Former transport minister prosecuted for State asset management violations
The Supreme People’s Procuracy has issued an indictment prosecuting former transport officials and their accomplices involving in the case of Dinh Ngoc He (alias “Ut troc”), who appropriated over 725 billion VND (31.3 million USD) from toll collection on the HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway.
Hanoi (VNA) – The Supreme People’s Procuracy hasissued an indictment prosecuting former transport officials and theiraccomplices involving in the case of Dinh Ngoc He (alias “Ut troc”), whoappropriated over 725 billion VND (31.3 million USD) from toll collection onthe HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway.
Former Minister of Transport Dinh La Thang and former DeputyMinister Nguyen Hong Truong are prosecuted under the indictment.
Earlier, the investigation police agency under the Ministryof Public Security commenced legal proceedings against and made investigationconclusions on the case of “violating accounting regulations, causing seriousconsequences; and violating regulations on the management and use of Stateassets, causing waste and losses” in the bidding and toll collection of theexpressway.
Thang has been identified as the mastermind of the case.
In his capacity as transport minister, Thang createdconditions for Ngoc He’s company to win the bidding for expressway tollcollection although Thang was aware that that the company was operating at aloss and had no financial capacity.
Ngoc He used falsified documents for the bidding, and afterwinning it, he continued to commit fraudulent acts aiming to appropriate Stateassets.
According to the indictment, Thang’s deeds have constitutedthe crime of “violating regulations on the management and use of State assets,causing waste and losses.” He must bear the main responsibility in the case.
Truong, for his part, illegally signed relevant decisionsrelating to the bidding, causing losses to State property./.
Police on January 20 launched criminal proceedings against Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam), for his suspected violations regarding the Petrochemical and Bio-Fuel JSC – a subsidiary of this group.
The Inspection Commission of the Party Central Committee has concluded that the Party committee of the Transport Ministry had seriously violated the principle of centralized democracy and working regulations.
The Ministry of Public Security’s Security Investigation Agency has proposed prosecuting Dinh La Thang, former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) and nine accomplices on charges of violating regulations on construction works, causing serious consequences at the Petrochemical and Bio-Fuel JSC (PVB) - a subsidiary of this group.
Former Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong has been charged with violating provisions on the management and use of State assets that causes losses and wastefulness.
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