VietNamNet Bridge – On November 5 and, Mr. Bui Van Khanh and Mr. Thai Tung, residents of Khanh Son district, Khanh Hoa province, sent letters of denunciation to many agencies, including the Ministry of Public Security. The letter, signed by many aloes seekers, accuses three police officers of Khanh Son district for misappropriating 1.5 kg of aloes.

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Seeking aloes wood in Khanh Son district, Khanh Hoa province.


According to Khanh and Tung, on the night of September 26, over 300 people were permitted by three policemen named Ha, Trung and Kien to search for aloes wood in Gop Nga forest, Khanh Son district, with the sharing rate of 50/50.

These people collected around 1.5kg of aloes wood but the above police officers took the wood without making seizure minutes.

The representative of over 300 aloes seekers, Mr. Thai Tung, said: “One kilo of aloes wood is priced VND10-12 billion ($500,000-600,000), so our 1.5kg of aloes wood is around VND15-16 billion ($700,000-800,000).”

On October 8, some people in Khanh Son District represented 56 aloes wood seekers to write a petition to the People's Committee of Khanh Son district and Khanh Son district police, asking them to handle the case. Not yet receiving a response from the authorities, people grouped up to ask for the local government to clarify the matter.

Khanh and Tung received the receipts certifying that their letters had reached the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa province, the Office of the National Assembly and the Khanh Hoa Provincial People's Council, the Office of Anti-corruption Steering Committee of Khanh Hoa.

Aloes seekers also sent their letters to the General Department of Police of the Ministry of Public Security by postal mail.

On the afternoon of November 6, the Office of the Inspection Commission of Khanh Hoa Party Committee said it had received the letter of aloes hunters. The case has been assigned to the Director of Khanh Hoa Police Agency for investigation.
On the same day, Colonel Nguyen Kim Thanh, Khanh Hoa Police Agency’s spokesman said an investigation group has been set up. The team is doing its job and it does not have the final results.

Khue Vu