Appeal trial of the case that occurred at the Continuing Education Center of Hung Nguyen district: Many questions from lawyers

Entering the trial this afternoon, the Trial Panel continued to clarify the issuance of internal spending regulations at the Hung Nguyen District Continuing Education Center and the collection and disbursement of finances, overtime wages, business expenses, etc. at this unit during the time when defendant Le Thi Dung was director and Nguyen Thi Huong was accountant.

The trial panel requested the Department of Finance's appraiser to clarify the regulations and violations that the investigation agency had concluded against the Hung Nguyen District Continuing Education Center and defendant Le Thi Dung.

Panorama of the trial. Photo: PV

Regarding this issue, the appraiser of the Department of Finance said that after receiving the decision of the investigation agency, the appraisal was conducted 3 times. The first time, the Department issued an official dispatch with the appraisal conclusion; the next two times, there was confirmation from the Department's leadership with the appraisal conclusion. The appraisal results were based on Decision 01/2007/QD-BGDDT of the Ministry of Education and Training dated January 2, 2007 on promulgating regulations on organization and operation of continuing education centers. In addition, it was based on Circular 28/2009/TT-BGDDT, dated October 21, 2009 of the Ministry of Education and Training on promulgating regulations on working regime for general teachers. In addition, if you want to convert to teaching hours, you must get the opinion of the Director of the Department of Education and Training. During the appraisal process, it was found that the Director of the Department of Education and Training had no opinion on this issue...

Lawyers ask questions to the defendants and other participants in the proceedings. Photo: PV

Also at the debate this afternoon, when asked for his opinion, the former Director of the Hung Nguyen District Continuing Education Center (defendant Le Thi Dung's predecessor) also informed that in 2011-2012, the internal spending regulations of the Hung Nguyen District Continuing Education Center did not have an item for Party work allowances for Party cell secretaries.

Also this afternoon, thedefense attorneyThe Trial Panel allowed defendant Le Thi Dung to question herself as well as defendant Nguyen Thi Huong and other participants in the proceedings.

Defendant Le Thi Dung was defended by 6 lawyers. With the permission of the Trial Council, all 6 lawyers had many questions for defendant Le Thi Dung, and other participants in the proceedings including: Appraiser of the Department of Finance; representative of the Finance - Planning Department of Hung Nguyen District; State Treasury of Hung Nguyen District; representative of the People's Procuracy of Hung Nguyen District and investigator of the Investigation Police Agency, Hung Nguyen District Police.

Lawyer questions defendant Le Thi Dung. Photo: PV

The lawyers' questions focused on clarifying the professional and financial aspects of the superior governing body of the Hung Nguyen District Continuing Education Center; the legal basis for developing and promulgating internal spending regulations.

In addition, the lawyers also raised many questions, requesting the Trial Council to, through the investigator of the Hung Nguyen District Police Investigation Agency and the representative of the Hung Nguyen District People's Procuracy, clarify the order and procedures applied to the defendant Le Thi Dung.

The trial took a break after questioning from lawyers and will continue tomorrow (June 13).

(Nghe An Newspaper will continue to inform).