Do security guards have right to arrest person who commits theft in Vietnam?
Do security guards have right to arrest person who commits theft in Vietnam? I am currently working as a security guard at a fashion store. I have a question as above, hope you can guide me. Thank you!
Do security guards have right to arrest person who commits theft in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 111 of the Criminal Procedure Code 2015 has the following provisions:
1. Everyone is permitted to arrest and delivery by force a person, who is caught in and immediately after the act of committing a crime and chased, to the nearest police station, Procuracy or People’s committee. The said authorities, when taking in the detainee, must make written record of the incident and delivery by force the detainee or report to competent investigation authorities in prompt manner.
2. Everyone is permitted to disarm the detainee when capturing a person caught in the act of coming a crime.
3. If communal, ward or town police unit or police station detects, arrests and detains a perpetrator of a crime in flagrante, it shall temporarily seize weaponry, retain relevant documents and items, make written record of arrest, take initial statements, protect crime scene as per the laws, deliver by force the detainee or report to competent investigation authorities in prompt manner.
Thus, according to the above provisions in Vietnam, when detecting a person who is committing a crime, any person has the right to arrest and immediately take the arrested person to the police office, the procuracies or the People's Committee of the locality where the person is located.
So in the event that you work as a security guard and find out that someone is stealing, you have the right to arrest that person and immediately bring that person to the nearest police station, procuracies or People's Committee in Vietnam.
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