Arrested an official of Phu Tho General Hospital for receiving 2 billion VND from Viet A Company
On May 27, the Economic Police Department of Phu Tho Province Police issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and execute an order to temporarily detain Mr. Tran Gia Phu - Deputy Director of the Testing Center of Phu Tho General Hospital for the crime of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties".
The above decisions and orders were approved by the People's Procuracy of Phu Tho province. After the approval of the Procuracy, the Phu Tho Provincial Police issued a decision to prosecute, execute an order to temporarily detain and conduct a search of Mr. Phu to serve the investigation.
Previously, the Inspectorate of Phu Tho province concluded and recommended that the Phu Tho Provincial Police review and handle Mr. Tran Gia Phu's illegal acts and signs of crime. According to the inspection conclusion, previously (from 2020-2021), the Department of Health of Phu Tho province signed 8 contracts to purchase equipment, medical supplies, biological products, test kits, vaccines, and drugs to prevent and control the COVID-19 epidemic with the Company.Viet A, total value of more than 8.2 billion VND.
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During the inspection at the Department of Health and Phu Tho General Hospital, the inspection team had information about Mr. Tran Gia Phu receiving "commission" money from Viet A Company. During the working process, Mr. Phu said: Previously, due to the complicated developments of the COVID-19 epidemic in Phu Tho province, the Board of Directors of Phu Tho General Hospital assigned the microbiology unit of the Testing Center to proactively propose a testing plan and prepare biological products and chemicals to serve the work of preventing and fighting the COVID-19 epidemic.
At that time, Mr. Tran Gia Phu, who was the head of the microbiology unit, looked up information on mass media and guidance documents from the Ministry of Health and learned that Viet A Company provided biological products and chemicals to serve the diagnosis of COVID-19.
After learning and knowing that Viet A Company had a circulation license, Mr. Phu reported the capacity of Viet A Company to the Board of Directors of Phu Tho General Hospital. After that, he proposed the quantity and types of biological products and chemicals from the Department of Health to serve the unit's epidemic prevention and control work; Phu Tho Department of Health signed a sales contract with Viet A Company. During this process, Ms. Ho Thi Thanh Thao, an officer of Viet A Company, contacted Mr. Tran Gia Phu to ask for an account number to transfer the "commission" money.
From November 2020 to September 2021, Ms. Thao transferred money to Mr. Phu 4 times, of which 2 times were transferred to Mr. Phu's personal account and 2 times were transferred to Mr. Phu's father-in-law's account provided by Mr. Phu with an amount of more than 2 billion VND. However, it was not until the inspection team came to work at Phu Tho Provincial General Hospital (January 25, 2022) that Mr. Phu reported and requested to pay into the State budget the entire amount received from Viet A Company. Currently, the case is continuing to be investigated and clarified.
