It is necessary to soon clarify the group of ‘strangers’ who destroyed the fishermen’s jellyfish processing factory

Kid‘strange subjects’ came to the island to destroy people’s jellyfish factories

Reflecting from the people, over the past 5 months, all activities of the jellyfish processing factory of nearly tens of thousands of square meters of Mr. Hoang Van Tham’s family residing in Tan Lap village, Quan Lan commune, Van Don district rented Bai Trieu land for The construction of a seafood processing factory in Minh Chau commune had to stop operating.

According to Mr. Vu Van Quang, the factory supervisor, the source of the incident stemmed from the fact that on December 5, 2023, in broad daylight, a group of strangers suddenly arrived, demolished many items of property, and evicted all workers. jellyfish factory workers.

“On the morning of December 5, after a group of strangers came to threaten us, dozens of scared workers ran to the forest. Down in the factory, they kept banging. When they came down later, they destroyed everything, property damage from the incident amounted to 50-60 million VND” – Mr. Quang said.

According to research, the jellyfish factory was destroyed at Vung Noi Tai location, located on the land rented by the Van Don District People’s Committee to Mr. Hoang Van Tham’s household under Decision No. 155/QD-UBND (Decision 155) signed in 2007. .

“We operate in accordance with the law. When the State needs to use land, the owner of the seafood processing factory must dismantle it himself and will not receive compensation. For many years, the factory has always created jobs for workers, promoting local strengths in aquaculture and seafood processing to develop and stick to the sea. The fact that the jellyfish factory was destroyed by a group of people made local people confused’ – Mr. Quang said.

According to Mr. NVT, a worker at the factory said: That day, a few dozen workers were sorting and processing jellyfish when a group of people arrived on a canoe and chased the frightened workers away into the forest. “We saw them using hammers to destroy all the tanks, walls, and factories and then return to the moving motorboat. After that, we were so scared that we quit our jobs and went back to our hometown because we were afraid of being assaulted,” Mr. T. said.

According to Mr. Hoang Trong Vinh (born 1994, son of factory owner Hoang Van Tham) said: The family factory has been operating for many years, in accordance with the law, creating jobs for dozens of households exploiting jellyfish. In the island district, hundreds of seasonal workers work. The actions of the group of people who destroyed the jellyfish factory were a serious violation, violating my family’s property and life, causing insecurity and local chaos. The act of vandalism was well organized, organized, hooliganistic and disregarded the law, so the authorities need to step in and clarify” – Mr. Vinh was upset.

Also according to Mr. Vinh’s family, the family had once filed a report of threats from the above group of people to Minh Chau Commune Police, Minh Chau Commune People’s Committee, Van Don District Police, Van Don District People’s Committee (Quang Ninh). ) and are still waiting for these agencies to clarify so they can have a plan to prevent and protect people.

Through video images recorded by people, the group of “strangers” are mainly young people. According to research by reporter Dai Doan Ket, the jellyfish processing factory in Vung Noi Tai recently created jobs for hundreds of workers. Estimated revenue per season is up to tens of billions of dong.

We need to take drastic action to secure the people

On April 22, talking to reporters from Dai Doan Ket Newspaper, leaders of Minh Chau commune confirmed that there is a jellyfish processing factory of nearly tens of thousands of square meters of Mr. Hoang Van Tham’s family residing in Tan Lap village, Quan Lan commune, Van Don district was destroyed by a group of ‘strangers’. “The People’s Committee has sent a written report to the District People’s Committee about the above matter, currently the case is being investigated and clarified by the authorities. Currently, the group of people who destroyed the jellyfish factory has not yet been identified,” he said.

Also according to the leader of this commune, at the time of destroying the jellyfish factory mentioned above, there was no work done in the locality, but the commune government’s point of view is to protect the people and create conditions for fishermen to feel secure in the sea and exploit aquatic resources. seafood. It is necessary to clarify the group of aggressive subjects who destroyed people’s jellyfish factories to deter and calm the people.

Recognizing the above incident, Lawyer Hoang Anh Son, Hanoi Bar Association, said that the above act is considered an act of destroying other people’s property, which can be administratively sanctioned according to Point a, Clause 2, Article 15. Decree 144/2021 imposes a fine of 3-5 million VND for acts of destroying or intentionally damaging property of individuals and organizations.

Violators will also be subject to additional sanctions such as confiscation of evidence and means and remedial measures to restore the original condition. In addition, this act may be prosecuted for criminal liability for destruction or intentional damage of property according to Article 178 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended 2017).

Depending on the value of the property and the act committed, the crime of destroying or intentionally damaging property will have different penalty frames. At the same time, when sanctioning administrative violations or being prosecuted for criminal cases according to the provisions of Article 178 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented in 2017), the offender must also carry out compensation procedures. harm the victim according to the provisions of the 2015 Civil Code.