Vietnam man arrested for stealing uncle’s bones to extort US$203,000 from family to pay debts

By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-09-24 10:03:54 | Updated at 2024-09-30 11:34:11 6 days ago
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A man in Vietnam has committed a shocking act by stealing his uncle’s skull and bones from a grave.

He attempted to extort 5 billion Vietnamese dong (US$203,000) from the deceased man’s family to settle his gambling debts.

On September 9, 37-year-old Luu Thanh Nam, from Thanh Hoa province in northern Vietnam, used a shovel to dig a 20cm hole in his uncle’s grave. He removed some of his uncle’s remains and concealed them in a nearby pile of rubbish.

The deceased was the father of Nam’s cousin, Luu Thanh Hoi, and had passed away four years earlier, as reported by the Vietnamese media outlet Daidoanket.

 QQ.com

Nam was identified as the perpetrator after an investigation and confessed to the crime, citing overwhelming gambling debts as his motive. Photo: QQ.com
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