At the end of October, the military court heard the appeal of Ut 'Troc' case.

On the morning of October 9, at the Ministry of National Defense's third quarter press conference, Major General Nguyen Van Duc (Director of Propaganda Department) said that on October 30-31, the Military Court will open an appeal hearing following the appeals of defendants Dinh Ngoc He (Ut "Troc"), Tran Van Lam, and Phung Danh Tham.

On July 31, 2018, the Military Court of Military Region 7 sentenced Mr. Dinh Ngoc He (former army lieutenant colonel, former deputy general director of Thai Son Corporation, Ministry of National Defense) to 10 years in prison for the crime ofTaking advantage of position and power while performing official duties, 2 years in prison for the crimeUsing fake documents of organizationsThe total sentence is 12 years in prison. Mr. He is banned from holding public office for 4 years after completing his sentence.

Mr. Bui Van Tiep (former commander of the 367th Division of the Air Defense - Air Force) was sentenced to two years in prison, suspended; Tran Van Lam (former general director of Thai Son Investment Development Joint Stock Company, Ministry of National Defense) was sentenced to five years in prison.

Tran Xuan Son (former director of the branch of Thai Son Investment Development Joint Stock Company of the Ministry of National Defense in Binh Duong) was sentenced to 18 months of suspended imprisonment and was released immediately at the trial. Defendants Lam, Tiep, and Son were also convicted.Taking advantage of position and power while performing official duties.

Mr. Phung Danh Tham (former General Director of Thai Son Corporation, Ministry of National Defense) was sentenced to two years of non-custodial reform for the crime ofLack of responsibility causes serious consequencesHe was banned from holding corporate positions for two years.

The defendants must jointly compensate nearly 1.5 billion VND.

According to the first instance verdict, while holding the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thai Son Investment Development Company of the Ministry of National Defense, Mr. He requested the Board of Directors of Thai Son Corporation to buy cars with its own capital and register them with military license plates and blue license plates 80A.

Mr. He directed Mr. Lam to mortgage, lease, and borrow 28 out of 39 vehicles with military license plates, blue license plates 80A, illegally earning more than 6 billion VND. The registration, leasing, and mortgage of these vehicles caused a loss of more than 3 billion VND due to non-payment of registration tax.

Mr. He also directed defendants Lam, Son and Mr. Tiep to forge contracts to deposit and keep 20,000 liters of poor quality gasoline to avoid being fined nearly 1.5 billion VND by the Market Management Department of Binh Duong province.

Regarding the crime of using fake documents of an organization, the verdict determined that in 2000, Mr. He bought a fake transcript and diploma from the National Economics University, majoring in management. For many years, the defendant used these fake documents to include in his file for salary increase and promotion to lieutenant colonel.