Arrested former director and deputy director of district land fund development center for crime of 'Abuse of power while performing official duties'

On May 25, the People's Procuracy of Ha Nam province announced that it had approved the Decision to prosecute the accused, the Order to arrest the accused for temporary detention, and the Order to search the residence of Mr. Tran Van Ha (born in 1960, residing in Lac Noi village, Thanh Huong commune, Thanh Liem district) and Mr. Ha Van Thach (born in 1979, residing in Tam Tu village, Liem Can commune, Thanh Liem district) to investigate the crime of "Abuse of power while performing official duties".

Mr. Ha is the former Director, and Mr. Thach is the former Deputy Director of the Thanh Liem District Land Fund Development Center.

Ha Nam Province authorities read the arrest warrant to Ha Van Thach, former Deputy Director of the Land Fund Development Center of Thanh Liem District. Photo: Ha Nam Province People's Procuracy

According to the case file, during the implementation of the project "Expanding the intersection of Road 495B and the combined evacuation and rescue road and mountain water barrier in Thanh Liem district through Thanh Nghi commune, Thanh Liem district", Mr. Ha and Mr. Thach violated the provisions of the Land Law, exceeded their authority, and allocated resettlement land to households in violation of the law, causing billions of dong in damage to the budget.

Immediately after approving the prosecution decisions of the Provincial Police Department, the Provincial People's Procuracy leaders assigned prosecutors to supervise the execution of the arrest warrant and search warrant for the residences of Mr. Ha and Mr. Thach according to regulations. During the search, a number of documents related to the case were seized.

The case is currently being investigated and expanded by the authorities.