Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung is about to be tried in the case of purchasing Redoxy-3C product.
Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, is scheduled to appear in court in a second case on December 10 on charges of allowing his wife's company to act as an intermediary to sell the lake cleaning product Redoxy-3C.
It is expected that within two days, the Hanoi People's Court will bring Mr. Chung, Vo Tien Hung, former general director of Hanoi Drainage Company, and Nguyen Truong Giang, former director of Arktic Trading and Service Company, to trial for the crime.Abusing position and power while performing official dutiesaccording to clause 3, article 356 of the Penal Code.
Judge Tran Nam Ha presided over the proceedings, and the prosecutors representing the People's Procuracy were Ms. Do Hong Hai, Mr. Dang Nhu Vinh and Nguyen Van Dong.Nguyen Duc ChungThere were 5 defense attorneys, the remaining 2 defendants and three "defendants".
Ms. Nguyen Thi Truc Chi Hoa (Mr. Chung's wife) was identified as the person with related rights and obligations.
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| Former Chairman of Hanoi Nguyen Duc Chung. Photo: Vo Hai |
In 2016, the Hanoi People's Committee directed relevant units to renovate and overcome water pollution in rivers and lakes in the area by finding suitable technology. As the head of the city, Mr. Chung asked Watch Water Company (Germany) to research the Redoxy-3C product to clean water in lakes and ponds in Hanoi.
He directed General Director Hung to let Hanoi Drainage Company purchase the product through Arktic Company instead of importing it directly from Watch Water.
The indictment determined that Arktic had a charter capital of VND5 billion, with Giang holding 60% of the shares and another individual holding 40%. However, both of these people were listed as the owners of shares on behalf of Ms. Nguyen Thi Truc Chi Hoa (Mr. Chung’s wife). Therefore, Arktic Company was accused of being a business owned by Mr. Chung’s family.
Under his direction, Arktic Company was granted exclusive rights to distribute Redoxy. From 2016 to 2019, Arktic signed 15 contracts to sell a total of 489 tons of water purification products to Hanoi Drainage Company. Arktic purchased this amount of products from Watch Water for 115 billion VND, resold them for 151 billion VND, and made a profit of 36.1 billion VND.
This is the third case involving Mr. Chung. In December 2020, in the first case, he was sentenced to 5 years in prison for appropriating state secret documents related to Nhat Cuong Company.
In the third case, he was prosecuted for illegally interfering in bidding activities at the Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment, causing losses to the State of more than 26.5 billion VND.
