More 'hot' cases of land and financial violations in Thanh Ha commune

Lack of financial transparency?

According to citizens' reflection, the problem of lack of financial transparency is reflected in the investment in the construction of the power line in Hamlet 14, Thanh Ha Commune. This power line was built from the cooperative's loan capital and people's contributions with the amount of over 400 million VND. After the construction process was completed, this project was not paid or settled. During the phase of handing over the power grid to the Electricity sector for management, the Electricity sector paid back the cost, but the commune did not inform the people...

In hamlet 14, Thanh Ha commune, Mr. Duong Dinh Hue - Hamlet Chief is an official who is involved with the commune government in managing the construction of the 10kw power line system. Mr. Hue informed that the power line was built in 1997, but it was not completed until 2003 and the electricity was supplied to the people.

The total cost of building the power line was 430 million VND. To have the funds to build the power line, each household in hamlet 14 had to borrow 2 million VND from the bank to contribute. The whole hamlet 14 had 154 households, but only 50 households borrowed to contribute 100 million VND. The remaining cost had to be borrowed from the cooperative 300 million VND, and the hamlet chief had to borrow an additional 30 million VND.

Hamlet 14 chief, Mr. Duong Dinh Hue

After the power line was completed, households in hamlet 14 who wanted to use electricity had to pay from 2.5 to 2.9 million VND; in addition, some organizations and individuals doing business in the area and neighboring areas also paid to use electricity. But what was very confusing was that the collection of fees was very arbitrary.

The government, the cooperative, and even the officials in charge of the commune all have the right to collect. Meanwhile, how much is collected and how it is used is unclear. And the commune People's Committee also does not clear and settle the accounts for the power line project. This matter has lasted for many years, the officials and people of Hamlet 14 are concerned and have expressed their opinions in many meetings.

It was not until 2016 that the Commune People's Committee found a source to return the people's contributions. However, it has not been completed yet.

When the reporter asked: What is your basis for the information you have provided? "I will have a written request to the newspaper about this content..." - Hamlet Chief Duong Dinh Hue affirmed. On June 4, 2019, in the petition sent to Nghe An Newspaper, in addition to reporting on the lack of transparency in the investment and construction of the 10kw power line in Hamlet 14, Mr. Duong Dinh Hue requested: Clarify the total cost of building the 10kw power line in Hamlet 14; after the handover, how much money has the Electricity Department refunded? On what basis does the Commune People's Committee collect from 2.5 - 2.9 million VND/household; how much money has been collected and how is it used?

Minutes of the military-civilian-government meeting of hamlet 14 in 2001, including the content of borrowing capital to contribute to the construction of power lines.

Violations in land transfer?

This content is related to the case of Mr. Tran Dai Sy, a resident of Hamlet 14, Thanh Ha Commune, who illegally built a house on forestry land, which Nghe An Newspaper had reported in the series of articles "Thanh Ha, thinking from a complaint". Through the hotline, citizens informed that the incident was not simply a matter of Mr. Tran Dai Sy illegally building a house on forestry land. More concerning was the fact that the person who transferred the land to Mr. Tran Dai Sy, the former Chairman of the People's Committee of Hoang Cao Phon Commune, had the act of "putting his beard on this man's head and her chin on that woman's chin". "The land transferred on the Land Use Rights Certificate is one way, but the land is used in another way. This is the issue that needs to be clarified..." - citizens commented.

According to the investigation, on May 30, 2016, Mr. Tran Dai Sy and his wife, Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, were granted a Land Use Rights Certificate by the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district for plot No. 555, address Nha Luu hill, Thanh Ha commune; area 4,785m2; purpose of use: forestry land; term of use until April 23, 2054. However, as Mr. Tran Dai Sy discussed, he was completely unaware of whether or not there was a "mistake". Because during the transaction with Mr. Hoang Cao Phon, Mr. Tran Dai Sy decided to buy this plot of land; the two parties agreed on the price of 170 million VND, and carried out the transaction after completing the procedures and documents. Specifically, Mr. Hoang Cao Phon had to transfer the name on the Land Use Rights Certificate to Mr. Tran Dai Sy and Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong. “Recently, commune and district officials also came here to work. They informed us that this is land managed by the commune and Mr. Hoang Cao Phon had wrongly transferred the land. We were very surprised by this incident because we received the land transfer from commune officials...” - Mr. Tran Dai Sy said.

The land and house that Mr. Tran Dai Sy is using is located next to the Ho Chi Minh trail.

According to a document sent by the Thanh Chuong District Land Use Registration Office to relevant agencies in August 2018, Mr. Tran Dai Sy is currently using land plot No. 517, cadastral map sheet No. 1 of forestry land, located in hamlet 14, Thanh Ha commune, Thanh Chuong district. In the inventory book established according to the Forestry Land Use Right Certificate Map approved by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment on March 17, 2008, land plot No. 517, map sheet No. 1 in Thanh Ha commune belongs to the Youth Union of Ward 5, with an area of ​​3,593m2. This land plot has not been allocated land nor has it been granted a Land Use Right Certificate.

With land plot 555, belonging to the cadastral map sheet of forestry land No. 1 in hamlet 14, Thanh Ha commune. According to the inventory book established according to the map of the Forestry Land Use Right Certificate approved by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment on March 17, 2008, land plot 555 is owned by Mr. Hoang Cao Phon's household, with an area of ​​4,785m2. This land plot was granted a Land Use Right Certificate by the People's Committee of Thanh Chuong district to Mr. Hoang Cao Phon's household in Land Use Right Certificate No. AE 764675, in 2016. Also in this year, Mr. Hoang Cao Phon's household transferred it to Mr. Tran Dai Sy and Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong.

Drawing of land plot on Land Use Rights Certificate of Mr. Tran Dai Sy and Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong.

Could there be a mistake? A land official of Thanh Chuong district said that this situation is very unlikely to happen. Because the area, shape, location... of the land plot shown on the Land Use Rights Certificate and the actual land plot that Mr. Tran Dai Sy is using are completely different. "Thanh Chuong district People's Committee is also interested in handling this content..." - This official said.

In fact, as shown on the Land Use Rights Certificate in the name of Mr. Tran Dai Sy and Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong, plot 555 is surrounded by unused mountainous land and production forest land. Meanwhile, the forestry land plot that Mr. Tran Dai Sy and Ms. Nguyen Thi Huong are currently using (with a house built on it) is hundreds of meters long along the Ho Chi Minh trail!