Commune Chairman 'magically' turns 3,000 square meters of public land into his own land
Three subjects, former commune officials, have just been prosecuted for abusing their positions and powers while performing official duties.
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| Three subjects (from left to right): Le Xuan Thao, Ngo Van Luu and Ngo Xuan Dung. |
According to initial investigation documents: In 2013, Mr. Le Xuan Thao, Chairman of the People's Committee of Ha Vinh commune, Ha Trung district, directed Mr. Ngo Xuan Dung, who was then a cadastral officer of Ha Vinh commune, to create a fake file requesting the People's Committee of Ha Trung district to grant a certificate of land use rights and land for perennial crops to Mr. Thao's family on the public land area of Ha Vinh commune in village 2 (now called Quy Vinh village).
To avoid public opinion, Mr. Thao asked Mr. Ngo Van Luu, the village chief, to do the paperwork. When the land use rights certificate was issued, Mr. Luu would transfer the name to Mr. Thao.Under the direction of Mr. Thao, Mr. Ngo Xuan Dung created all of these documents and put them under the name of Mr. Ngo Van Luu. On September 13, 2013, the People's Committee of Ha Trung district issued a land use right certificate to Mr. Ngo Van Luu's household with an area of 3,000 square meters, including residential land and land for perennial crops.
On April 18, 2014, Mr. Ngo Van Luu completed the procedures to transfer the name of the above land to Mr. Le Xuan Thao as initially agreed. On May 13, 2014, the People's Committee of Ha Trung district issued a land use right certificate to Mr. Thao's family on that public land of Ha Vinh commune.
The fact that the People's Committee of Ha Trung district issued a land use right certificate to Mr. Ngo Van Luu's household based on this fake file and later transferred the name to Mr. Le Xuan Thao is completely contrary to the Land Law and caused hundreds of millions of dong in damage to the State.
With the collected documents and evidence, on August 13, the Department of Investigation Police on Corruption, Economic and Position Crimes of Thanh Hoa Provincial Police issued a decision to prosecute the case and prosecute the accused to investigate and clarify the violations of 03 officials of Ha Vinh People's Committee to bring them to strict handling before the law.