Prosecution of 2 communal land officials in Nghe An for abusing their positions and powers to appropriate property

Recently, real estate transactions in Quynh Luu district have been relatively active, with land prices in some places increasing abnormally. Taking advantage of this, some land officials have abused their positions and powers to receive money from people during the process of granting land use rights.Land use rights certificate, causing public outrage.

Authorities searched the workplace of Le Minh Tam and Pham Thi Thanh Thuy. Photo: Hong Ngoc

Faced with the above situation, under the direct direction of Major General Pham The Tung - Director of Nghe An Provincial Police, Quynh Luu District Police established a special project to fight. On March 12, 2022, the District Police successfully broke the project.

Accordingly, the case was prosecuted and the accused was prosecuted against Le Minh Tam (born in 1984), residing in Quynh My commune, Quynh Luu district, a cadastral officer of Quynh Lam commune, for the crime of "Abusing position and power to appropriate property" according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 355 of the Penal Code. Then, on March 14, 2022, Quynh Luu district police continued to prosecute the case and prosecuted Pham Thi Thanh Thuy (born in 1982), residing in Quynh Ba commune, Quynh Luu district, a cadastral officer of Quynh Hong commune, for the crime of "Abusing position and power to appropriate property" according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 355 of the Penal Code.

Serving the decision to prosecute the two defendants Le Minh Tam and Pham Thi Thanh Thuy. Photo: Hong Ngoc

Conducting a search of the workplace of the two suspects Le Minh Tam and Pham Thi Thanh Thuy, the Investigation Police Department of Quynh Luu District Police seized 80 sets of documents for land allocation procedures, related books and documents, and 3 mobile phones. At the police station, the two suspects confessed that taking advantage of the need to obtain a Certificate of Land Use Rights and the limited legal knowledge of the people, Tam and Thuy took advantage of their positions and powers to appropriate the property of each victim who came to do land registration procedures, from 10 million to 30 million VND.

Currently, Quynh Luu District Police are consolidating the case file to handle it according to the law and continue to fight this type of crime in the area.