VietNamNet Bridge – Tens of families in Nui Ngang hamlet in Ba To district of the central province of Quang Ngai were very worried because many wells in the hamlet smelled like insecticide.



Mr. Pham Van Lia and his wife were the first who detected the strange phenomenon. “After I pumped water from the well into a tank, my wife used the water to wash the rice. She found out that the water bubbled up and smelt like insecticide,”

This well is used by six families, totaling more than 20 people.

Mr. Lia reported to the local authorities. Experts were sent to collect water sample for testing. They concluded that the well is poisoned with insecticide.

The water tank of Mr. Pham Van Ngan, a local official, was in similar situation. “It is very lucky that we early detected insecticide in the tank. We have bought water to temporary use,” Ngan said.

According to the local authorities, four wells and tanks of 12 families, totaling 40 people, are poisoned with insecticide.




Police suspected that someone tried to poison local residents and they investigated. The culprit was determined shortly. It was a man named Pham Van Ty, 35, from a neighboring hamlet.

Ty declared that he was angry with his wife, Ms. Pham Thi Lan, who left him to return to her parents in Nui Ngang hamlet. The man bought insecticide to poison wells and tanks in this hamlet, in order to kill his wife’s family and relatives.

Consequently, Ty’s wife was allergic after having bath with poisoned water. Pigs of a family in the hamlet had died of poisoning.

Local people have to dig new wells.

Ty was arrested and prosecuted.

Le Ha