Take action against drivers who violate alcohol limits and impersonate journalists or police officers.

Traffic police determined that these alcohol concentration violators were not journalists or police officers as they claimed or were spread on social networks.

On November 19, the Phu Lam Traffic Police Team under the Traffic Police Department - Ho Chi Minh City Police said that they were making a record to handle the violation of the driver who violated the alcohol concentration and cursed at passersby as reported on social networks.

Accordingly, on November 19, a clip was circulated on social media showing a man who appeared to be drunk, sitting in the driver’s seat of a car and cursing at passersby. Information circulating on social media said that this man was a police officer.

nong do con 3.png — Drunk man sitting in car, cursing passersby. Photo: Cut from clip

However, the Phu Lam Traffic Police confirmed that the incident occurred on the evening of November 17 on Kinh Duong Vuong Street, District 6, near the Phu Lam roundabout. At the time of the incident, the patrol team of the Phu Lam Traffic Police was present at the scene, invited the man and brought the vehicle back to work.

Through testing, it was determined that this man violated the alcohol concentration level of 0.218 mg/liter of breath. The traffic police team made a record of the violation, the man also admitted and signed the record.

Traffic police also clarified that the violator was not a police officer as spread on social networks.

On the same day, the Traffic Police - Order Team of Binh Thanh District is also preparing a case to handle the violation against Mr. VVT (32 years old, residing in Thu Duc City) for the violation of alcohol concentration at 0.335 mg/liter of breath while driving a car.

nong do con 2.png — When he was found guilty of driving under the influence of alcohol, Mr. T. claimed to be a journalist to ask for forgiveness. Photo: AL

nong do con 1.png — Mr. T. did not sign the violation report so the traffic police took the vehicle back to investigate. Photo: AL

Previously, on the evening of November 18, the Traffic Police discovered that Mr. T. was showing signs of being drunk while driving at the intersection of Nguyen Xi - No Trang Long, so they signaled him to stop the car for inspection. Through measuring with a device, Mr. T. violated the alcohol concentration level of 0.335 mg/liter of breath.

However, he did not sign the violation report and claimed to be a journalist working at a press agency with an office located in Tan Binh district to ask for the traffic police's sympathy.

Through preliminary verification, Mr. T. was not a journalist at the above unit. At the scene, the traffic police took the vehicle to the headquarters and invited Mr. T. to work with them to handle the matter according to regulations.

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