Waiting for the province to meet and discuss, to handle it thoroughly

On April 5, the leader of the People's Committee of Cu San commune (M'Drak district, Dak Lak) said that the commune discovered and recorded the incident of Mr. Sung Seo Long (village 9, Cu San commune) setting up a "barie" fence, collecting money from vehicles passing through his farmland to enter Truong Son Dong road. The locality has reported to the district People's Committee for a solution.

Meanwhile, the district is also reporting to the Provincial People's Committee to wait for a meeting and take decisive measures.

Dân tự ý mở đường, dựng barie thu tiền: Chờ tỉnh họp bàn, xử lý dứt điểm- Ảnh 1. — A household arbitrarily opened a road and set up a barrier to collect vehicle fees. Photo: NH

According to Giao Thong Newspaper, this morning (April 5), Dak Lak Provincial People's Committee met with M'Drak District People's Committee and related units to resolve the above incident.

According to the leader of the People's Committee of Cu San commune, the commune repeatedly tried to persuade Mr. Long to stop blocking the road to collect tolls, but to no avail.

"Currently, this man is still collecting fees from passing vehicles. The authorities are monitoring and waiting for instructions from superiors," said the leader of the People's Committee of Cu San commune.

Discussing this issue, Lawyer Tran Viet Ha, Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association analyzed: "According to Clause 3, Article 51, Road Traffic Law stipulates that "Toll stations are places where tolls are collected from vehicles participating in road traffic, built according to planning or investment projects approved by competent state agencies. The operation of toll stations must ensure smooth and safe traffic".

On the other hand, pursuant to Point a, Clause 1, Article 16 of the 2015 Law on Fees and Charges, it is strictly prohibited for "... individuals to set and collect fees and charges".

Accordingly, in this case, the household arbitrarily opened a road through the field, erected a barrier to collect tolls from passing vehicles. Pursuant to Article 14 of Decree 100/2019/ND-CP, amended and supplemented by Decree 123/2021/ND-CP, individuals who arbitrarily build toll stations without the consent of the state agency in charge of traffic management will be fined from 15 to 20 million VND.

Additional penalties include the removal and restoration of the original state. At the same time, depending on the amount of money illegally collected from the unauthorized collection of fees, there will be different levels of penalties.

"Article 7 of Circular 186/2013/TT-BTC stipulates that those who collect fees in violation of regulations will be fined from 500,000 VND to 50,000,000 VND depending on the amount of violation collected," lawyer Tran Viet Ha analyzed.

As reported by Giao thong newspaper, currently the Truong Son Dong road is basically completed, and traffic is convenient. In particular, a short section of about 90m passing through the land of Mr. Sung Seo Long (village 9, Cu San commune, M'Drak district) connecting the two ends of the Truong Son Dong road has just been leveled and is more than 3m wide.

On this road, Mr. Long himself set up a bamboo barrier across the road, preventing vehicles from passing.

For over a month now, Mr. Long has been arbitrarily collecting fees from tractor-trailers of 100,000 VND/trip, 4-axle dump trucks of 80,000 VND/trip, cars of 30,000 VND/trip, and motorbikes of 10,000 VND/trip. Vehicles must pay the fee before he can open the barrier to let them pass.

Talking to reporters, Mr. Long confirmed the above fee collection and said that he spent money to level and open a 90m long road through his farm for vehicles to enter and exit Truong Son Dong road, so he had to collect a fee to "recover capital".

According to the leader of the People's Committee of M'Drak district, the toll collection barrier of Mr. Sung Seo Long's household is related to the compensation and support plan for land acquisition for the Krong Pach Thuong reservoir and Truong Son Dong road.

Currently, the District People's Committee has propagated and mobilized Mr. Sung Seo Long not to block the road to collect money from people passing by, to accept compensation and support, and to hand over the land to implement the 2 projects according to regulations.

Giao thong newspaper continues to inform about the incident.

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