Man voluntarily stays at police office then kills self: police

Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen held a photo of her deceased
husband at Binh Duong Province General Hospital on April 26

A man who was found hanging in a Binh Duong Province police station late last month had committed suicide and the handwriting in two suicide notes is his, the Binh Duong police have said in an official report.

Nguyen Cong Nhut, 33, was found dead at the Ben Cat District police station on April 25.

The report said that Kumho Tire Co Ltd, the Korean company for which Nhut had worked as a storekeeper, had assigned Nhut to “cooperate” with the district police to investigate the loss of 6,628 car tires worth more than VND6 billion (US$291,000).

Senior Lieutenant-Colonel Nguyen Hoang Thao, deputy head of the province police, confirmed that the police had not summoned, arrested or detained Nhut.
The storekeeper came under assignment from his company and then voluntarily stayed at the Ben Cat police office, the official said.

At the police station, Nhut had written a letter accusing many Kumho employees of colluding with security guards and drivers to steal company properties.

Nhut also wrote in the report that he managed to conceal the loss of 1,000 tires worth over VND1 billion ($48,500).

However, after the accusation he did not dare go home and had wanted to remain at the police office and had stayed there from the 21st until his death four days later.

An autopsy showed that Nhut had hanged himself with a telephone wire and there were neither external marks on his body nor traces of toxic substances.

Senior Lieutenant-Colonel Thao said forensic handwriting experts confirmed that the suicide notes had been written by Nhut.
Earlier, Nguyen Thi Thanh Tuyen, Nhut’s wife, told the police that the handwriting in the suicide notes was not her husband’s.

She also gave them Nhut’s notebook as proof and asked them to find out who had really written the letters.

Speaking to newswire VnExpress yesterday, Tran Dinh Trien, a Hanoi lawyer, said he wanted the police to provide him photos of Nhut’s autopsy and relevant documents.

He also said the report by the Binh Duong police does not answer queries raised by Nhut’s relatives about blood at the bottom of his trousers, an injury on his testicles, and blood and some other fluids on his pillow.

The police would meet Tuyen today, Thao said.

If she refuses to accept the police’s verdict, her lawyer can take it further, he added.

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