Minh, a resident of Việt Hưng Commune in Long Biên District, was tried on a charge of deliberately causing injury. The victim was Nguyễn Hoàng Đạt, a 14-year-old student at Việt Hưng Secondary School in Long Biên.
Sang was previously sentenced to four years in prison by the People's Court of Gia Lai Province for embezzlement of assets at the Việt Nam Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development Bank’s Branch in Chu Pah District.