Vietnamese website fined for publishing film inspired by horrible massacre

A local website has been fined for broadcasting a film made by an amateur based on the massacre of six family members in the southern province of Binh Phuoc.

The operator of the site was required to pay VND25 million (US$1,116) for publishing the 22-minute film “Tham Sat So 6″ (Massacre Number 6), inspired by the brutal murder of six people in a wood magnate’s family in Binh Phuoc last month.

The film, which was considered offensive and inciting, has been removed from the website, as requested by officials from the Vietnamese Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism on August 18.

The Vietnamese Central Council on Film Evaluation and the Cinematography Agency held a meeting on August 14 to evaluate the short film and concluded that it simulated the massacre in Binh Phuoc, incited violence, and featured inhumane characters performing cruel and offensive acts of murder.

“Tham Sat So 6″ has been completely banned in all forms, as it violates the country’s cinema law, while all people participating in the production and distribution process will also be fined, according to the Cinematography Agency.

The 22-minute film was released in early August, one month after the slaughter of the six people in Binh Phuoc. It describes the whole story which led to the terrible crime that shocked the entire country.

T.P., 21, who produced the film and played Nguyen Hai Duong, the main character, who was arrested in real life along with two accomplices for allegedly killing the six people, said that he dreams of becoming an artist.

In a conversation with Tuoi Tre (Youth) newspaper reporters, T.P. innocently said he did not think the film was offensive as he only wanted to advise people not to perform cruel acts of murder.

T.P. added that he had even eliminated many real details from the film.

Le Van My, 48, a wood processing magnate, his 42-year-old wife, Nguyen Le Thi Anh Nga, and their two children and two relatives were found dead inside their villa in Chon Thanh District at 7:00 am on July 7, while his youngest daughter, aged 18 months, survived the tragedy.

Two suspects, including Nguyen Hai Duong, hailing from the southern province of An Giang, and Vu Van Tien, a Binh Phuoc resident, were captured only four days after the massacre.

On August 10, Tran Dinh Thoai, 27, identified as the third suspect in the bloodbath, was nabbed by Binh Phuoc police in an outlying area of Ho Chi Minh City.

Thoai is considered a suspect because he agreed to be Duong’s accomplice but eventually could not join him in carrying out the murder plot due to some unexpected, objective reasons, according to a source close to Tuoi Tre with knowledge of the matter.

He is thus facing charges of murder and robbery instead of “failing to report criminals,” the source said.

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