Vinashinlines Trial: Proposal to Sentence Giang Kim Dat to Death

On the afternoon of February 18, the People's Procuracy proposed the death penalty for Giang Kim Dat (former acting head of the business department).

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The People's Procuracy also proposed to sentence defendant Tran Van Liem (former General Director of Vinashin Ocean Shipping Corporation) to life in prison and defendant Tran Van Khuong (former chief accountant of Vinashinlines) to 20 years in prison for embezzlement.

Propose to sentence defendant Giang Van Hien (Giang Kim Dat's father) to 8-9 years in prison for money laundering.

The People's Procuracy proposed to recover the amount of damages and return it to Vinashinlines.

The People's Procuracy said that, at court, the defendants did not admit their actions and denied all previous statements to the investigation agency, but there was sufficient basis to prosecute the defendants Khiem, Liem and Dat for the crime of Embezzlement.

Representative of the People's Procuracy.

This is a serious case that took place over a long period of time. From 2006 to 2008, defendant Liem managed Vinashinlines and directed defendant Dat to agree on commissions and price differences for buying and leasing ships. The defendants kept the embezzled money off the books.

From 2006 to 2008, defendant Giang Kim Dat, with his position, directly advised and sought partners to buy and lease ships, took advantage of his position, through a brokerage company, and appropriated 260 billion VND. The defendant is responsible for compensating Vinashinlines more than 249 billion VND.

The defendants in court.

According to the representative of the People's Procuracy, defendant Tran Van Khuong knew clearly that the money Liem gave him was a commission from the price difference from buying the ship, but did not put it in the books or make financial accounting.

Defendant Giang Van Hien opened 22 accounts, received money 92 times, nearly 16 million USD. The defendant used this money to buy 40 real estates, and bought and sold 13 cars. The defendant was aware of the money the foreign company transferred to his account, but to hide the illegal money, Mr. Hien opened many different bank accounts. Mr. Hien withdrew it to transfer to his son and bought many real estates.

In court, the defendant Dat claimed that the money was from his brokerage work, but according to the prosecutor, this statement is baseless. Dat is an officer of Vinashinlines, assigned to buy ships. The money transferred to Mr. Hien's account was from the difference in commissions from ship purchases.

Defendant Giang Van Hien denied all of his son's statements, claiming that the money poured into his account was clean money, earned from brokerage. However, the prosecutor found that the testimony at the investigation agency showed that when the account was opened, it was because his son asked him to deposit money. Before depositing money, Dat always told his father in advance.

There is a written record that defendant Hien admitted his actions and requested to have his assets seized to remedy the situation.

According to Vietnamnet