A former commune accountant in Nghe An was arrested for abusing his position and power.

On June 8, Quy Hop District Police said that the unit had just clarified the case of "Taking advantage of position and power while performing official duties" that occurred in Nghia Xuan Commune, Quy Hop District in the period of 2013 - 2020, arresting Dinh Hong Anh, a civil servant of the Quy Hop District Labor Federation, former accountant of the People's Committee of Nghia Xuan Commune, Quy Hop District.

Accordingly, implementing the policy of the Ministry of Public Security on basic investigation of all fields from the Ministry to the grassroots, basic investigation of public finance fields, focusing on projects under the National Target Program on Sustainable Poverty Reduction (Program 135), Quy Hop District Police discovered that the cultural house project of Mo hamlet and Dot Tan hamlet under Program 135 invested by the People's Committee of Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district had signs of crime.

Police escort suspect Dinh Hong Anh. Photo: Hong Ngoc

After a period of monitoring and collecting sufficient documents and evidence, at 8:00 a.m. on June 3, 2022, the Investigation Police Agency of Quy Hop District Police issued a decision to prosecute the case, prosecute the accused and issue an order to temporarily detain Dinh Hong Anh (born in 1981), residing in Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district, currently a civil servant of the Quy Hop District Labor Federation, formerly an accountant of the People's Committee of Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district during the period 2013 - 2020 for the crime of "Taking advantage of position and power while performing official duties" under Clause 2, Article 356 of the Penal Code.

According to the investigation results of the police agency, from 2014 to 2015, taking advantage of the implementation of the Government's Program on socio-economic development for extremely disadvantaged communes in mountainous and remote areas (commonly known as Program 135) in Nghia Xuan commune, Quy Hop district, Dinh Hong Anh, in his role as an accountant, collected money from people in Mo hamlet and Dot Tan hamlet with the reason of building a hamlet cultural house. However, the two above-mentioned projects were projects paid for from the Government's 135 capital source. The People's Council of Nghia Tan commune also had no policy of collecting money from people.

The entire amount of 235 million VND collected from the people, Dinh Hong Anh did not submit to the state budget but used it for personal spending.

Currently, the case is being further investigated and clarified by the Investigation Police Agency of Quy Hop District Police in accordance with regulations.