(Baonghean.vn) -While on probation for a suspended sentence for fraud and appropriation of property, Dung brought explosives from Hanoi to Quy Hop district to sell to quarries and was caught red-handed by Nghe An police.

On May 7, the People's Court of Nghe An province conducted an appeal trial on the case of illegal trading of explosives against Nguyen Chi Dung (born in 1962), residing in Quang Trung ward, Dong Da district, Hanoi.

According to the case file, in June 2008, Nguyen Chi Dung was sentenced by the People's Court of Dong Anh District, Hanoi City to 36 months in prison with a suspended sentence, probation for 5 years for the crime of Fraudulent appropriation of property. Although he was on probation, with his greedy nature and desire to get rich quickly and illegally, Dung found a way to Nghe An to do business and illegally trade explosives.

During the process of researching the market, Dung saw that in Quy Hop district there were many quarries being exploited day and night, requiring large quantities of explosives, so Dung found a way to bring explosives from Hanoi to Quy Hop to sell to quarry owners to make a profit.

On April 18, 2012, when Dung brought 203,000 explosives to a quarry in Bac Son commune, Quy Hop district, he was discovered and caught red-handed by a working group of the Nghe An Police Investigation Agency. Afterwards, Nguyen Chi Dung was prosecuted for the crime ofIllegal trading of explosives under Clause 2, Article 232 of the Penal Code.

In mid-2012, the Quy Hop District Court tried the case and sentenced Nguyen Chi Dung to three years in prison. Dung appealed, requesting a reduction in his sentence, believing the sentence was too harsh.

At the appeal hearing on May 7, 2013, Nguyen Chi Dung confessed to all his crimes. At the same time, he presented evidence showing his remorse. During his detention awaiting trial, Dung helped the police solve two gambling cases involving 11 people. The jury determined that Dung's crimes were very dangerous, the amount of explosives was very large, the defendant's actions seriously affected public safety, public order and explosives management in the area, the defendant's relatives were not good, and he was on probation for a previous criminal sentence for Fraudulent appropriation of property, etc. However, the judge, the presiding judge of the trial, also considered the fact that Dung had helped the investigation agency solve the case, and that his parents had contributed to the revolution, so he agreed with part of Dung's appeal to show the leniency of the law.

At the end of the trial, Dung's sentence was reduced to 2 years in prison. According to the law, during the probation period, a person serving a suspended sentence is not allowed to commit a new crime. If a new crime is committed during the probation period, the court will decide to force them to serve the prison sentence of the previous sentence and combine it with the sentence of the new sentence according to the provisions of Article 51 of the Penal Code. In the case of the defendant Dung, he committed the crime while on probation for a previous 3-year suspended sentence, so now the suspended sentence is converted to a prison sentence with an equivalent sentence. Therefore, combining the two sentences, Nguyen Chi Dung must serve 5 years in prison.

Nguyen Khoa