'Areca-picking medium' Truong Thi Huong continues to be prosecuted

On January 4, 2024, information from the Investigation Police Agency of Kinh Mon Town Police (Hai Duong) said that it had just issued a decision to prosecute the accused Truong Thi Huong (nicknamed "areca-bo" medium - 38 years old, residing in Hien Thanh Ward, Kinh Mon Town) to investigate the act of fraud and appropriation of property.

Accordingly, defendant Truong Thi Huong was additionally prosecuted for fraud and property appropriation in another case against another victim.

The betel nut shaman in Hai Duong who "admitted right but argued wrong" continues to be prosecuted.

The additional prosecution against defendant Huong is a new development, when in August 2023, the Investigation Police Agency of Kinh Mon City Police also prosecuted this defendant for fraud and property appropriation.

According to investigation documents, on December 6, 2022, Mr. Tran The Xuan and Ms. Vu Thi Hang (56 years old, Mr. Xuan's mother) went to Huong's house to have their fortune told, see feng shui and learn about the difficulties in life that the family was facing.

Huong gave information that Mr. Xuan’s house was cursed, there were ghosts in front of the house… causing bad luck for the family. Huong said that to solve the problem, they needed to perform a ritual to release the evil spirit (meaning they needed a human figure to replace their life), change the family’s fate, and perform a ritual to match the house’s direction and worship the incense burner.

Hải Dương: ‘Cô đồng bổ cau’ Trương Thị Hương tiếp tục bị khởi tố- Ảnh 1. — Truong Thi Huong at the police station

After that, Huong suggested to Mr. Xuan that the price for the house-changing ceremony, to pray for the house to be sold and for peace, was 270 million VND. When Mr. Xuan explained that his family could not afford the 270 million VND, Huong "reduced the price" to 180 million VND. Huong also promised Mr. Xuan that after the ceremony was completed, around December 28, 2022, the family would be able to sell the house.

After receiving the money, Huong made an appointment with Mr. Xuan to come to Huong's house on the afternoon of December 9, 2022 to go to Lang Son to worship. After returning from the worship, Mr. Xuan waited until December 28, 2022 but could not sell the house. Thinking that he had been scammed, Mr. Xuan filed a complaint with the police about Truong Thi Huong's fraudulent behavior of appropriating money.

Before being prosecuted and arrested, social media was abuzz with many clips recording the image of "areca nut splitting medium" Truong Huong, famous for her videos of fortune telling for others through the form of splitting areca nuts.

Through videos posted on the social network TikTok, Huong can read the names of people around her who come to watch, making many people half-believe and half-doubt. The characteristics of the videos posted by the "areca-bo shaman" seem to record the "shaman's" direct fortune-telling sessions with customers.

Every time she splits an areca nut, the "medium" can tell you everything about a certain issue. Notably, the clips of fortune-telling and splitting areca nut that Huong recorded herself have millions of views. The script is quite simple, the "medium splits areca nut" starts by asking about family and work, and after each question is followed by the phrase "admit right, argue wrong".

The Investigation Police Agency of Kinh Mon Town is continuing to expand the investigation to clarify the criminal acts of "areca nut-picking medium" Truong Thi Huong.

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