In recent days, social networks have been flooded with clips showing people going to the sea to search for the treasure that Ms. Truong My Lan (former Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Van Thinh Phat Group) had hidden.
Clip with information about Ms. Truong My Lan's confession of hiding money at sea
The incident started with a clip using the image of Ms. Truong My Lan in court with the content: "Does anyone know where the defendant hid the money?"
-"No one knows yet"
-So the defendant must honestly tell the jury to receive leniency.
-Yes, yes, okay. Out at sea. Yes, that's right, six hundred and something thousand billion"...
Since then, hundreds of clips following the "Truong My Lan treasure hunt trend" have appeared on social media. Many clips include images of people going by boat, crossing the sea, and diving to find treasure.
Posts "inspired" by the content of the famous anime and manga series called "One Piece". In One Piece, the character Gold D. Roger is the one who discovered the greatest treasure in the world, and from then on all pirates set sail to search for that treasure to become the new pirate king.
On social networks, some celebrities also followed the trend of finding treasure or intentionally misunderstood that Ms. Truong My Lan had hidden assets at sea, causing many people to comment with negative content.
A series of clips following the treasure hunting trend of Ms. Truong My Lan
Participating throughout the trial of defendant Truong My Lan, lawyer Le Nguyen Quynh Thi (Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association) affirmed that Ms. Truong My Lan's entire testimony in court did not contain any details about hiding treasure offshore.
Lawyer Le Nguyen Quynh Thi analyzed: "Netizens used real images and clips at the trial to insert false and fabricated content. Only those attending the trial knew the real voices of the presiding judge and the defendant, but how could ordinary people know which voice was real and which voice was created by AI technology?"
Lawyers advise people to be careful to avoid breaking the law
According to lawyer Quynh Thi, it is very normal for a trend of embedding images every few days or weeks to appear on social networks to increase user interaction and relieve stress. However, embedding images of court proceedings to provide false information and create a trend is likely to violate the law.
Using real images and then inserting voices with completely false content, providing untrue information that can have a negative impact on the internet and cause confusion among the public is a violation of the law.
As for the level of violation and how it will be handled, it needs to be verified by the prosecution agency to clarify the motives and purposes of the individual or organization that posted the image and information online.
"Even though we know it's just a joke following the trend, people must be very careful to avoid breaking the law," said lawyer Quynh Thi.
Convicted of 3 crimes
On April 11, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court held a first-instance trial and sentenced defendant Truong My Lan to 20 years in prison for "Violating regulations on lending in the operations of credit institutions"; death penalty for "Embezzlement of property" and 20 years in prison for "Bribery". The total sentence for all three crimes is death penalty.
Defendants, victims, and persons with related rights and obligations present at the trial have the right to appeal within 15 days from April 12. Defendants absent from the trial have the right to appeal within 15 days from the date the judgment is served or posted.
Source: https://nld.com.vn/tao-trend-di-tim-kho-bau-ba-truong-my-lan-giau-ngoai-bien-coi-chung-vi-pham-phap-luat-19624041810273548.htm
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