Four commune officials were disciplined for letting relatives "get lost" in poor households.

The People's Committee of Nga Son district has just disciplined a group of officials of Nga Thanh commune for their involvement in the case of adding relatives of commune leaders to poor households to take advantage of state policies.

Specifically, Mr. Vu Ngoc Tien, Chairman of the People's Committee of Nga Thanh commune, was warned for his lack of responsibility in managing and directing the review of poor households and managing household registration at the local level, allowing 113 households with incorrect subjects to be assigned to poor households to enjoy the regime during the period 2011-2016.

In connection with the incident, three other officials of Nga Thanh commune, including Mr. Pham Hung Manh, Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee; Mr. Mai Van Toan, Deputy Chief of Commune Police; and Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc, Commune Cultural Officer, also received disciplinary warnings.

Previously, at the end of August 2017, people in Nga Thanh commune accused relatives of some commune leaders of "mistaking" their household registration books for many poor households in the area; many poor household owners did not even know whose children the new members in the book belonged to.

The inspection conclusion of Nga Son District People's Committee determined that the Nga Thanh commune official's adding his wife and children's names to the list of poor households was true.

Specifically, sheVu Thi Sen, wife of Mr. Vu Ngoc Tien (Chairman of the Commune People's Committee), was included in the poor household book of Mrs. Nguyen Thi Man (87 years old); Mrs. Tran Thi Hong, wife of Mr. Pham Hung Manh (Vice Chairman of the Commune) was included in the household of Mrs. Luu Thi Hien (65 years old)...

Mr. Vu Ngoc Tien - Chairman of Nga Thanh Commune People's Committee admitted that the wives and children of many commune officials, including his wife, were assigned to other people's poor households. However, Mr. Tien explained that "he did not know when his wife was assigned to a poor household". He affirmed that the process of reviewing poor households in the locality was carried out seriously.

Regarding the list of poor households with Mr. Tien's wife's name signed and approved by him, he explained that "because I was busy with many things, I did not pay attention to the list submitted by the professional staff."

People accused commune officials of deliberately putting their wives and children into poor households to take advantage of health insurance, tuition exemptions or loans from policy banks...