Searching the residence of the Vice Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee

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The working group of the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People's Procuracy has just searched Mr. Tran Vinh Tuyen's house at The Manor luxury apartment building and the residences of many other people, after indictment.

On the morning of July 11, a source from the Supreme People's Procuracy said that the decision to prosecute Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee Tran Vinh Tuyen, 55 years old; Tran Trong Tuan, 51 years old - Deputy Chief of the Office of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee and several others for the crime of violating regulations on management and use of state assets causing loss and waste according to Article 219 of the 2015 Penal Code, was approved last night.
The Supreme People's Procuracy and the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency (C01) released Mr. Tuyen on bail and are investigating violations related to the case that occurred at Sagri.

Ông Trần Vĩnh Tuyến
Mr. Tran Vinh Tuyen.

On the morning of July 11, Mr. Tuyen still attended the last working day of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council meeting. At 10:00 a.m., during the break, the Vice Chairman in charge of the city's economy still discussed with the delegates.

The investigation agency also executed a search warrant at Mr. Tuyen's house at The Manor luxury apartment building in Binh Thanh district and his workplace.

At 12 noon, The Manor apartment security guard said that Mr. Tuyen still went to work this morning by car with blue license plate. Currently, Mr. Tuyen's parking space in basement B1 is still empty. Nearly an hour later, many cars with blue license plates of the Ministry of Public Security and the Supreme People's Procuracy entered and exited the apartment. The entrances to Mr. Tuyen's apartment were blocked, with access restricted.

At 3 p.m., after three hours of searching, a blue-plate car carrying police and prosecutors and a white-plate car driven by two policemen left the apartment building's basement. The blockade force outside also left afterward.

At Mr. Tran Trong Tuan's house - a luxury apartment building on Hoang Dieu Street, District 4, the authorities arrived at 11am. The search of his house lasted only an hour and a half. The authorities seized a number of documents.

Currently, Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has decided to temporarily suspend Mr. Tuyen from work for 90 days.

Cảnh sát tập trung tại chung cư The Manor, trong khi đoàn công tác của Bộ Công an khám xét trên căn hộ của ông Tuyến. Ảnh: Quốc Thắng
Police gathered at The Manor apartment building, while a working group from the Ministry of Public Security searched Mr. Tuyen's apartment. Photo: Quoc Thang

Mr. Tran Vinh Tuyen was elected by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council to hold the position of Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee in April 2016.

Mr. Tuyen is from Quang Binh, has a master's degree in political science and a bachelor's degree in law. He was Chairman of District 1 People's Committee, Secretary of District 1 Party Committee, Chief of Office of City Party Committee, Chairman of City Party Committee Inspection Committee.

Mr. Tran Trong Tuan (51 years old, from Binh Dinh) was appointed by the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee as Deputy Chief of the Office of the City Party Committee on June 26. Previously, from April 2019, Mr. Tuan held the position of Secretary of the District 3 Party Committee; from February 2013 to April 2019, he was Director of the Department of Construction.

Các lối vào khu vực có căn hộ của ông Tuyến bị phong tỏa, hạn chế người ra vào. Ảnh: Hữu Khoa.
The entrances to the area where Mr. Tuyen's apartment is located are blocked, restricting people from entering and leaving. Photo: Huu Khoa.

Regarding violations at Sagri, on July 8, 2019, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency (C01) issued a decision to prosecute and detain Mr. Van Trong Dung (52 years old, former Chairman of the Board of Members of Saigon Agricultural Corporation - Sagri) and Nguyen Thi Thuy (53 years old, former chief accountant of Sagri) to investigate the crime of Violating regulations on management and use of State assets causing loss and waste according to Clause 3, Article 219 of the 2015 Penal Code.

Previously, C01 also temporarily detained Mr. Le.Tan Hung (56 years old, former General Director of Sagri); Nguyen Thanh My (former Deputy Head of Sagri's Planning and Investment Department).

According to the State Audit, Sagri committed the following violations: leasing land, investing in cooperation without the opinion of competent authorities; investing and doing business on land outside the sector (misusing 1,900 hectares of land). These shortcomings and violations were determined by the State Audit to be the responsibility of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Board of Directors, General Director and Deputy General Directors, Controllers, Chief Accountants... in each period.

The Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee has assigned the City Inspectorate to conduct a comprehensive inspection of Sagri. Then, he requested to transfer the case file of violations at Sagri to the investigation agency.

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