Many officials of Phuc Thanh commune were prosecuted for selling land without authority.

On the morning of May 20, the leader of Yen Thanh district confirmed that the authorities had decided to prosecute the criminal case of "Abuse of power while performing official duties" in Phuc Thanh commune, Yen Thanh district.

Many officials of Phuc Thanh commune were prosecuted. In the photo is the headquarters of Phuc Thanh commune. Photo: NH

The authorities also prosecuted Dinh Van Duong (born in 1963), former Party Secretary and Chairman of the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh Commune; Nguyen Van Quyet (born in 1970), former Vice Chairman of the People's Committee and Chief Accountant; Tong Huu Tinh and Nguyen Van Trung, former cadastral officers of Phuc Thanh Commune.

Previously, in February 2018, Yen Thanh district issued a disciplinary decision in the form of expelling from the Party and removing Mr. Dinh Van Duong from the position of Party Secretary and Chairman of the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune.

At the same time, Mr. Nguyen Van Quyet - Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee, former Finance - Accounting officer of Phuc Thanh Commune was also disciplined by being expelled from the Party and dismissed from office. Mr. Tong Huu Tinh and Nguyen Van Trung were also dismissed from office.

According to the conclusion of Yen Thanh district, from 2012 to 2016, the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune did not organize the consideration of land allocation to households and individuals according to regulations to submit to the District People's Committee for approval. On the contrary, the People's Committee of the commune arbitrarily allocated land without authority to 284 cases, an area of ​​nearly 89,000 m2, with an amount of more than 22 billion VND and currently there are 116 cases of construction on the allocated land.

In 284 cases where the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune allocated land without proper authority during the period of 2012 - 2016, the People's Committee of the commune allocated land without proper authority and collected money into the commune budget in 181 cases, with a total area of ​​more than 57,000 m2, collecting more than 14.8 billion VND.

In addition, Phuc Thanh commune approved the policy and allocated land for the hamlet to collect money without paying into the commune budget for 87 cases, with an area of ​​over 25,000 m2, with an amount of over 7.1 billion VND. In addition, Phuc Thanh commune People's Committee established a compensation file for land clearance and land exchange with compensation for land use rights value without permission from competent authorities for 6 cases, with an area of ​​over 2,000 m2.

The People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune also proposed a policy of exchanging land (exchanging without collecting money) for 10 cases with an area of ​​over 3,000 m2 to build roads, cultural houses, pagodas, temples, and schools.

Not only did Phuc Thanh commune allocate land without authority, it also created records and arbitrarily allocated land to many households to carry out projects that were not in accordance with the new rural planning approved by Yen Thanh district People's Committee.

A land sale receipt issued by the People's Committee of Phuc Thanh commune. Photo: D.T.

Through the inspection results, Yen Thanh District People's Committee concluded that the allocation of residential land without proper authority and the exchange of land for rural traffic construction were discussed in the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Commune Party Committee for the 2010-2015 term, as shown in the minutes of the Standing Committee meeting on April 20, 2012 with the content: Consideration of selling land after planning the land plot "sold without going through the District People's Committee" and the meeting on August 21, 2013, including the content: Land exchange work in hamlet 12A, hamlet 8 to build a cultural house.

The commune's residential land review board also held a meeting to review residential land with the participation of the commune Party Committee Secretary, the Vice Chairman of the commune People's Council and the commune-level sectors and organizations. However, it did not advise the commune People's Committee to prepare a dossier to submit to the competent authority for land allocation according to regulations, but allowed the commune People's Committee to coordinate with the hamlet executive committees to plan the sale of land to households contrary to the provisions of the 2013 Land Law.

Also in 5 years (2012 - 2016), the annual budget settlement work in Phuc Thanh commune was inspected by the district's Finance - Planning Department, but only in 2015 and 2016 were there inspection reports. In 2012, 2013 and 2014, there were no inspection reports but no remedial or rectification measures.