" outraged, painful"
On the morning of October 21, Ms. Ban Thi Binh (born in 1996, from To Mua commune, Son La province) shared with Lao Dong Newspaper reporters about her daughter H.T.N.L (10 years old, studying in grade 5 at Co Dam Primary School, Ha Tinh province) being brutally beaten by her husband.
Ms. Binh said that yesterday afternoon (October 20), impatient about her daughter being brutally abused by her husband and having to be hospitalized, she took a taxi from her parents' house in Son La province to Vinh Hospital (Nghe An province) to take care of her child.
"When I saw my daughter's injuries directly, I was very upset and hurt. Compared to yesterday, he has improved better now, he chatted happily, and his spirit is stable, Ms. Binh shared.
Before the incident, because her father was seriously ill, she returned to her maternal hometown in Son La province to take care of him. At around 6am on October 19, a neighbor where she rented a house in Phu Hoa village, Co Dam commune called to report that her daughter had been beaten by her husband and injured.
Lessons for husband to refund salary
Before her husband was arrested by the police, Ms. Binh shared: Hopefully, after being punished by the law, her husband will clearly realize his wrongdoings so that future violations, violence, and violence in the family will not recur.
"Through discussions with the doctor, the daughter's health has temporarily stabilized. Due to the circumstances of his grandfather's family's death, I plan to ask for his discharge from the hospital this afternoon to take him back to his maternal hometown," Ms. Binh added.
Regarding L's wish to return to her hometown to live with her maternal family in Son La province, and to study there right away, Ms. Binh said she agreed. On the family side, the people and the uncles and aunts also advised the same and said that they were ready to support and help her mother and children when they moved back to their hometown to live.
According to Mr. Phan Viet Hiep - Head of Phu Hoa village (Co Dam commune), Ms. Binh had previously had a husband who gave birth to H.T.N.L. In 2022, Ms. Binh married Nguyen Van Nam in Co Dam commune and had 2 children together, the older child is 3 years old, the younger child is 1 year old.
After a period of living with a large family in Van Thanh Bac village (Co Dam commune), from 2024, Nguyen Van Nam's family moved to rent a house to live in Phu Hoa village.
According to the Head of Phu Hoa village, around October 2024, Nam beat L with a whip, causing many bruises all over his body. The school discovered the incident, and the locality worked with the incident and asked Nam to commit not to repeat the offense. However, on the night of October 18, Nam re-offended and brutally assaulted L.
As Lao Dong reported, regarding the incident of a girl named H.T.N.L (10 years old, 5th grade at Co Dam Primary School, Ha Tinh province) being assaulted by her stepfather, Nguyen Van Nam (born in 1994, residing in Phu Hoa village, Co Dam commune), the Investigation Police Agency of Ha Tinh Province Police arrested this subject for intentional injury.
According to the investigation, at around 6:00 p.m. on October 18, Nam took L to her biological mother, Ms. Tran Thi Huong (residing in Van Thanh Bac village) to eat. During the meal, Nam and his relatives drank beer. At around 10:00 p.m. the same day, Nam took baby L back to her rented house in Phu Hoa village.
Here, while talking, outraged because L did not answer the right answer and evoked the previous conflict, Nam used his hand and wooden stick to hit the nephew many times.
Nam also used a hammer to hit L in the head twice, causing L to be injured and bleeding. After committing the crime, Nam tied up a first aid and went to sleep.
After beating L, knowing that the police had intervened, on the morning of October 19, Nam fled to his mother's house. At around 10:00 p.m. the same day, Co Dam Commune Police discovered, arrested and took Nam to the headquarters for questioning. Here, the subject admitted to all the acts of abuse of L.
