In the case of the rescue flight, the Vietnamese Procuracy suggested that 18 defendants out of a total of 54 defendants be prosecuted in the highest penalty or death. An unprecedented high conviction rate. Those who profit from the hardships of compatriots trapped in foreign lands deserve to be punished. However, in terms of consequences, the rescue flight caused mental and financial losses of the expatriates, but no loss of life. Therefore, the above proposal is extremely strict.
In contrast, the release of four flight attendants smuggling 11kg of synthetic drugs by the Ho Chi Minh City Police, is an unacceptable case, because it blatantly tramples on the law. Considering the seriousness of the crime of drug transportation and the crime of robbing flight passengers, it is clear that the crime of transporting drugs causes much more serious harm.
Everyone knows that drugs are very destructive to people. In particular, its users are almost impossible to detox. It erodes the physical, mental and personality. Meanwhile, victims of the rescue flight only get robbed of money, they will also heal themselves mentally and the material loss when buying tickets is not as serious as the loss caused by drugs.
Saying that to make an objective comparison, not to excuse those who have deliberately profited from the difficulties of the compatriots. They deserve to be severely punished by the law. However, the consequences they may receive are too harsh? Why people caught in red hand smuggling a large amount of deadly drug, with sufficient physical evidence, were released publicly?
The elephant can’t not be seen but the ant was, it shows very clearly the image of Socialist justice. Stealing a chicken to drink, a person was sentenced to 7 years in prison, but stealing billions of dollars people were given a suspended sentence. That is the kind of justice of the socialist judiciary. With this kind of justice, can it bring social justice?
The rescue flight case is a big one, however, the people who suffer the damage are the people who were stuck in the middle of a foreign land during the epidemic season. Airfares have been inflated by this group of interests to 4 to 5 times the normal fare. If there is no victim’s money, what will the officials who have the money to divide among themselves? Thus, if we want to regain justice in this case, we must regain justice for the flight victims. So far, the first phase of prosecution of 54 defendants is being completed, but the investigation agency has not mentioned anything about the victims. And this also means, when this trial takes place, the court will convict the defendants, but there will be no compensation for the victims.
Once the victim’s rights are ignored, the question is, what does the prosecution of the rescue flight case bring? Bringing justice? Why they ignore the victim’s damage? Thus, people also need to ask this question, is this case just internal purge, not for justice for the victim?
When the trial of the rescue flight takes place, the press will juggle the strictness of the law, will sing about socialist justice. However, there is no real justice. In Vietnamese society, the fatal fight between groups, thanks to the legal tools, the winner will exclaim it is justice, the loser will silently accept it.
Death sentence for robbery, but acquittal for drug trafficking. That is the image of the socialist judiciary. That is also the nature of the regime. There will be no justice for the people, for the law is only a tool of the stronger ones.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
