Prosecution of 2 urban management officials

(Baonghean) -On October 31, Vinh City Police (Nghe An) announced that they had prosecuted two officers of the Vinh City Urban Management Department for the crime of "Lack of responsibility causing serious consequences" including: Nguyen Khac Binh (Deputy Head of Department) and Truong Dac Duc (officer).

According to the records, on February 23, Mr. Dau Van Minh (former Director of the Vinh City Social Labor Center) sent 3 officers of the city's Social Labor Center and 7 students undergoing drug rehabilitation at the center to build a house for Mr. Dau Ngoc Anh (Mr. Minh's brother in Block 6, Ha Huy Tap Ward, Vinh City). During the construction process, an electrical short circuit occurred due to a 35KV line running more than half a meter above the roof, causing Mr. Dau Minh Hue (a center officer) to die on the spot, and student Vo Dinh Dung was electrocuted and fell to the ground, causing a traumatic brain injury and two broken legs.

In the construction permit application, Mr. Dau Ngoc Anh only requested a permit to build a flat-roofed house with a height of 3.7m, but the Vinh City People's Committee granted a permit for a construction with a height of 6.2m, while the high-voltage power line running through this house is only nearly 7m above the ground. Thus, the high-voltage power line is only about 0.8m from Mr. Anh's roof (according to regulations, this distance must be at least 3m). Truong Dac Duc was the person who directly processed Mr. Anh's construction permit application, then advised Nguyen Khac Binh to initial the document. This document was submitted to the Vinh City People's Committee to sign and issue a construction permit for Mr. Anh's house.

Hung Phong