On the afternoon of June 23, Lieutenant General To An Xo, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, spoke to the press about the latest results of the terrorist attack that occurred in Cu Kuin district, Dak Lak province in the early morning of June 11.
PV: Lieutenant General, could you please tell us the results of handling the incident that occurred in Cu Kuin district, Dak Lak province so far?
Lieutenant General To An Xo : On June 23, 2023, the Dak Lak Provincial Police Department's Investigation Security Agency issued Decision No. 05 to prosecute the case of "Terrorism against the people's government; concealing criminals; failing to report crimes and organizing and brokering for others to illegally exit, enter or stay in Vietnam"; issued decisions to prosecute the accused and Detention Orders for 75 accused for the crime of "Terrorism against the people's government" (according to Article 113 of the 2015 Penal Code), prosecuted 7 accused for the crime of "failure to report crimes" (Article 390 of the 2015 Penal Code), 1 accused for the crime of concealing criminals (Article 389 of the 2015 Penal Code), 1 accused for the crime of "Organizing and brokering for others to illegally exit, enter or stay in Vietnam" (Article 348 of the 2015 Penal Code).
Lieutenant General To An Xo, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security.
The decisions to prosecute the accused and the temporary detention order have been approved by the same-level Procuracy. To date, the authorities have also seized 23 guns of various types (military guns, air guns, homemade guns); 2 grenades; 1,199 bullets of various types; 15 detonators; 1.2 kg of explosives; 1 silencer; 2 scopes; 1 set of practice mine models; 30 knives; 10 FULRO flags and many means and equipment used to commit the crime from the subjects.
PV: So what is the current situation in Dak Lak, sir?
Lieutenant General To An Xo: With the very quick and effective measures of the police force, the active support and assistance of the people, especially in mobilizing people to surrender and participating in the capture of the subjects, after only 2 days of the incident, the situation in the area was stabilized. Up to now, most of the participants have been arrested and weapons, explosives, and support tools have been seized.
Under the strong direction of the Government and the participation of Party committees and authorities of the Central Highlands provinces, all aspects of life of organizations and individuals in the Central Highlands provinces in general and Dak Lak province in particular have taken place normally, the situation is stable, and security and order are ensured.
Police forces controlled and arrested a number of subjects in the case.
PV: Can you share some more assessments about the case?
Lieutenant General To An Xo : The Ministry of Public Security assessed that this was a terrorist attack against the people's government with particularly serious consequences. The subjects' actions were very barbaric and inhumane, demonstrating their determination to carry out the crime to the end.
The police force has documents and evidence proving that the case was also supported and directed by a number of organizations and individuals abroad, even sending subjects from abroad to illegally enter Vietnam to stage and direct terrorist attacks.
The authorities are continuing to investigate and clarify the case to strictly handle it in accordance with Vietnamese law. The Vietnamese Ministry of Public Security hopes that countries and international friends will actively coordinate, support and cooperate closely with Vietnam in investigating and handling the case in particular, and in the fight against terrorism in general.
PV: Thank you very much, comrade!
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