Female commune land official 'extorted' 30 million VND to issue red book
The police have just initiated a case, prosecuted and temporarily detained Trinh Thi Tham (born 1983), an agricultural, construction and environmental land official, for the crime of "Receiving bribes".
Previously, on September 16, 2022, Ba Be District Police (Bac Kan) received a criminal complaint from Mr. Be Cao Dang (born in 1972), residing in Na Kieng village, Khang Ninh commune, Ba Be district, regarding the fact that in 2022, when Mr. Dang completed the procedures to apply for a Certificate of land use rights, Trinh Thi Tham (land officialsThe Department of Agriculture, Construction and Environment of Khang Ninh Commune, Ba Be District asked him to pay 30 million VND, otherwise they would not accept to carry out the procedure.
On October 14, 2022, Tham went directly to Mr. Dang's house to receive 10 million VND in cash and transferred another 20 million VND to the account number that Tham provided. After transferring the money to Tham, Mr. Dang's application for a Certificate of Land Use Rights was sent to the People's Committee of Ba Be district.
The file was approved and Mr. Dang also received the Land Use Rights Certificate. Now Mr. Dang knew that Tham's actions were wrong, so he reported it to the authorities.
After 9 days of receiving crime reports, on September 24, the Investigation Police Agency of Ba Be District Police (Bac Kan) clarified and executed the arrest warrant for Trinh Thi Tham.
