On January 16, the Office of the Investigation Police Agency, the Police of Son La province said that it had resumed the investigation and issued a detention order for Hoang Quoc Hung (SN 1971, residing in Sub-zone 2, Hat Lot town. , Mai Son district, Son La province) on the act of “Appropriating military weapons and robbing socialist property” that occurred in 1992 in Mai Son district, Son La province. Hung has just been arrested by the Son La Provincial Policet kept under the Wanted Order following more than 30 years of hiding.
| The subject Hoang Quoc Hung was arrested by the police. |
At the end of 1991, Hoang Quoc Hung and Nguyen The Tan (born in 1971, residing in Sub-zone 2, Hat Lot town, Mai Son district, Son La province) invited each other to go and dig for gold in Na Ri district, Bac Kan province. Here, Hung and Tan saw gold diggers using military guns. Because they did not have military weapons, the two returned to Hat Lot town, Mai Son district and looked for an opportunity to return to Bac Kan province to exploit gold. After finding out, there are many types of weapons stored at the armory of the Mai Son district team gun so they huddled together to take over.
One night in June 1992, Tan and Hung broke into the warehouse of Mai Son district team and took away 7 AK guns and 12 magazines with 240 rounds of ammunition. After that, Tan and Hung used guns to rob property to have money to go to Bac Kan. In the evening of the same day, the two carried guns to the Chieng Dong slope area and entered a sewer to wait. At regarding 5 p.m. the next day, seeing a truck carrying goods coming from Yen Chau district, Hung and Tan shot several times, punctured the tire, broke the windshield in front of the car and made one person sit in the car. The passenger seat was hit by a bullet through the right shoulder blade, and the 3 fingers and 2 fingers of his left hand were amputated. When Hung Tan was regarding to go to the car to rob his property, he saw a truck coming from behind, because he was afraid of being exposed, Hung and Tan ran away to Hat Lot town and hid 2 guns in the cave. behind Hung’s house and fled.
The police of Son La province have identified Nguyen The Tan and Hoang Quoc Hung as two subjects who have committed crimes, so they have mobilized forces to arrest. However, Hoang Quoc Hung escaped and Nguyen The Tan was arrested. After that, the Investigation Police Agency of Son La Provincial Police issued a wanted decision for the act of “Appropriating military weapons and robbing socialist property” once morest Hung and Tan was strictly handled. before the law for his crimes.
Hoang Quoc Hung, following committing the crime, hid and hid everywhere in the provinces of Lam Dong, Dak Nong, Can Tho… every 3 or 4 years he changed his place of residence, doing enough jobs to earn a living. Until regarding 2000, Hung secretly lived in Trang Dai ward, Bien Hoa city, Dong Nai province. During the escape, Hung changed his name to Hoang Quoc Manh, was born in 1972 and got married and lived here with his wife and children. Although he still has his elderly father and mother and many relatives and friends in his hometown, he never contacted anyone. He never even mentioned his hometown or any relatives in front of his wife and children in order to erase any traces of past crimes.
In order to avoid being exposed, Hung always proved to be a gentle, responsible, and humble person, especially avoiding any conflicts with people around him. He lives in the perfect guise of a kind and responsible man. Hung did not have the courage to surrender and did not expect that one day, thinking everything had fallen into oblivion, he was discovered and arrested by the police force…
