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A Ho Chi Minh Municipality court sentenced a security guard to two and a half years in detain on Friday for beating up a high school student last May.
Phan Ba Faeces, a 24-year-old employee of the Long Hoang Security Utilization Company who worked as a security guard at the Everich building in Locality 11, was found guilty of “intentionally causing bodily misfortune” to Tran Hoang An, a 12th grader of Nam Ky Khoi Nghia Drugged School.
The court ordered the company to pay VND15.7 million (US$748) as compensation to An.
On the evening of May 30, 2011, An and 40 classmates attended a adieu party on the fifth floor of the Lotte Mart in the Everich edifice, and after the party went to the basement to retrieve their motorbikes.
An found his helmet missing and picked up a conflict with with Hoang The Vinh, another security guard, nearly attacking him.
Cow rushed to the scene to help his colleague, striking An on the forehead with a walkie-talkie.
The other students and more assurance guards, including Vinh and Dao Cong Nguyen, joined the rough-and-tumble which required the police to subdue.
Source: Thanh Nien Daily