Wolf faces law for raping Internet chat victims
Hanoi police have concluded investigation into a case of child rape and robbery of victims from yahoo chats and proposed the local Procuracy to indict 8 people including a 15-year-old ringleader for the crimes four years ago.
The criminal gang was led by Dao Thi Thu Huong, 15, the youngest, who was dubbed as My “soi” (wolf), residing in Hoang Mai District, and her lover, Trinh Thang Long, 19. Huong and Long have long dropped out of school.
The others include Nguyen Xuan Thang, Nguyen Duc Hoang, Le Quang Vinh. Au The Doan, Hoang Trong Dat, and Tran Hoang Nam. The first three are 23 years old and the others, 19. All of them had led a fast life before their arrest.
Except Nam who is facing robbery charges, the remaining seven are charged with three crimes: rape, raping children, and robbery.
All of the eight are residents of Hanoi.
According to indictment, Huong and Long made acquaintances with teen girls via chats on Internet.
The couple later lured the teens to go out with them and then forced them into hotel rooms where the other male members of the gang raped them and then robbed their assets.
They committed their first crime on July 16, 2010 and the victim was Pham Thi K.T, 25, a resident of Hanoi. Huong lured T. to go out and then forced her to go to a hotel, where she was raped many times.
The gang also robbed VND200,000 (now US$9.6) and a mobile phone from T, who later managed to escape from the hotel.
The gang later carried out four other crimes, in which they abducted, beat, raped and robbed their victims.
Total value of the assets robbed by the gang is estimated at VND30 million ($1,440).