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

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 this morning, Mr. Tuyen still went to work 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 a three-hour search, a blue-plated car carrying police and prosecutors and a white-plated 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.

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 City Party Committee Office 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.

The entrances to the area where Mr. Tuyen's apartment is located are blocked, restricting people from entering and exiting. 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 industry (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.