Ministry of Public Security prosecutes CEO of Green Tree Company and many accomplices

Lieutenant General To An Xo, Chief of Office and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, said on the afternoon of August 1 that the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency has just issued a decision to prosecute the case of "violating regulations on management and use of state assets causing waste and loss".

The case occurred at the Urban Infrastructure Maintenance Board under the Hanoi Department of Construction, Hanoi Green Parks and Trees Company Limited and related units, organizations and individuals.smuggle" occurred in Mong Cai city, Quang Ninh province.

Based on the collected documents and evidence, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency issued a decision to prosecute the accused, a search warrant, and arrest the accused for 6 months of detention in 6 cases including:

Nguyen Xuan Hanh, General Director of Hanoi Green Parks and Trees Company Limited; Do Quang Tien, Director of the Green Trees and Ornamental Plants Enterprise of Hanoi Green Parks and Trees Company Limited; Do Khac Tu Anh, Deputy Head of Finance and Accounting Department, Urban Infrastructure Maintenance Board of Hanoi Department of Construction;

Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lam, former appraiser of Vietnam Valuation and Financial Services Joint Stock Company; Nguyen Tuan Nghia, Director of Hoa Lac Green Company Limited and People's Development Company Limited; Kieu Thi Thuy, Accountant of Hoa Lac Green Company Limited and People's Development Company Limited.

The defendants (from left to right): Nguyen Xuan Hanh; Do Quang Tien; Do Khac Tu Anh; Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lam; Nguyen Tuan Nghia; Kieu Thi Thuy; Hoang Dinh Van.

All six people were prosecuted for violating regulations on management and use of state assets causing waste and loss as prescribed in Article 219 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended in 2017).

Also related to this case, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency has issued a decision to prosecute and arrest Hoang Dinh Van, Director of Hoang Anh Company, for the crime of "smuggling" under Article 188 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended in 2017).

After being approved by the Supreme People's Procuracy, on August 1, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency executed the above decisions and orders according to regulations.

The Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security determined that, during the implementation of the program of planting, replacing, supplementing and caring for trees in Hanoi, the relevant people at the Urban Technical Infrastructure Maintenance Board under the Department of Construction, Hanoi Green Parks and Trees Company Limited, Vietnam Valuation and Financial Services Joint Stock Company and a number of other subjects colluded to inflate the value of trees, legalize the estimate documents to approve orders as the basis for settlement in violation of the law, causing serious damage to state assets.

Initially, it was determined that during the implementation of two contracts No. 1343/HD-BDT dated December 31, 2016, No. 1090/HD-BDT dated December 31, 2017 (among 15 contracts between the Urban Infrastructure Maintenance Board and Hanoi Green Parks and Trees One Member Co., Ltd.), the subjects inflated the prices of some types of trees (mainly Date Palm and Small-leafed Almond, out of a total of over 17 types of trees under the contract), causing damage to state assets of about 30 billion VND.

In addition, a number of new crops have been identified to replace and supplement those smuggled from China.

Currently, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency is continuing to investigate, expand the case and apply measures according to law to recover assets for the state.