Criminal probe opened into fabrication of rape at military retreat

Nguyen Tien Son, political head of Zone 7 Military School, speaks at a press conference to dismiss information spread on social media that a student was raped at the school's Center for National Defense and Security Training, January 12, 2023. Photo by VnExpress/Dinh Van

The Criminal Investigation Agency of Zone 7 Military has opened a criminal investigation into the distribution of false information that a female student had been raped while attending military classes.

Suspects will be probed for charges of "Illegal provision or use of information on computer networks or telecommunications networks" under the Penal Code, the agency said Saturday.

The move came after social media was ablaze Wednesday night with posts saying that a female student from Ho Chi Minh City University of Foreign Languages and Information Technology (HUFLIT) had been raped while undergoing military training at the Center for National Defense and Security Training at the Zone 7 Military School.

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