Nguyen Khac Thuy, who was suspected of sexually abusing different children at the Lakeside Apartment Complex from 2012 to 2014.

During the probing, Thuy denied all accusation against him, creating difficulty for officers.

However, police said on Friday there is now sufficient evidence to prosecute him, adding that the case file has been transferred to the city’s procurary.

An official from the Vung Tau procurary said they are completing the last steps to transfer the case to the local court.

Molesting different children

The investigation into Nguyen Khac Thuy was initiated in July 2016, when Tran Thi Thu Thuy, 37, a Lakeside Apartment resident filed an official complaint, denouncing that the elderly man had sexually abused her eight-year-old daughter, T.T.N.

The mother did not have any evidence as she was only aware of the incident through her daughter’s recollection, which officers said was not stable.

However, she did provide additional information about the suspect’s molestation on other girls at the apartment complex. Police looked into these allegations and eventually concluded that Thuy had sexually abused four other girls.

Tran Thi Thu Thuy helped police to discover multiple child molestation of Nguyen Khac Thuy, but police still could not conclude if her own daughter is also a victim of the elder man.

Police have also provide the case files of the four victims of Nguyen Khac Thuy.

According to the documents, in 2012, N.A.T., who was ten at the time, was playing in the premise of the apartment building when Nguyen Khac Thuy called her over.  

The man talked to the young girl while touching her body and private parts. The victim then told the story to her grandmother.

In April 2014, N.N.A.D., born in 2004, was playing at the slides with her older brother and father.

When D. was about 30 meters away from her dad, Thuy told her to come over before groping the young girl.

Her brother spotted the incident and told the father, who then slapped Thuy and asked for help from security guards.

In May 2014, Thuy approached N.K.N.N., who was 11 at the time, and hugged the girl why she was talking to her friend in front of an apartment.

In June of the same year, Vijay Akumar, an Indian man who live at the facility, witnessed Thuy placing his hand inside the underpants of D.T.N., born in 2009.

As soon as Akumar approached, Thuy stopped his action. However, Akumar managed to take a photo of Thuy with N. standing nearby.

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