3 land officials in Nghe An were prosecuted for selling land without authority

Many officials of Phuc Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district were prosecuted for abusing their power while performing official duties. In the photo is the headquarters of Phuc Thanh commune. File photo.

* On June 4, 2018, PC03 Department of the Provincial Police broke up Project 418D, prosecuted the case, prosecuted the accused, and temporarily detained 2 subjects for the act of "Abuse of power while performing official duties", including: Phan Xuan Thuy, born in 1959, former Chairman of the People's Committee of Nghia Thai commune and Thai Doan Ton, born in 1954, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Nghia Thai commune, Tan Ky district.

Continuing the investigation and expanding, on September 10, 2018, the PC03 Department of the Provincial Police prosecuted Phan Kim Chau, born in 1963, a former cadastral officer of Nghia Thai commune. The investigation process clarified that from 2001 to 2006, the above subjects had illegally sold land to households in the area with a total area of ​​77,742 m2.² (143 plots of land), causing damage to the State in the amount of VND 1,562,992,000.

* On May 10, 2018, after investigation and verification, Yen Thanh District Police initiated a criminal case of "Abuse of power while performing official duties" occurring in Phuc Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District. Then, on May 17, 2018, Yen Thanh District Police initiated a criminal case against 4 subjects, including: Dinh Van Duong, born in 1963, Secretary and Chairman of the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh Commune for the 2015-2020 term; Nguyen Van Quyet, born in 1970, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh Commune; Tong Huu Tinh, born in 1983 and Nguyen Van Trung, born in 1969, both cadastral officers of Phuc Thanh Commune.

The investigation process clarified that the above subjects had illegally sold 283 plots of land in Phuc Thanh commune with an area of ​​88,539m2.² (asset valuation of about more than 15.2 billion VND).

On May 28, 2018, based on the investigation authority, Yen Thanh District Police transferred the case file to PC01 Department of Provincial Police for investigation and handling according to regulations. Continuing to expand the investigation, on July 19, 2018, PC01 Department of Provincial Police prosecuted 2 more defendants for the act of "Abuse of power while performing official duties", including: Nguyen Trong Kien, born in 1960, former Secretary of the Party Committee of Phuc Thanh Commune and Nguyen Khac Hung, born in 1971, Chief Accountant of Phuc Thanh Commune.

* Also related to crimes related to positions, on August 14, 2018, Vinh City Police broke up Project 418T, arrested and prosecuted 4 defendants who were former officials of Dong Vinh Cooperative for "Forgery in work" to appropriate the State budget of the Nghi Kim - Nghi Van drainage canal construction project, causing a loss of more than 640 million VND.

On March 29, 2018, Department PC03 prosecuted Phan Van Phuong, born in 1950, residing in Hop Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district - former Head of Irrigation Cluster N18A of the Irrigation Enterprise and Main Canal for the act of "Abusing position and power to appropriate property".

Regarding the deforestation case in Sub-areas 697, 683, 681 of the protective forest in the border area adjacent to Pha Lom village, Tam Hop commune and Luu Phong village, Luu Kien commune, Tuong Duong district, 4 defendants were also prosecuted for the crime of "Lack of responsibility causing serious consequences".

In total, from November 1, 2017 to October 30, 2018, Nghe An provincial authorities discovered and prosecuted 5 cases, 18 defendants for crimes related to positions; an increase of 1 case, 15 defendants compared to the same period.