On September 20, Facebook circulated a clip recording a fight between several people participating in a land auction at the People's Committee of Cat Tien town (Phu Cat district).
According to the content of the 15-second clip posted on the fanpage "Binh Dinh Thong Tin", a woman loudly said "get out of the way", then repeatedly hit another woman in the head, causing the victim to scream, causing disorder in the premises of the People's Committee headquarters of Cat Tien town.
Just a few hours after being posted, the clip attracted hundreds of comments and shares. Many accounts also said that this was an act of violence, which needed to be condemned and strictly handled according to the law.
According to the reporter's investigation, the victim was hospitalized for emergency treatment and reported the incident to the Cat Tien Town Police (Phu Cat District).
In the afternoon of the same day, speaking with Lao Dong, Mr. Nguyen Van Hung - Chairman of Phu Cat District People's Committee - confirmed that there was a fight between people participating in the land auction held at the headquarters of Cat Tien Town People's Committee on the evening of September 16.
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Hung, the district borrowed the headquarters of the People's Committee of Cat Tien town to auction 58 land lots in the Residential Area east of Ong Sung stream (Cat Tien town), invested by the district. The unit hired to organize the auction was Dong Duong Joint Stock Auction Company.
"Because there were so many people participating, the auction only ended at 9:30 p.m. During the auction, some participants got into a fight. The police are currently investigating and clarifying the incident," said Mr. Hung.
As reported by Lao Dong, on September 11, Chairman of Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee Pham Anh Tuan requested units and localities to seriously organize and implement the auction of land use rights in accordance with legal regulations.
Strengthen direction, promptly grasp and strictly handle violations of the law in land use rights auctions, especially acts of collusion to manipulate the market, collude to lower prices, raise prices to create an unhealthy market, not true to reality, and profiteering...
"Heads of agencies, units and localities shall strictly implement the promulgation of regulations, announcements and organization of land use rights auctions in accordance with relevant legal provisions.
Coordinate with relevant agencies to closely monitor the process of organizing land use rights auctions, detect and strictly handle violations in land use rights auctions, prevent acts of taking advantage of land use rights auctions for personal gain, causing market disruption...
At the same time, control auction participants, do not allow the situation of soliciting participants, connecting milestones, colluding to lower or raise prices, distorting auction results, causing disorder and not complying with regulations at auctions," the Chairman of Binh Dinh Provincial People's Committee directed.
