Temporarily detain Head of Tan Ky Protective Forest Management Board
The authorities have just issued a decision to prosecute and temporarily detain the Head of Tan Ky Protective Forest Management Board.
On January 10, 2025, the Investigation Security Agency of Nghe An Provincial Police announced that yesterday (January 9, 2025), the agency prosecuted and temporarily detained Dinh Van Hai - Head of Tan Ky Protective Forest Management Board and Cao Tien Hanh - former Head of Tan Ky Protective Forest Management Board, with the same charge of "lack of responsibility causing serious consequences" under Article 360 of the Penal Code.
Previously, on December 30, 2022, after receiving a complaint that the Tan Ky District Forest Protection Management Board (Nghe An) had signs of violations, creating fake acceptance and settlement records in the implementation of the JICA2 project in the 2014-2018 period, causing loss and waste of state capital and foreign investors, the Forest Protection Department stepped in to inspect. The subsequent verification report confirmed that 81.65 hectares of forest out of a total of 165.23 hectares of forest allocated for protection in 2019 had differences in records with reality. Of which, more than 52 hectares of planted forest belonged to the JICA2 project.
Upon receiving the report, on November 24, 2024, the Investigation Security Agency of Nghe An Provincial Police issued a decision to initiate a case for investigation and clarification.
After a period of investigation, on January 9, 2025, the Investigation Security Agency of Nghe An Provincial Police prosecuted and temporarily detained Dinh Van Hai and Cao Tien Manh to continue the investigation.