Four arrested in Dien Bien for illegally taking people abroad
The border guard and police in the northern mountainous province of Dien Bien have arrested four people for their attempt to illegally bring Chinese nationals to Laos.
Nguyen Van Sinh was captured on April 1 in Ca Hau hamlet when he was leading a taxi with four Chinese citizens towards the border area. (Photo: VNA)
Dien Bien (VNA) – The border guard and police in the northernmountainous province of Dien Bien have arrested four people for their attempt to illegally bring Chinese nationals to Laos.
One of the four, Nguyen Van Sinh, born in 1988 and residing in Pom Lot commune, Dien Bien district,was captured on April 1 in Ca Hau hamlet, Na U commune, Dien Bien district, whenhe was leading a taxi with four Chinese citizens towards the border area.
Sinh said he hired two taxis to transport nine Chinese from Dien Bien Phu cityto Na U commune, then Va A Phong, a local resident in the commune, would take them to theborder area for illegal immigration into Laos.
From Sinh’s testimony, competent forces arrested Va A Phong, born in 2000 inCon Cang hamlet, Na U commune, while he was taking five Chinese nationals tothe border area.
𝓰 Meanwhile, Nguyen Van Thinh, born in 1985 and residing in Thanh Hoa hamlet, Thanh Luong commune,Dien Bien district, and Nguyen Van Nhat, born in 1986 and residing in hamlet 4, Pom Lotcommune, Dien Bien district, were summoned to clarify their roles in the case.
The Chinese nationals said they had business establishments inLaos, and they were expelled from the nation in 2020. Via social network, theycontacted with a person, suspected to be Vietnamese, who said he would pickpeople from China’ Yunnan province to Vietnam’s northern area where they wouldcross the border illegally to Laos. Each needed to pay some 250 million VND (10,859USD) for the transportation.
🍸 Further investigation into the case is underway./.
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Nguyen Van Sinh was captured on April 1 in Ca Hau hamlet when he was leading a taxi with four Chinese citizens towards the border area. (Photo: VNA) 
