THỦ THỪA — 2008 · Murder
The Cầu Voi Post Office Murders (Hồ Duy Hải Case)
On the night of 13 January 2008, two young women working at the Cầu Voi post office in Thủ Thừa District, Long An Province, were found murdered. Hồ Duy Hải, arrested in March 2008, confessed and was sentenced to death in 2008; the sentence was upheld on appeal in 2009. But he and his family maintained the confession had been obtained under pressure, and it emerged that some evidence from the scene had been lost and examinations were incomplete. His execution was halted at the last moment in 2014. The Supreme People's Procuracy protested the verdict in November 2019, but on 8 May 2020 the Supreme People's Court, while acknowledging procedural errors, upheld the death sentence. The case remains central to debates on judicial reform in Vietnam.
- Date
- 2008
- Place
- Long An, Vietnam, Thủ Thừa, VN
- Category
- Murder
- Case Status
- Closed
- Coordinates
- 10.6000, 106.4000 ↗
Timeline of Events
- 13 January 2008Two employees were killed at the Cầu Voi post office.
- 21 March 2008Hồ Duy Hải was arrested.
- December 2008He was sentenced to death; upheld in 2009.
- December 2014His execution was halted at the last moment.
- 8 May 2020The Supreme People's Court rejected the prosecutors' protest and upheld the sentence.
Sources
- VnExpress — Tử tù Hồ Duy Hải đã bị kết tội như thế nào vnexpress.net ↗
- Tuổi Trẻ — Hồ Duy Hải davası yorumu tuoitre.vn ↗
- Wikipedia (VI) — Vụ án Hồ Duy Hải vi.wikipedia.org ↗
- VnExpress
- Tuổi Trẻ
- Wikipedia (Vietnamese)
Source grade A: several independent sources, at least one an official record or reference work. If you spot a mistake or something missing, report it with "Suggest a correction" in the app.
Related Cases
More cases from the 2000s
Categories
🕯️ This record was prepared with respect, in memory of those who lost their lives.