The Phu Tho provincial People’s Court on November 12 brought to trial two former senior officers of the Ministry of Public Security and 90 accomplices for their alleged involvement in a major online gambling ring.
They include former Director General of the Ministry of Public Security’s Police General Department Phan Van Vinh and former Director of the the ministry’s Hi-tech Crime Police Department Nguyen Thanh Hoa.
Both are prosecuted for “abusing positions and power while performing duties”, an offence that has the maximum penalty of 15 years in prison.
♌ The court said this is a case with a lot of complexities and a record number of defendants in Phu Tho. The first-instance trial is scheduled to last for 15 days and open for the media.-VNA