Karaoke shop owner gets 9 years in prisonVietNamNet Bridge – The People’s Court of Hanoi on Tuesday sentenced 32-year-old Nguyen Dieu Linh, the owner of a karaoke shop to nine years in prison for violating regulations on fire-fighting prevention and control. Three defendants at the court on Tuesday.— VNA/VNS Photo Doan TanA blaze that occurred in Linh’s nine-storey karaoke shop in late 2016 killed 13 people, including 12 customers and one staff. Under the indictment, Linh was found operating the shop without a business licence and verification of the fire-fighting system of the shop by authorised agencies when the fire reportedly happened. Linh had hired Hoang Van Tuan, 25, and Le Thi Thi, 56, to weld an iron frame on the karaoke shop’s ceiling on November 1, 2016. The court also gave Tuan and Thi seven years in prison each for the same offence.

Source: VietNamNet News March 28, 2018 03:33 UTC