Nguyen Duc Kien is jealous of many companies.

Nguyen Duc Kien asked the panel of judges for 3 hours to present his appeal to "have a beginning and an end", arguing that many companies also invested like the defendant but were not punished.

On the morning of December 2, Nguyen Duc Kien and his accomplices continued to be questioned about illegal business and tax evasion. Before the questioning, the judge asked about the health of the defendants, especially Pham Trung Cang and Nguyen Duc Kien.

At the beginning of the trial, defendant Kien continued to present the content of the appeal, saying that yesterday he had not presented it "in a comprehensive manner" and so he wanted the panel of judges to give him 3 hours to speak. The panel of judges immediately interrupted him, saying that the defendant could present it fully in the debate section. In this interrogation section, the defendant needed to focus on answering the main questions of the panel of judges.

Pausing for a few seconds, standing in front of the horseshoe, defendant Kien held a thick file and continued reading, and was repeatedly interrupted by the judge because he thought the presentation was wordy and prejudicial.

Defendant Nguyen Duc Kien

Defendant Kien stated that of the 6 companies he established and was accused of conducting illegal business through, he only legally represented 5, with Mr. Le Quang Trung (deceased) in charge of Thien Nam Company.

The defendant stated that the five companies were legally established and licensed by the provincial Departments of Planning and Investment. These companies operate in many industries and are adjusted from time to time according to market demand. “I have the right to do business in one area at a time and invest in another area at another time,” the defendant said.

The defendant stated that he did not agree with the court of first instance's accusation that he was providing financial services under the guise of investing in stocks and shares. "Investing in stocks and shares is not a business. Business must ensure three factors (profitability, continuous investment, etc.)," ​​Kien said.

The defendant said that many businesses do the same business, but why were the above 5 companies accused of violating the law? Thien Nam operates on a large scale, in joint ventures with two large corporations, but no competent authority has requested to add a financial services business code. After about 10 minutes of presentation, the defendant asked to sit down to read the appeal documents.

According to defendant Kien, Thien Nam has registered to buy and sell goods and "gold is of course a commodity". The defendant did not change the business license because Thien Nam does not trade in gold within the scope of regulation according to Decree 174, 1168 of the State Bank. Speaking of this, defendant Kien paused for 10 seconds to take medicine.

Earlier yesterday afternoon, in response to the question of the People's Procuracy that when operating, a business must have a business registration certificate and a license?, the representative of the Department of Business Registration Management did not answer directly, saying that depending on the characteristics of each unit, the business registration certificate is also a license. "Gold status business has an industry code stipulated in Official Dispatch 6320," this person said.

According to the indictment, from November 30, 2009 to July 30, 2010, through 6 companies, defendant Kien organized stock, stock and gold account trading activities with a total amount of nearly 21,500 billion VND. Of this, Thien Nam illegally traded in gold status on overseas accounts of more than 462,000 ounces, worth nearly 10,000 billion VND.

According to VnExpress