According to the official dispatch of Tien Phong newspaper, journalist Nguyen Van Tuan (pen name Tuan Nguyen), in charge of Tien Phong newspaper's representative office in the Central Highlands region, reported that from late April to mid-May 2023, he went to verify information sources and acted as an investigator of subjects illegally buying and selling agricultural land to construct a number of traffic routes in Dak Lak.

During this process, the journalist pretended to be a land buyer, and met directly with the landowner named Nguyen Cong Huong (village 8, Ea Ktur commune, Cu Kuin district) to collect information and verify the article. At the same time, Mr. Tuan also met another person who was farming nearby and wanted to sell land to ask for more information. During this process, the journalist asked for the phone numbers of the two people above, and gave them the phone number he often used to act as a reporter.

After recording the reality of many days and nights of subjects digging up soil from Mr. Huong's garden in Hamlet 8, Ea Ktur Commune, journalist Tuan Nguyen contacted the leaders of the People's Committee of this commune to work, but they always avoided and did not provide information.

On May 18, the journalist went to work with Mr. Nguyen Kim May - Chairman of the People's Committee of Ea Ktur commune, then asked for the phone number of Mr. Dinh - head of village 8, where the digging took place, to contact and verify. That same evening, two men used the same phone number 0915840755 to call Mr. Tuan's phone number.

The report said that in the phone calls, the callers made threatening and threatening actions against the journalist's life. Among the threats was " I'm coming to kill your family, burn your house down, okay? I'll run out of ink, kill your family line. If you step foot on Hoa Thang, Cu Kuin land, I'll kill you, kill your family line, kill your family line. I (I-PV) will bury your whole family line...".

To ensure the legal rights of journalists according to current laws, the Editorial Board of Tien Phong newspaper requests the Vietnam Journalists Association, the Dak Lak Provincial Journalists Association, the Provincial Police, the Department of Information and Communications of this province, the Cu Kuin District Police and relevant agencies to investigate and strictly handle those who threaten, protect journalists working and ensure security and safety in the area.