Uni students to face court for posting internet pornography

Uni students to face court for posting internet pornography

(26-10-2007)

HA NOI — The Ha Noi Police Department decided yesterday to begin prosecuting four people for disseminating internet pornography based on Article 253 of the Criminal Code.

The accused are university students Nguyen Huu Tai, born in 1984; Vo Thanh Hiep, born 1982; Nguyen Thu Linh, born 1986 and Vu Thi Thuy Linh born 1986. All reside in Ha Noi.

They are accused of stealing and posting a private sex clip on the internet on October 16. The film involved the sex life of popular TV star Hoang Thuy Linh, 19, and her boy friend, Vu Hoang Viet.

The police said a friend copied the film Viet’s laptop and passed it along to other friends who then posted it online. The clip caused much public outcry.

The four accused were in custody for three months as issued by Ha Noi’s People’s Procuracy. Ten young others were announced as having a hand in spreading the sex film.

This is a new crime in Viet Nam, said Major General Nguyen Duc Nhanh, director of the Ha Noi Police, and this is the first time Ha Noi Police have investigated such “new crime.”

The incident is warning for the whole society, particularly the young, he said — VNS