On July 27, the Traffic Police Department of Lao Cai Provincial Police said that recently many accounts have appeared on social networks posting and sharing information that a traffic accident occurred involving a public vehicle of the Traffic Police force, causing 2 officers to go missing.
According to the Traffic Police Department, this is completely untrue information, not consistent with the actual situation.
The posting and sharing of fabricated, unverified information has affected the prestige of the People's Police force, and at the same time negatively impacted the security and order situation and caused confusion in public opinion.
The Traffic Police Department of Lao Cai Provincial Police requests organizations and individuals to raise vigilance, not to believe, not to share or disseminate unverified information; only access information from official press agencies and official information channels of state agencies.
The unit also requested functional agencies to consider and strictly handle cases of taking advantage of cyberspace to post and disseminate false information in accordance with the law.
