Former Minister Vu Huy Hoang: "I will take responsibility for any mistakes"
Sharing after the panel of judges adjourned the trial, former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said that he will take responsibility for whatever mistakes he made.
The reason for the postponement of the trial was the absence of three defendants, Nguyen Huu Tin (63 years old, former Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee), Le Van Thanh (58 years old, former Deputy Chief of the City People's Committee Office) and Nguyen Thanh Chuong (46 years old, former Head of the Urban Department, Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Office) and people with related rights and obligations.
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| Mr. Vu Huy Hoang (left) and lawyer at Hanoi People's Court. |
Responding to the press after the postponement of the first instance trial, former Minister of Industry and Trade Vu Huy Hoang said he is currently taking many medications to treat cardiovascular disease and cancer. Regarding the content of the indictment, Mr. Hoang said he only stated that Ms. Ho Thi Kim Thoa (former Deputy Minister of Industry and Trade) worked according to the assignment, and did not blame Ms. Thoa. "If I do something wrong, I will take responsibility. I do not blame anyone" - Mr. Hoang said.
According to the indictment, Mr. Vu Huy Hoang directed his subordinates Ho Thi Kim Thoa and Phan Chi Dung to use the right to use the land plot 2-4-6 Hai Ba Trung (area 6,080m2) and Sabeco's money contributed to private enterprises to carry out business projectsreal estate. Sabeco contributed capital, contributed "golden land" and carried out legal procedures for the project. However, when this was completed, Mr. Vu Huy Hoang directed Sabeco to divest all of its capital contributions at Sabeco Pearl to private enterprises.Mr. Vu Huy Hoang did not direct the implementation of the project after completing legal procedures, but directed Sabeco to divest capital at Sabeco Pearl. Thereby, the right to use 6,080m2"Golden land" in District 1 from a State-owned enterprise (Sabeco) was illegally converted to private enterprises. The actions of Mr. Hoang and his accomplices caused a loss of VND2,713 billion to the State./.
