How is the Director of Hue University involved in the students' money of more than 2.6 billion VND?
Regarding the case of Mr. Le Anh Phuong, Director of Hue University (Mr. Phuong was formerly the Principal of the University of Education, Hue University) being prosecuted and temporarily detained, on the afternoon of January 18, the Investigation Police Agency of Hue City Police said that the unit is currently continuing to investigate and expand the case to handle related subjects for the act of "Abusing position and power to appropriate property".
Hue City Police informed that on December 26, 2024, the Investigation Police Agency of Thua Thien Hue Province Police (now Hue City Police) initiated a criminal case, prosecuted, searched and temporarily detained Nguyen Van Vinh, former Deputy Head of the Postgraduate Training Department of the University of Education, Hue University for the crime of "Abusing position and power to appropriate property" under Clause 3, Article 355, Penal Code.
During the investigation by the police agency, it was determined that from 2020 to 2021, Nguyen Van Vinh and Mr. Le Anh Phuong, who was at that time the Principal of the University of Education, Hue University, exceeded their duties, responsibilities, and powers to appropriate students' property.
The total amount of money that Mr. Nguyen Van Vinh and Mr. Le Anh Phuong appropriated was more than 2.6 billion VND. Therefore, on January 18, the Investigation Police Agency of Hue City Police issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain Mr. Le Anh Phuong, Director of Hue University, former Principal of the University of Education, Hue University) for the crime of "Abusing position and power to appropriate property". At the same time, a search was conducted at Mr. Phuong's residence and workplace at the headquarters of Hue University.
On the morning of January 18, 2025, forces of Hue City Police and Hue City People's Procuracy were present at Hue University headquarters (No. 3 Le Loi, Hue City) to carry out tasks related to searching Mr. Phuong's workplace.
Previously, on January 10, Mr. Phuong submitted a sick leave request to the agency and member universities. Mr. Phuong authorized Mr. Bui Van Loi, Vice President of Hue University, to manage and handle the work of Hue University during this time.
It is known that Mr. Le Anh Phuong was born in 1974, from Quang Binh province. Mr. Phuong has a PhD in information technology and was appointed to the title of Associate Professor in 2017.
Mr. Phuong used to hold the position of Deputy Secretary of the Hue University Party Committee; Secretary of the Party Committee, Principal of the University of Education, Hue University. In July 2022, Mr. Le Anh Phuong was appointed by the Ministry of Education and Training to hold the position of Director of Hue University for the 2021-2026 term.
Before being arrested, Mr. Le Anh Phuong had been accused of wrongdoings in management and operations during his tenure as Principal of Hue University of Education.
