On August 29, at a press briefing, Senior Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Kong Quang, Deputy Head of the Criminal Police Department – Lam Dong Provincial Police, briefed on the progress of the investigation into the “Ashes Returned to a Sick Child” case. .”
After a period of verification and investigation, the Lam Dong Provincial Police have now completed and released the findings of the investigation, requesting that Mr. Le Minh Quang (46) and Ms. Cao Thi Thu Beach be prosecuted from the provincial People’s Procuratorate. 40 years old, living with Mr. Quang) in the case of assault on the body.
According to the investigation, Mr. Nguyen Huu Ngia (who lives in Thua Thien Hue) knew that Mr. Quang’s family had adopted and treated children with developmental delay and autism. In March 2022, Mr. Ngia sent his 3-year-old son to Quang for treatment at a rented house in Phan Chu Trinh Road, Bao Loc City, Lam Dong Province. Mrs. Beach is a maid who lives with Mr. Quang.
During the treatment, the child developed a cough, fever, and a quick test revealed Covid-19. On the night of March 24, 2022, Kuang gave him antipyretic medicine and put the child to bed. At dawn on March 25, 2022, the boy found it difficult to breathe, so the man rubbed his back and gave him artificial respiration.
At this time, Ms. Beach took Mr. Kuang to take the child to the hospital, but she died on the way, so they both returned home. After that, both decided to bring the boy’s body and hand it over to relatives. However, along the way, Mr. Kuang was worried that the body would take a long time to decompose, have an unpleasant smell, and be afraid of being discovered, so he had the intention of burning the boy’s body and giving the ashes to the family.
On the afternoon of March 25, 2022, two drivers brought the boy’s body to Mr. Quang’s garden in Hoa Phu Commune Village 12 (Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province) and set it on fire. A few hours later, they used the bucket of the child’s ashes to return to Hue and deliver them to Mr. Nghia’s family.
On March 27, 2023, in Hue City, Mr. Kuang and Ms. Bich went to buy a can to pour out the ashes, and then arranged to meet the victim’s family at a cafe to hand over the can of ashes. The father sent a statement to the Hue City Police to denounce Mr. Kuang, wanting to find out the cause of his son’s death.
Upon receiving the complaint, the Hue City Police referred the investigation to the Lam Dong Provincial Police according to their competence. Criminal Police Department (PC02 – Lam Dong Police) to investigate the contents of the denunciation.
On September 19, 2022, the Lam Dong Provincial Police Investigation Department issued a decision to prosecute and prosecute the defendants against Le Minh Quang and Cao Thi Thu Beach for the offense of trespassing.
Conflicting opinions about “sending children for treatment, receiving urns”
Along with empathy and empathy, many opinions believe that sending a small child to Lam Dong for the treatment of mental retardation of Mr. N. and his wife is frivolous, too trusting of people, so they accidentally lost their children.
More victims in the “sending children for treatment, receiving urns” case
While the Lam Dong Provincial Police Department is investigating the case of “sending children for treatment and receiving ashes,” another family in TT Hue filed a lawsuit to accuse Mr. C of beating the children.
Hue City Police Report Case of “Sending Children for Medical Treatment and Receiving Urns”
After sending their son to Lam Dong to ask for education, treatment and treatment for mental retardation, the NHN family was shocked almost a month later to receive the child’s ashes back.