Maybe this is the reason why the disco is CLOSED...
Drug charges dropped against Hanoi disco manager
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Charges of “harboring drug use” laid against the manager of the high-end New Century night club in Hanoi have been dropped, a district prosecution office said Thursday.
Hanoi’s Hoan Kiem District prosecution office announced Nguyen Dai Duong would not be indicted for intentionally harboring drug users, as proposed by the police in May.
But Duong will be prosecuted for illegally selling liquor at the night club, the prosecution office said.
Drug-harboring charges were also dropped against Phung Lam Son, the disco’s former chief accountant, the Hoan Kiem District prosecution office said.
A police raid in April 2007 discovered rampant narcotic use at the New Century night club.
After an initial investigation, police last November recommended drug-harboring charges against Duong, who was taken into custody a month after the raid.
After being released last November to undergo treatment for an eye disease, Duong lodged an appeal with the Supreme People’s Procuracy (SPP), Vietnam’s highest prosecution agency, asking for the charges against him to be reconsidered.
The SPP in April ordered a new investigation into the case.
The additional investigation wrapped up a month later with the police recommending Duong and his accomplices be charged with deliberately covering up the disco clients’ illegal drug use.
After the New Century raid, 29 Hanoi officials were disciplined, including 12 policemen and two leaders of the Hang Trong Ward, where the disco is based.
If Son and Duong can prove their innocence, the action taken against the officials would also be reconsidered, lawyer Pham Thi Ha said.
Reported by Thai Uyen-Truong Dinh
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Originally Posted by huanggua
Hi bro Jackbl,
Thanks for the info. But I dont think its been closed for 2 years. I just checked my passport. I was in Hanoi in March 2007 and I did visit Century then. It must have closed shortly after my trip.
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