Reinvestigate the case of Thanh An commune "official" abusing power while performing official duties
(Baonghean.vn) -After 2 days (June 17, 18) of public questioning of the defendants in the case of "officials" of Thanh An commune, Thanh Chuong district, the Trial Council - Provincial People's Court temporarily adjourned the trial to deliberate, and it is expected that on June 24 the court will announce the appropriate sentence for the defendants' crimes. However, due to lack of some evidence, the Trial Council decided to return the case file to the authorities for further investigation.
LikeBaonghean.vnreported, on June 17 and 18 - the Provincial People's Court brought the first instance criminal case to trial against the defendants of Thanh Chuong district: Nguyen Van Luong (born in 1963), from Thanh Khe commune, former Party Secretary of Thanh An commune,Former Deputy Head of Propaganda Department of Thanh Chuong District Party Committee; Nguyen Huu Duc (born in 1962), from Thanh Hoa commune, former chairman of Thanh An commune People's Committee,Former Head of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Thanh Chuong district and Tran Van Dinh,(Born in 1949) hometown Thanh An commune -Former Land Officer of Thanh An Commune,Crime of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties" and "Abusing power while performing official duties". Nguyen Cong Duc (born in 1967), from Thanh An commune - Former Chairman of Thanh An commune People's Committee (at this time Nguyen Huu Duc had transferred totransferred to Head of Department of Agriculture and Rural Development)crime of "Abuse of power while performing official duties".
According to the indictment of the Provincial People's Procuracy: TYesFrom 2004 to 2006, Nguyen Van Luong and Nguyen Huu Duc, taking advantage of their positions and powers, directed Tran Van Dinh to unify the construction of dossiers requesting land allocation and land use right certificates for 28 plots of land for 28 households of the wrong subjects. Thus, this act caused a loss of 447,250,380 VND to the superior budget. This amount was invested by the People's Committee of Thanh An commune to build infrastructure for the commune.
The defendants in the dock
From February 2004 to July 2006, Nguyen Van Luong, Nguyen Huu Duc, Nguyen Cong Duc, and Tran Van Dinh illegally allocated residential land to 26 households, totaling 17,176 m2, without permission from competent authorities, in order to collect VND 224,605,000 from 24/26 households into the Thanh An Commune People's Committee fund. The property damage from the allocation of 17,176 m2 was VND 119,882,000.
During the period from August 2006 to December 2008, Nguyen Van Luong, Nguyen Cong Duc, and Tran Van Dinh carried out land allocation in a number of areas.additional collection areainto the commune people's committee fund716 million VNDcontrary to the regulations (in Article 37 of the 2003 Land Law) of 23 households of 5,806 m2 without permission from competent authorities (this amount was invested in building infrastructure of Thanh An commune), causing damage of 90,525 VND.
However, during the deliberation, the Trial Panel found that much of the evidence against the defendants was not convincing, the defendants’ and victims’ testimonies were contradictory, and the investigation agency had not yet collected the Resolution of the Commune People’s Council and the Directive of the Commune Party Committee on land issues, budget spending, and homeland construction. Therefore, the Trial Panel decided to return the case file to the authorities for further investigation.
Huy Hoang
