Nguyen Huu Tin, former vice chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee, has been prosecuted for his involvement in some lawsuits against Danang-based business tycoon Phan Van Anh Vu.
The Investigative Police Agency at the Ministry of Public Security, while looking into other violations committed by Vu Nhom and some relevant groups and individuals in the central coastal city of Danang and HCMC, announced its latest move to press charges against Tin and other current anf former officials in the two cities, the ministry said in a statement today, September 18. Thanh Thom reports on SaigonTimes.
Police decided to take legal proceedings against a criminal case called “Violations of the regulations on the management and use of State assets, causing losses and wastefulness in HCMC,” based on Article 219 of the 2015 Penal Code. Accordingly, the ministry issued decisions to prosecute the accused, put them under house arrest and search their houses and workplaces in an attempt to collect additional evidence.
The accused included Nguyen Huu Tin, 61, former vice chairman of the HCMC People’s Committee; Dao Anh Kiet, 61, former director of the HCMC Department of Natural Resources and Environment; Le Van Thanh, 56, incumbent deputy chief of the Office at the municipal committee; and Nguyen Thanh Chuong, 44, current head of the Urban Division at the Office.
On the same day, the agency also issued decisions to prosecute and arrest some officials in Danang City and raided their homes and workplaces for similar charges.
Dao Tan Bang, 43, former deputy head of the Office at the Danang People’s Committee, and current Party Secretary in charge of industrial parks in the coastal city; and Nguyen Viet Vinh, 40, former head of the Urban Management Division at the committee, currently serving as director of the Danang Inland Waterway Port Authority, are now being kept them in police custody.
Former head and deputy head of the Office at the committee – Nguyen Van Can and Phan Xuan It – both aged 64, are also under house arrest.
The agency did not specify their wrongdoings.