The story of a father who plotted to kill his two children to please his mistress has once again become a topic of interest for the Chinese public. Although many years have passed, public anger towards the man named Truong Ba has not diminished.
According to Sina, in 2017, Truong Ba - born into a poor farming family with no savings - met student Tran My Lam. Although the two had different family backgrounds, they were still attracted to each other and began a romantic relationship.
However, Tran My Lam's parents objected because they felt Truong Ba was not suitable for their daughter. Finally, Tran My Lam became pregnant so the family agreed to let the two get married in August 2017. After living together, the two had two children (1 girl, 1 boy).
The happy life lasted until 2019, when Tran My Lam discovered that her husband was having an affair with another girl. The subject was Diep Thanh Tran - the daughter of a wealthy family in Chongqing (China).
By February 2020, Tran My Lam and Truong Ba divorced, the daughter lived with her mother, the son lived with his father until he was 6 years old.
However, Diep Thanh Tran was not satisfied, she asked Truong Ba to deal with the two children, to avoid affecting the division of property later. To please his lover, Truong Ba decided to listen to his lover, planning to harm his biological child since February 2020.
Initially, the two wanted to create a traffic accident by driving the car into the river to drown the two children. However, after reconsidering the dangerous nature, they switched to the plan of pushing them down the stairs.
In order to carry out his plan, in November 2020, Truong Ba suggested that his ex-wife bring their daughter over to visit. Although it felt strange, Truong My Lam did not suspect too much because her ex-husband usually treated the children well.
Although somewhat scared, when Diep Thanh Tran threatened to break up, Truong Ba attacked the two children.
On November 2, 2020, residents of an apartment building in Chongqing were heartbroken to see a boy and a girl fall from the 15th floor of a building. They also saw Truong Ba running down to the scene crying and looking devastated. Therefore, most people believe that the accident of the two children was due to carelessness in childcare.
However, the mother suspected that this was not an accident, so she reported the case to the authorities and requested an inspection of Truong Ba's house. After questioning, the police and prosecutors discovered inconsistencies in Truong Ba's testimony.
Through their expertise, they discovered messages exchanged between Truong Ba and Diep Thanh Tran. Both had planned to harm the two children.
In July 2021, the case was tried in Chongqing, the two suspects blamed each other in court and were sentenced to life in prison.
At this time, Truong Ba admitted his mistake but Diep Thanh Tran still did not repent. The woman thought that she was threatened by Truong Ba so she asked her parents to use money to settle the matter.
In December 2021, the case was retried, and Truong Ba and Diep Thanh Tran received the death sentence for the crimes they committed.
