The case of Pham Thoai releasing a statement of 16.7 billion VND related to the mother of baby award (Ms. Thu Hoa) has caused a stir in recent days.
On the evening of February 25, Pham Thoai opened a livestream to record and question Ms. Hoa about porcelain making, giving her son a scholarship to study at an international school, business class air tickets, etc. However, TikToker still received a lot of criticism because of inconsistent information, noisy livestream sessions, and uncertain revenues and expenditures.
Talking to Lao Dong reporter, media expert Nguyen Ngoc Long said that Pham Thoai's way of speaking out about the incident was inappropriate.
"Pham Thoai considers the correction as a livestream and considers everyone as the audience watching a live session. That was a mistake. Because you are not a livestream player but a character in a suspicious incident. Pham Thoai needs to be transparent and explain to the public.
In fact, that statement session was like a livestream session of Pham Thoai, from the announcement for everyone to watch the live session, to report the big news to attract attention, to have scripts, to have supporters, to even say "through codes", "love" as a real livestream session.
Pham Thoai cannot stand in the role of a livestream to judge little Bu's mother because you are the one directly involved. Pham Thoai and babyap's mother support each other, so how can Pham Thoai question and handle her? They need to face public opinion, not just stream and handle each other. Pham Thoai needs to be the one to closely follow and clarify information related to Buoi's mother, cannot go live andfy to ask about making porcelain teeth, using a good phone...", said media expert Nguyen Ngoc Long.
Mr. Nguyen Ngoc Long said that in this case, Pham Thoai and Buoi's mother need to resolve everything with each other, then publish all the information and face the public.
Experts say the incident caused a stir and negativity but also brought Pham Thoai an explosive media effect. Therefore, the audience cannot believe that what this TikToker shared is correct and not arranged.
Up to now, Pham Thoai has published all statements, invoices, and revenues and expenditures on his personal page. However, the online community still asked Ms. Hoa to state 3 personal bank accounts that she had attached to the calls to receive support.
MSc. Le Dinh Quyet - lecturer at Hanoi Law University, senior advisor at LVI Law Firm - said that no matter what purpose the individual/organization calls for charity, the person calling for charity must still be public and transparent about the amount of money received.
In case of detecting violations and lack of transparency, people can file a criminal complaint with the police. At this time, the police will verify, investigate and prosecute individuals and organizations that violate if they find sufficient grounds.
"In case individuals or organizations calling for charity show signs of violating the law, being dishonest, using donations for other purposes with the original calling purpose, people can receive the donated amount back. This behavior shows signs of fraud and appropriation of property and the crime of abusing trust to appropriate property as prescribed in Articles 174 and 175 of the Penal Code 2015 respectively.
Individuals and organizations that violate the law are responsible for refunding money to those who have donated when it is determined that they have committed a crime. However, in reality, the process of requesting this money back takes a long time with a complicated process," Mr. Nguyen Dinh Quyet shared.
