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The funeral without the body - victim of Hanoi's plastic surgeon

Plastic surgeon throws patient body into Red River

Mr. Vu Van Bang and the underground radiation gauge.

In mid-October, a Hanoi woman--Le Thi Huyen deposited VND50 million ($2,500) for an abdominal liposuction and breast augmentation operation at the Cat Tuong beauty salon, ran by Nguyen Manh Tuong, 40, a doctor of Bach Mai - the country’s largest hospital. The victim died during the operation and her body was thrown to the Red River by Tuong and his employee named Khanh.

Since then the police and the family have been searching for the body along the Red River but they did not find the victim.

From December 1-5, the geo-radiation method was used in the search of the body along 10km of the Red River, from the Thanh Tri Bridge in Hanoi to Van Giang town in Hung Yen province but the body was not found yet.

"This tool is usually used to search for things on the ground such as minerals, ore and antiques," said Mr. Vu Van Bang, a geo-radiation expert who voluntarily joined the search.

According to Bang, every form of matter produces a magnetic field, so the radiation gauge will deliver signal if it detects human body.

Bang said his group had discovered about 50 positions with the bodies in the river and it is very difficult to determine which is Huyen’s body. Bang added that this is a very good method because it is combined with understanding of the nature and mechaphysics of the sediment flow.

From this result, the police will analyze and identify the most feasible location, then divers will salvage the body. The DNA test will be applied to determine whether the body is Huyen or not.

Bang said that the searching group would also use the radiation gauge to find the body in other places in Hanoi based on the testimony of the plastic surgeon, particularly at the doctor’s home and the Hospital E.

Although the body has not been found yet, the victim’s family held a funeral for Huyen last week.

This method was previously used to find a sunken coach and the driver's body in Ha Tinh province in 2010, and the body of a young guy who committed suicide by jumping from a bridge into a river in Vinh Phuc Province.

Thu Ly