What to do when detecting a wanted person in Vietnam? What are regulations on seeking of suspects in Vietnam?

1. What to do when detecting a wanted person in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 112 of the 2015 Criminal Procedure Code, there are provisions on apprehension of wanted persons as follows:

1. Everyone is permitted to capture and deliver by force a wanted person to the nearest police station, Procuracy or People’s committee. The said authorities, when taking in the arrestee, must make written record of the incident and deliver by force the arrestee and report to competent authorities in prompt manner.

2. Everyone, when capturing a wanted person, is permitted to disarm such person.

3. If communal, ward or town police unit or police station detects, arrests or takes in, it shall temporarily seize weaponry, retain relevant documents and items, make written record of arrest, take initial statements, protect crime scene as per the laws, deliver by force the arrestee or report to competent investigation authorities in prompt manner.

Thus, when detecting a wanted criminal, you have the right to capture and deliver by force a wanted person to the nearest police station, Procuracy or People’s committee. In a safer case, you can notify the above agencies about the detection of wanted criminals in Vietnam.

2. What are regulations on seeking of suspects in Vietnam?

In Article 231 of the 2015 Criminal Procedure Code, there are provisions on seeking of suspects as follows:

1. Investigative authorities shall decide to issue wanted notices against suspects on the loose or in unknown places.

2. A wanted notice shall specify full name, date of birth, residential address of suspects, their traits for identification, crimes against which suspects are charged and other details as per Section 2, Article 132 of this law; and suspects' photos (if available).

A wanted notice for a suspect shall be sent to the equivalent Procuracy and publicly announced for everyone to detect and detain the wanted person.

3. Upon the capture of the suspect as per the wanted notice, the investigation authority issuing such notice shall terminate it. A decision to terminate wanted notice shall be sent to the equivalent Procuracy and publicly announced.

According to this Article, the seeking of suspects in Vietnam will be carried out in accordance with the above provisions.

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