Former army colonel Ut 'Troc' asks for sentence reduction

Also appealing like Mr. He is Tran Van Lam (former general director of Thai Son Investment Development Joint Stock Company, Ministry of National Defense).

Mr. Bui Van Tiep (former commander of the 367th Division of the Air Defense - Air Force) and 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) did not appeal, accepting the sentences of 24 months and 18 months of suspended imprisonment, respectively.

Nearly two months ago, Mr. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by the Military Court of Military Region 7 for the crime ofAbuse of position and power while performing official dutiesand two years for the crimeUse fake documents of the organization.The total sentence is 12 years.

The court of first instance also sentenced Mr. Lam to five years in prison and Mr. Tiep to two years suspended sentence for the same crime.Abuse of position and power while performing official dutiesmound

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.

About the crimeUsing fake documents of organizations, 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 salary increase and promotion file to lieutenant colonel.

Regarding the case, Mr. Phung Danh Tham (former General Director of Thai Son Corporation - Ministry of National Defense)sentenced to two years of non-custodial reform for the crimeLack of responsibility causes serious consequences.