Ministry of Public Security on the prosecution of three defendants: Nguyen Duc Thuan, Ho Pham Hiep Huy and Thai Cong Truong Son
By Ban Biên tập
Original article in Vietnamese ↗
At 21:50 on September 18, 2026, the My Quy Tay Border Gate Border Guard Station in Tay Ninh province detected and caught red-handed three subjects illegally entering Vietnam from the Cambodian border: Nguyen Duc Thuan (born 1974 in Lam Dong province), Ho Pham Hiep Huy (born 1975 in Ho Chi Minh City), and Thai Cong Truong Son (born 1980 in Dong Thap province). Among the three subjects who entered illegally: Nguyen Duc Thuan used two fake citizen identity cards in the name of Phan Duc Trung (the photo on the fake cards was of Nguyen Duc Thuan) and one Norwegian passport in the name of Nguyen Duc Thuan; Ho Pham Hiep Huy carried one Australian passport in the name of Tran Hiep. On September 19, 2026, the My Quy Tay Border Gate Border Guard Station in Tay Ninh province handed the three subjects and the case file over to the Security Investigation Agency of the Tay Ninh Provincial Police. The Security Investigation Agency of the Tay Ninh Provincial Police then handed the three subjects and the case file over to the Security Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security for investigation and handling within its authority.
During the investigation, Nguyen Duc Thuan, Ho Pham Hiep Huy and Thai Cong Truong Son confessed to being members of the terrorist organization “Viet Tan” and to carrying fake documents to enter Vietnam illegally in order to carry out terrorist and sabotage activities.
Based on the investigation results, on September 28, 2026, the Security Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security issued decisions to initiate the case, to prosecute the defendants, and orders of temporary detention against Nguyen Duc Thuan, Ho Pham Hiep Huy and Thai Cong Truong Son, to investigate them for the crime of “Terrorism” under Clause 2, Article 299 and the crime of “Forging seals and documents of agencies and organizations” under Clause 2, Article 341 of the Penal Code. On the same day, the Supreme People’s Procuracy approved the above decisions to prosecute the defendants and the temporary detention orders.
Currently, the Security Investigation Agency of the Ministry of Public Security is continuing to investigate and clarify the subjects’ criminal conduct in order to handle the case in accordance with the law.