Arrest of former Head of Bien Hoa City Party Organization Committee

After being expelled from the Party, Mr. Vo Thanh Tung - former Head of the Bien Hoa City Party Committee's Organization Board was temporarily detained by Dong Nai Provincial Police for "embezzling" emulation and reward money.

Mr. Vo Thanh Tung - former Head of the Organization Committee of Bien Hoa City Party Committee

On December 8, the Investigation Police Department of Dong Nai Province Police announced that it had just initiated a case, prosecuted the accused, and temporarily detained Mr. Vo Thanh Tung - former Head of the Organization Committee of Bien Hoa City Party Committee, former Head of the Internal Affairs Department of Bien Hoa City for four months to investigate the act of abusing his position and power to appropriate property.

The investigation agency also prosecuted Nguyen Thi Hong Ngoc (former chief accountant of the Internal Affairs Department of Bien Hoa City) for the above acts but released her on bail. The above decisions were approved by the People's Procuracy of Dong Nai Province.

After Mr. Tung was appointed as Head of the Bien Hoa City Party Committee's Organization Committee, a complaint appeared about violations during his time as Head of the Bien Hoa City Internal Affairs Department.

Then, the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee stepped in to verify the violations.

Specifically, during his tenure as Head of the Bien Hoa City Department of Internal Affairs, Mr. Tung advocated spending less on rewards for hamlets and neighborhoods that achieved the title of cultural hamlet and neighborhood than the finalized budget to "intercept" the difference of over 700 million VND.

In addition, authorities also determined that Mr. Tung also received a bribe of 70 million VND to recruit a ward-level civil servant.

Before the investigation agency got involved, the Provincial Party Committee's Inspection Committee also took disciplinary action by expelling Mr. Vo Thanh Tung from the Party.

As for Ms. Nguyen Thi Hong Ngoc, the investigation agency determined that during her time working as an accountant in the internal affairs department, she was jointly responsible for paying out the reward money.

According to tuoitre.vn