Mr. Kien asked to read the 118-page appeal.

"A 30-year sentence for an innocent person is very long," defendant Nguyen Duc Kien said during the trial when presenting the content of his supplementary appeal. Previously, Mr. Kien requested to read the 118-page appeal, but the panel of judges did not approve it.

Mr. Kien continues to study documents in court.

Mr. Kien was quarantined.

Before the trial began this morning, the presiding judge asked about the health of defendant Tran Ngoc Thanh (former Director of ACBI Company, sentenced to 5 years and 6 months in prison by the first instance court). On the first day of the trial on November 28, Mr. Thanh had health problems, suddenly fainted on the spot, and had to be rushed to the emergency room.

Responding to the presiding judge, a representative of the judicial support force announced that Mr. Thanh still had to be treated at Bach Mai Hospital.

Just like the opening day of the trial, Mr. Kien still took advantage of every free moment to study documents right in front of the bar.

Before entering the questioning session, the panel of judges spent time disseminating the rights and obligations to interested parties (absent on November 28).

Entering the interrogation, the panel of judges isolated defendant Kien to ensure objectivity in the process of handling the case.

Defendant Ly Xuan Hai "opened" the morning interrogation session

Reviewing the history of Thien Nam Company, the judge asked the representative to review the company's leaders, however, he appeared quite confused and lacking information.

The court summoned defendant Ly Xuan Hai (former General Director of ACB Bank, sentenced to 8 years in prison at the first instance trial). Accordingly, Mr. Hai was accused of being the person who proposed and participated in agreeing on the policy of entrusting employees to deposit money in credit institutions in violation of the law.

At the first instance verdict, the former General Director of ACB Bank was accused of directly directing and managing the implementation of entrusting employees to deposit money into Vietinbank, causing a loss of more than 718 billion VND.

In addition, Mr. Hai was also accused of participating in the agreement to propose a policy of buying shares on the stock market in violation of the law, causing a loss of more than 687 billion VND to ACB Bank. The first instance trial assessed that the role of defendant Hai was greater than the other defendants, and only after Nguyen Duc Kien.

Mr. Kien asked to read the 118-page appeal.

After questioning some issues related to gold trading, the panel of judges called defendant Kien into the courtroom. Accordingly, the presiding judge asked the defendant about the four crimes he had been previously sentenced for.

Mr. Kien asked to read the original appeal, however, the presiding judge clearly stated: “The appeal has 118 pages, and the members of the jury have read it carefully, so it is not necessary. The defendant can present it in the debate.”

At court, Mr. Kien asked for a supplementary complaint: "Because I wrote the petition in prison, there may be mistakes. I would like to supplement the above petition." And this proposal was approved by the panel of judges.

With this petition, Mr. Kien reaffirmed that his 5 companies were established in accordance with the law. “The decision to buy shares was the collective will, not my own,” defendant Kien affirmed.

“In the “Observed” section, the court of first instance did not find the following: The companies were legally licensed and up to now, these companies are still operating normally. There have been no other decisions from the authorities” – the petition reads.

“I believe I did the right thing at the companies” – Nguyen Duc Kien affirmed.

At that moment, the presiding judge interrupted the defendant: “The defendant, please stop. The “Notice” part is a summary of the indictment. The “Considering” part belongs to the court of first instance. The defendant should take note.” Defendant Kien replied: “Dear Judges, a 30-year sentence for someone who did not commit a crime is very long. I request the Judges to allow me to present.”

During the analysis of the accused acts in the first instance trial, Mr. Kien was interrupted by the panel of judges, who instructed him: “Defendant, please stay calm when presenting.” “Yes, I have high blood pressure and heart disease, so I will have to stay calm, Your Honor,” Mr. Kien replied.

“The court of first instance has amended the Enterprise Law illegally, unconstitutionally, and with a wrong perception of the law” – Nguyen Duc Kien responded to the first instance judgment, claiming that it had introduced a number of business concepts that had never been recorded in legal documents. Therefore, defendant Kien requested the appellate court to declare that he was not guilty of illegal business.

Regarding the operations of Thien Nam Company, defendant Kien affirmed that this enterprise is completely licensed to trade in gold, after citing a series of related documents.

According to TPO