Hanoi’s ex-Chairman sentenced to eight years in jail for abusing position, power
The People’s Court of Hanoi on December 13 sentenced Nguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, to eight years in prison for “abusing position and power while performing duties” in a case related to the purchase of the water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C to purify lakes in the capital city.
Nguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, at the court. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The People’s Court of Hanoi on December 13 sentencedNguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, to eightyears in prison for “abusing position and power while performing duties” in acase related to the purchase of the water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C to purifylakes in the capital city.
Together with a five-year imprisonment term he received inDecember 2020 on the charges of “appropriating confidential state documents”,Chung has to serve a total of 13 years in jail.
Chung’s two accomplices in this case, Nguyen Truong Giang, former Director of Arktic Trading and Service Co., Ltd., and Vo Tien Hung, former GeneralDirector of the Hanoi Sewerage and Sewerage One Member Limited LiabilityCompany, were imprisoned for four years and six months, and four years,respectively, also for the same count of “abusing position and power whileperforming duties”.
The court also ordered Chung and Giang to pay more than 36 billion VND (1.56 million USD) in compensation to the Hanoi Sewerage Company, noting that Chung's family had paid 10 billionVND, and Giang's family had paid 1 billion VND to the Civil Judgment ExecutionDepartment of Hanoi.
According to the indictment, in 2016, the Hanoi People’sCommittee directed relevant units to tackle water pollutionin rivers and lakes in the city by searching for suitable advancedtechnologies. Defendant Nguyen Duc Chung, then Chairman of the Hanoi People’sCommittee, chose the polluted water treatment technology of Watch Water Company(Germany), and placed an order for the production of Redoxy- 3Cfor use in the treatment of water pollution in Hanoi.
Chung then instructed defendant Vo Tien Hung to buyRedoxy-3C product through Arktic Company, an intermediary company where Giangacted as the Director, with the intention of gaining personal profit.
The procuracy held that the actions by Chung and the othershave caused serious losses totalling over 36 billion VND to the State./
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Nguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, at the court. (Photo: VNA) 
