Five more officials of Yen Thanh Forest Protection Management Board prosecuted

Nghe An: Arresting former Head and 2 officials of the Forest Protection Management Board

(Baonghean.vn) - These 3 people were arrested to serve the investigation of creating fake documents to appropriate about 5 billion VND in compensation for land lease.

On June 11, the Nghe An Police Investigation Agency issued a decision to prosecute five more defendants, who are officers of the Yen Thanh Protective Forest Management Board, for investigation on the charge of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties".

The five defendants include: Nguyen Tho Vinh - former Chief Accountant; Ngo Sy Loi - Deputy Head of Technical Department; Ho Dinh Lai - Head of Forest Protection Management Station No. 4; Phan Thi Vinh - Accountant; Nguyen Thi Tram - Treasurer. Defendant Nguyen Tho Vinh was temporarily detained for 4 months, the other defendants were released on bail.

Officers of the Economic Police Department served the decisions to prosecute the accused and prohibit them from leaving their place of residence. Photo: Duc Vu

Previously, on May 6, the Investigation Police Agency of Nghe An Province issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and temporarily detain 3 suspects: Phan Tien Sy (born in 1958) - former Head of the Yen Thanh District Forest Protection Management Board; Nguyen Tho Huy (born in 1976) - Deputy Head of the Yen Thanh District Forest Protection Management Board and Nguyen Van Thanh (born in 1961) - Head of the Investment Planning Department of the Yen Thanh District Forest Protection Management Board and at the same time issued a search warrant for the residence and workplace of the 3 suspects mentioned above.

Initial investigation results show that in 2014, Dong Bac Company leased forest land in Yen Thanh district to carry out a project of growing feed crops to raise dairy cows, with a lease period of 50 years.

The three suspects in custody include: Phan Tien Sy, Nguyen Tho Huy, Nguyen Van Thanh (large photo) and Nguyen Tho Vinh (small photo). Photo: Xuan Bac

Mr. Phan Tien Sy (at that time, Head of the Yen Thanh District Forest Protection Management Board) and the above-mentioned officials created 3 fake documents to get compensation money for trees on the forest land of Dong Bac Company, embezzling more than 5 billion VND.

After being transferred by the enterprise to the internal fund of the Yen Thanh Protective Forest Management Board, this compensation amount “disappeared”. Currently, the investigation agency has recovered more than 2.5 billion VND.

The case is under further investigation and clarification.