Former Hanoi Chairman Nguyen Duc Chung appeals for justice in the Redoxy-3C case

According to news from the Hanoi People's Court, 3 defendants in the case of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties" related to the purchase of Redoxy - 3C product from the Federal Republic of Germany have filed an appeal.

In the appeal, the defendantNguyen Duc Chung(former Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee) said that the first instance verdict convicting the defendant of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties" was unjust. Defendant Nguyen Duc Chung and his lawyers will provide additional details of the appeal to the Hanoi High People's Court when the case is tried in the appeal procedure.

Defendant Nguyen Truong Giang (Director of Arktic Trading and Service Company Limited) appealed, arguing that the first instance court's sentence of 4 years and 6 months in prison was too harsh. Therefore, defendant Giang filed an appeal requesting the High People's Court in Hanoi to reduce his sentence.

Defendant Vo Tien Hung (former General Director of Hanoi Drainage Company) appealed, claiming that the 4-year prison sentence imposed by the Court of First Instance was too harsh. In addition, defendant Hung also appealed that the amount of compensation ordered by the Court of First Instance was too much. In his appeal, defendant Hung requested the High People's Court in Hanoi to reduce his sentence and compensation.

Defendant Nguyen Duc Chung and accomplices at the first instance trial.

Previously, from December 10 to 13, 2021, the Hanoi People's Court opened a first-instance trial and sentenced defendant Nguyen Duc Chung to 8 years in prison, defendant Nguyen Truong Giang to 4 years and 6 months in prison, and defendant Vo Tien Hung to 4 years in prison, all for the crime of "Abusing position and power while performing official duties".

Regarding civil liability, the Hanoi People's Court declared that the defendants must be jointly responsible for compensating the civil plaintiff, Hanoi Drainage One Member Co., Ltd., for damages of more than VND36 billion. Of which, defendant Nguyen Duc Chung must compensate VND25 billion, defendant Vo Tien Hung must compensate VND4 billion and defendant Nguyen Truong Giang must compensate more than VND7 billion.

The Hanoi People's Court acknowledged the voluntary payment of 10 billion VND by the family of defendant Nguyen Duc Chung, and 1 billion VND by the family of defendant Nguyen Truong Giang to the Hanoi Civil Judgment Enforcement Department to ensure the obligation to execute the judgment.

According to the first instance verdict, in 2016, the Hanoi People's Committee directed relevant units to implement the work of handling, renovating and overcoming water pollution in rivers and lakes in the city by searching for suitable advanced technologies to handle water pollution in lakes in the city.

Defendant Nguyen Duc Chung, in his role as Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee, selected the polluted water treatment technology of Watch Water Company (Federal Republic of Germany) to organize a tour, test, and order the production of Redoxy-3C to use in treating water pollution in the city.

Then, defendant Nguyen Duc Chung directed defendant Vo Tien Hung to purchase the Redoxy-3C product through Arktic Trading and Service Company Limited (directed by Nguyen Truong Giang), the family company of defendant Nguyen Duc Chung, with the motive of profiteering, causing serious damage to State assets, with a total loss of more than 36 billion VND.

Nguyen Hung