The Secretariat decided to take disciplinary action and dismiss a number of officials and party members.

On November 30, at the Party Central Committee Headquarters, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a meeting of the Secretariat to consider and discipline Major General Bui Be Tu, former member of the Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, former Party Secretary, former Director of An Giang Provincial Police, and Colonel Nguyen Thuong Le, former member of the Provincial Party Committee, former Deputy Party Secretary, former Commander of the Border Guard of An Giang Province.

After considering the proposal of the Central Inspection Committee, the Secretariat found that Mr. Bui Be Tu, during his tenure as a member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Party Secretary, and Director of the Provincial Police, violated the Party's organizational and operational principles, regulations, State laws, regulations on what Party members are not allowed to do, and the responsibility to set an example.

Major General Bui Be Tu was dismissed from all positions in the Party.

Mr. Bui Be Tu also violated the regulations of the Ministry of Public Security and working regulations in performing assigned duties and tasks; he bears primary responsibility and responsibility as the head for the violations and shortcomings of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Police Party Committee for the 2015-2020 term.

In addition, Mr. Tu was also assessed as lacking in inspection and supervision, allowing many units of the Provincial Police to commit serious violations in the fight against crime, leading to criminals being let go, in the management of subjects, and in the organization of cadres; a number of Party committees and many leaders and subordinate cadres were disciplined, prosecuted, and investigated.

Regarding Mr. Nguyen Thuong Le, the Secretariat believes that during his tenure as a member of the Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, and Commander of the Provincial Border Guard, he violated the Party's organizational and operational principles and working regulations, regulations on what Party members are not allowed to do, and the responsibility to set an example.

Mr. Nguyen Thuong Le also bears primary responsibility, responsibility as the head for the violations and shortcomings of the Provincial Border Guard; and is jointly responsible for the violations and shortcomings of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Border Guard Party Committee for the terms of 2015 - 2020, 2020 - 2025; lack of responsibility, lax direction, lack of inspection and supervision allowing units under the Provincial Border Guard to violate Party regulations, State laws and regulations of the Ministry of National Defense on receiving and handling denunciations and reports of crimes, handling cases involving foreign elements, in the work of managing and protecting borders, localities, controlling entry and exit at border gates and controlling border crossings, fighting against smuggling, handling administrative violations; many subordinate officers were disciplined.

"The violations of Mr. Bui Be Tu and Nguyen Thuong Le have caused very serious consequences, causing public outrage in society, negatively affecting the reputation of the Party organization, the Public Security sector and the Border Guard force" - the Secretariat concluded.

Based on the content, nature, level, consequences, and causes of the violation; according to the Party's regulations on disciplining violating Party members, the Secretariat decided to take disciplinary action by removing Mr. Bui Be Tu and Mr. Nguyen Thuong Le from all positions in the Party.

The Secretariat requested that competent authorities take administrative discipline against the above individuals in a timely and consistent manner with party discipline./.