Head of the examination department masterminded the exam score fixing case
15 people were accused of colluding and agreeing to give and receive money to influence and change the scores of candidates in the 2018 high school exam.
On May 10, the People's Court of Hoa Binh province held a first-instance trial of Nguyen Quang Vinh (former head of the examination department, deputy head of the examination board) and 14 others for the crimes of:Abuse of position and power while performing official dutiesandBribery, Bribery.The trial is scheduled to last a week.
14 people were prosecuted for the crimeTaking advantage of position and power while performing official duties,According to Article 356 of the 2015 Penal Code, including: Mr. Vinh, Do Manh Tuan (former vice principal of Lac Thuy District Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities), Khuong Ngoc Chat (former head of the internal political security department, Hoa Binh Provincial Police), Phung Van Thu (former head of the continuing education department), Diep Thi Hong Lien (former deputy head of the examination department), Nguyen Khac Tuan (former specialist of the examination department), Nguyen Duc Hoang (former inspector of the inspection department), Nguyen Tan Hung (former officer of the examination department), Quach Thanh Phuc (50 years old, former vice principal of 19/5 High School), Le Thi Hong (former principal of Hoang Van Thu Specialized High School), Do Manh Tuan (vice principal of Lac Thuy District Boarding School for Ethnic Minorities) and 4 former teachers Nguyen Thi Thu Loan, Nguyen Thi Hong Chung, Bui Thanh Tra and Dao Ngoc Thuat.
Defendant Do Manh Tuan was prosecuted for additional crimes.Take bribes,according to article 354.
Ho Chuc (teacher at Thanh Ha High School, Lac Thuy District) was prosecuted for the crimeBribery,according to article 364.
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| Defendants Nguyen Quang Vinh and Diep Thi Hong Lien. Photo:Ministry of Public Security. |
Mr. Vinh then proposed that Manh Tuan be a member of the multiple-choice test marking team and arranged for this team to work close to the room where the test papers were stored and marked. To carry out the plan, Mr. Vinh and Manh Tuan agreed to directly correct and increase the scores on the candidates' test papers before scanning the image files and sending them to the Ministry of Education and Training. Mr. Vinh was responsible for preparing the room key while Manh Tuan directly intervened to increase the scores and enticed Khac Tuan to participate.
On the evenings from June 30 to July 3, 2018, when the Ministry of Education and Training announced the answers to the multiple-choice exams, Manh Tuan and Khac Tuan proceeded to correct the scores. The two education officers used a knife to cut the edge of the sealed test bag, then took the candidates' papers and compared them with the Ministry's answers, erased the wrong answers, and used a pencil to fill in the correct answers.
The indictment determined that 145 multiple-choice tests of 58 candidates were raised from 0.2 to 9.25 points for one subject. In particular, Khac Tuan also asked Mr. Vinh for his opinion to raise his multiple-choice test score by 13.35 points in the 2017 national high school exam.
With the essay test in Literature, there was no task but Mr. Vinh still directed Manh Tuan to generate the code against the regulations. On June 28, 2018, Manh Tuan gathered a list of candidates who needed to increase their Literature scores to send to Mr. Vinh and finally to Diep Thi Hong Lien.
Because of the discussion, when receiving the list, Ms. Lien compared the information on the bar code, the test bag code, according to the marking progress of each group marking the essay test in literature, then transferred the information. When marking the test, the group leaders read the bar code and the required score so that the examiners could mark the test for the candidates according to the required score. As a result, the 22 Literature tests were raised from 1.25 to 4.5 points.
Regarding the act of giving and receiving bribes, the indictment determined that in March 2018, Ho Chuc agreed to help two candidates who were children of relatives. After the exam results were available, on July 12, 2018, Chuc gave 300 million VND to thank Manh Tuan. These are also the two defendants prosecuted for the crime ofBriberyandTake bribesin the case.
