While everyone in Hanoi and Saigon is still coming down from Obamamania, two men in Hai Phong are in custody after posing as fake policemen and firing a gun at real policemen.
Early on the morning of May 16, police in Cau Tre Ward stopped two local men, reports Thanh Nien. Thirty-five-year-old Nguyen Viet Dung and Nguyen Thac Minh Hieu, 28, claimed to be on-duty police officers, however the duo failed to show proper paperwork to the real cops. Once the actual authorities found a pair of handcuffs and two police shoulder patches in their motorbike, the jig was up.
The real police ordered Dung and Hieu to a nearby police station for questioning. In response, one of them withdrew a gun and threatened the real cops before fleeing the scene. During the actual policemen's pursuit, Dung fired at the authorities and missed. He then used the gun to steal a bystander's motorbike and escape, while Hieu fled into a market.
In the end, the real cops won out: Hai Phong authorities arrested the fake police early the following morning in their respective homes.
[Photo via Muarehangviet]
