Police in Vietnam are performing an autopsy on the corpse of a cosmetic surgery victim whose body was dumped by a doctor into a river in Hanoi last year to identify the cause of her death.
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Hanoi police on Tuesday confirmed that the body recovered from the Hong (Red) River in Van Duc Commune, Gia Lam District last month is the remains of Le Thi Thanh Huyen.
Huyen died post-surgery at the age of 37 at Cat Tuong Beauty Salon after she had an esthetic operation there about nine months ago, on October 19, 2013.
The confirmation was given based on DNA tests police conducted on a number of corpses collected from the river on July 18 this year by local residents.
Test results indicate that a DNA sample taken from one of the bodies matches those of Huyen’s mother and daughter, police said.
A forensic autopsy is being performed to find out the cause of Huyen’s death and whether the woman died before or after being thrown into the river, said Colonel Nguyen Van Vien, Chief of the Secretariat of the Hanoi police.
Huyen disappeared after she came to the salon that date and on October 22, 2013 police arrested Dr. Nguyen Manh Tuong, 41, the salon’s owner, and his accomplice Dao Quang Khanh, the facility’s security guard, for investigation.
The two men later confessed that they dumped Huyen’s body into the Hong River after the woman died at the salon.
According to the case file, thirty minutes after experiencing aesthetic operations performed by Dr. Tuong from 12:00 pm until 4:00 pm, Huyen had difficulty breathing and started foaming at the mouth.
Dr. Tuong gave her an injection and she appeared to recover. But at 5:45 pm, Huyen’s body suddenly turned blue and her blood pressure could not be measured.
Dr. Tuong then put Huyen on a respirator and gave her a cardiotonic but could not save her.
The doctor and Khanh then carried Huyen’s body in a car to Thanh Tri Bridge and threw it into the Hong River.
After arresting the two men, police also found Khanh having stolen an iPhone 5 from the woman.
Before his arrest, Dr. Tuong worked as a doctor at Bach Mai Hospital in the capital city.
The Hanoi People’s Court opened a trial for the two defendants on April 14, 2014 but postponed it the same day and returned the case file to the investigation agency for clarification of some professional issues related to the woman’s death.
Police have charged Dr. Tuong with “breaching regulations on medical examination and treatment, drug production, preparations, supply and sale or other medical services” and “interfering with human corpses, graves, and/or remains.”
Meanwhile, Khanh has been indicted for “interfering with human corpses, graves, and/or remains” and “stealing property.”
However, the charges of the two defendants can be changed in coming days subject to the results of the forensic autopsy, Colonel Nguyen Van Vien said.
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