Chief of Office of the Ministry of Public Security informs about the health of Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung

On the evening of August 28, the Ministry of Public Security's Security Investigation Agency issued a decision to prosecute the accused, an order to arrest the accused for temporary detention (4 months), and a search warrant for the residence and workplace of the accused.Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung- Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee for the act of appropriating secret state documents.

That same evening, the authorities executed a search warrant at Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung's workplace at the Hanoi People's Committee headquarters and his private residence in Dong Da district.

In response to information circulating on social networking sites about Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung's health showing unusual signs, on the afternoon of August 29, Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security, Major General To An Xo said, "At the time of serving the decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Mr. Chung, there were no abnormalities in his health."

Authorities searched the private home of Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung on the evening of August 28. Photo: Pham Hai

Previously, on August 11, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc signed a decision to temporarily suspend Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung, Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee.

The decision clearly states that Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung has been temporarily suspended from work to verify and investigate his related responsibilities in a number of cases.

Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security, Major General To An Xo said that according to initial investigation, Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung is involved in 3 cases.

The first is the case of “Smuggling”, “Violating accounting regulations causing serious consequences”, “Money laundering”, “Violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences” occurring at Nhat Cuong Technical Services and Trading Company Limited (Nhat Cuong Company), Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment and a number of related units.

The second case that Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung is involved in is “Violating regulations on management and use of State assets causing loss and waste” that occurred in Hanoi.

Third is the case of "Appropriation of State secret documents" in which the Security Investigation Agency, Ministry of Public Security has initiated a case, prosecuted the accused and temporarily detained a number of people.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung. Photo: Tran Thuong

Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung was born in 1967, hometown Hai Duong province.

Mr. Chung has worked in criminal investigation for many years, holding the positions of Deputy Head and then Head of the Criminal Police Department, Deputy Director of Hanoi City Police, Head of the Investigation Police Agency of Hanoi City Police...

He was awarded the title Hero of the Armed Forces at the age of 37 (in 2004) and was promoted to Major General on July 13, 2013, when he was only 46 years old - the youngest Major General in the Public Security sector at the time of his promotion.

In September 2012, he was officially appointed as Director of Hanoi City Police while holding the rank of Colonel. Mr. Chung held the position of Director of Hanoi City Police from 2012 - 2015.

Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung was elected Deputy Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee at the 16th Hanoi Party Congress, term 2015 - 2020. At the Hanoi People's Council meeting in December 2015, he was elected Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee. From here, he officially left the police force to assume this new position.