The People's Court of Vinh Phuc province has just opened a trial on the civil case "Request for compensation for damage caused by the procedure-conducting agency in criminal proceedings" related to the prosecution and unjust detention of 3 men. he's guilty killing occurred in January 1980 in Vinh Phuc. According to the case file, on January 28, 1980, Mr. Chu Van Quan, Secretary of the Party cell of Van Thang village (Dong Thinh commune, Song Lo district, Vinh Phu province, now part of Vinh Phuc), was found dead in the hospital. hanging position on the hill of cassava, with many suspicious details. During the investigation process, Vinh Phu Provincial Police at that time prosecuted and arrested four suspects, including: Mr. Tran Trung Tham (SN 1942, died in 1980; Ms. Tham's husband), Mr. Tran Ngoc Chinh (SN 1941, SN 1941). Mr. Tham's brother); Mr. Khong Van De and Nguyen Dinh Ky (both residing in Dong Thinh commune) to serve the investigation. After that, Vinh Phu Provincial Police identified Mr. Ky as the culprit and sentenced him to life in prison on June 15, 1983. Thereby, Mr. Chinh and Mr. De were suspended from investigation and released on October 10, 1982. On October 18, 1982, Mr. Tham was also suspended from the investigation because he had not committed a crime, but while in detention, Mr. Tham died. After nearly 40 years, on October 9, 2019, the People's Procuracy of Vinh Phuc province and relevant agencies held a rectification meeting and publicly apologized to the 3 men. After that, Mr. Chinh's family filed a petition asking the agencies that caused the wrongdoing to compensate 12.87 billion VND, Tran Trung Tham's family demanded 25 billion VND and Khong Van De's family asked for compensation. more than 5 billion. By September 2020, after many negotiations, Mr. De's family accepted a wrongful compensation of more than 1.1 billion VND from the People's Procuracy of Vinh Phuc province. Mr. Tham and Mr. Chinh's family did not accept negotiations and filed a lawsuit against the People's Procuracy of Vinh Phuc province. Accordingly, in this case, the plaintiff is Ms. Tran Thi Tham (79 years old, residing in Dong Thinh commune, Mr. Tham's wife). Mrs. Tham and her family sued the People's Procuracy of Vinh Phuc province, demanding compensation of 25 billion dong for the economic and spiritual losses the family suffered after Mr. Tran Trung Tham was unjustly arrested, died in detention and for nearly 40 years. reputation for murder. According to Ms. Tham, after the murder of the village party secretary in 1980, her husband was suddenly identified as an accomplice and prosecuted and detained. Nearly 3 months after being arrested, his family received news that Mr. Tham had died, caused by dysentery. Mrs. Tham said that since Mr. Tham's death, Mrs. Tham had to struggle to raise her children alone in the estrangement of her neighbors because her husband was a "murderer". After decades of complaining for her husband, in 2019, the government organized a correction and publicly apologized for Mr. Tham and two other neighbors who were also wrongly arrested in the case. At the first instance session on April 5, after considering the relevant facts and grounds, the People's Court of Vinh Phuc province ordered the People's Procuracy of Vinh Phuc to pay more than VND 1,676 billion. Before this decision, Mrs. Tham and her family expressed their frustration and thought that such compensation was inadequate and will appeal to the high court. According to Workers
Ms. Tran Thi Tham hugged her husband's photo during the rectification meeting and publicly apologized (Photo: TC)