Three commune leaders arrested for causing loss of road construction money

On December 6, the leader of Son La Provincial Police announced that he had just issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Mr. Trinh - Head of the New Rural Steering Committee, along with Lo Van Tuan, former Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Chieng Khoa Commune, Van Ho District (2017 period), and Dinh Thi Thuc - former Chairman of the Fatherland Front Committee of Chieng Khoa Commune (2018 period) to investigate the crime.Violating regulations on construction investment management causing serious consequencesaccording to Article 224 andLack of responsibility causes serious consequencesaccording to Article 360 ​​of the Penal Code 2015.

Mr. Trinh, in his capacity as head of the construction steering committee, assigned a number of members to prepare and sign settlement documents for rural roads that were not true to reality and in violation of the provisions of the Construction Law. The defendants Tuan and Thuc did not properly perform their assigned tasks in supervising the acceptance of road projects, causing damage to the State budget.

Police allege that the consequences were particularly serious. In connection with the case, in June, the investigation agency prosecuted four defendants, who were leaders and officials of Chieng Khoa commune, to investigate the crime.Violating regulations on construction investment management causing serious consequencesandEmbezzlement of property.