Police in Ky Anh district, in the central province of Ha Tinh, on May 28returned assets to the Taiwanese Formosa company, which had been stolenduring recent social disorder.
After learning about lootingfrom the factory, which is located in the Vung Ang Economic Zone, HaTinh police promptly tracked down places where the illegal trade of theplundered assets would take place and reclaimed the stolen goods.Meanwhile, other thieves returned some of it after an appeal by thepolice.
As a result, a vast number of the plundered assets,including 17 computer central processing units, 10 computer screens,three photocopy machines, 5.8 tonnes of steel, six industrial-sizerefrigerators, and 11 motorbikes have been retaken by the local policeand handed back to the company.
Representing the aggrievedparty, Thai Quoc Duong, head of Formosa’s security office, thanked HaTinh’s law enforcement forces and the Ky Anh police in particular fortheir swift measures to retrieve the stolen assets and ensure publicorder at the worksite, which will help the project soon return to itsusual operations.
Duong expressed his hope that the local police will continue investigations to recover the remaining lost assets.
The Ha Tinh police will continue searching for extremists and looters and bring them to court.
To date, the provincial police have detained and commenced criminalproceedings against 24 people on charges of looting and destroyingassets and disrupting social order in the Forsoma worksite.
Thedisturbances broke out during workers’ rallies in protest of China’sillegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 in Vietnam’scontinental shelf and exclusive economic zone from early May.
Some extremists incited others to destroy the property of foreign firmsin some localities as well as of the State, businesses and individuals,and acted against law enforcement officials, disrupting social order andbusiness activities. Thanks to the government’s timely interference,most affected companies have returned to work and social order andsecurity has been restored.-VNA
After learning about lootingfrom the factory, which is located in the Vung Ang Economic Zone, HaTinh police promptly tracked down places where the illegal trade of theplundered assets would take place and reclaimed the stolen goods.Meanwhile, other thieves returned some of it after an appeal by thepolice.
As a result, a vast number of the plundered assets,including 17 computer central processing units, 10 computer screens,three photocopy machines, 5.8 tonnes of steel, six industrial-sizerefrigerators, and 11 motorbikes have been retaken by the local policeand handed back to the company.
Representing the aggrievedparty, Thai Quoc Duong, head of Formosa’s security office, thanked HaTinh’s law enforcement forces and the Ky Anh police in particular fortheir swift measures to retrieve the stolen assets and ensure publicorder at the worksite, which will help the project soon return to itsusual operations.
Duong expressed his hope that the local police will continue investigations to recover the remaining lost assets.
The Ha Tinh police will continue searching for extremists and looters and bring them to court.
To date, the provincial police have detained and commenced criminalproceedings against 24 people on charges of looting and destroyingassets and disrupting social order in the Forsoma worksite.
Thedisturbances broke out during workers’ rallies in protest of China’sillegal placement of its oil rig Haiyang Shiyou – 981 in Vietnam’scontinental shelf and exclusive economic zone from early May.
Some extremists incited others to destroy the property of foreign firmsin some localities as well as of the State, businesses and individuals,and acted against law enforcement officials, disrupting social order andbusiness activities. Thanks to the government’s timely interference,most affected companies have returned to work and social order andsecurity has been restored.-VNA
