Disciplinary review of former Ho Chi Minh City Party Secretary Le Thanh Hai

From January 3 to 8, 2020, in Hanoi, the Central Inspection Commission held its 42nd meeting. Comrade Tran Cam Tu - Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Chairman of the Central Inspection Commission chaired the meeting.

At this Session, the Central Inspection Commission (CICC) reviewed and concluded the following contents:

1. Results of monitoring a number of collectives and individuals, including: Party Executive Committee (PCC) and the PCC Secretary, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development; PCC and the PCC Secretary, Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People's Procuracy; Standing Committees of the Provincial Party Committees of Dong Thap and Binh Phuoc provinces; Standing Committee of the PCC and the PCC Secretary, Chairman of the Board of Members of the Vietnam Posts and Telecommunications Group; Deputy PCC Secretary, Commander of the Border Guard in leading, directing, implementing the Working Regulations, personnel work, performing political tasks and implementing Directive No. 35-CT/TW of the Politburo on party congresses at all levels towards the 13th National Congress of the Party.

- Results of the inspection of the implementation of inspection, supervision and disciplinary tasks within the Party for the Standing Committee of the Party Committee and the Inspection Commission of the Central Public Security Party Committee; the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee and the Inspection Commission of the Quang Tri Provincial Party Committee; the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and the Inspection Commission of the Da Nang City Party Committee.

Through inspection and supervision, the Central Inspection Commission requires Party committees, Party organizations and Party members to promote their strengths, seriously review, learn from experience and promptly take measures to overcome the limitations and shortcomings pointed out through inspection and supervision.

2. Inspection results when there are signs of violations against the Standing Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee

- The Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and the Party Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee violated the principle of democratic centralism and the Working Regulations, lacked responsibility, slackened leadership, direction, and lacked inspection and supervision, allowing many serious violations and shortcomings to occur in the process of implementing the Thu Thiem New Urban Area investment project, causing very serious consequences, causing great damage to State money and property, negatively affecting the socio-economic development and the lives of a part of the city's people, causing outrage in society.

- Comrade Le Thanh Hai, former member of the Politburo, former Secretary of the City Party Committee, is primarily responsible for the violations and shortcomings of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee; Comrade Le Hoang Quan, former member of the Party Central Committee, former Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, former Secretary of the Party Committee, former Chairman of the City People's Committee, is jointly responsible for the violations and shortcomings of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee and is primarily responsible for the violations and shortcomings of the Party Committee of the City People's Committee; Comrade Nguyen Van Dua, former Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, former member of the Party Committee, former Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee and comrades Nguyen Thi Hong, Le Van Khoa, former members of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, former members of the Party Committee, former Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee; Comrade Vu Hung Viet, former member of the City Party Committee, former member of the Party Committee, former Vice Chairman of the City People's Committee, is jointly responsible for the violations and shortcomings of the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, of the Party Committee of the City People's Committee and personal responsibility in performing assigned duties and tasks.

Violations by the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee for the 2010-2015 term, the Party Committee of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee for the 2011-2016 term and the above-mentioned comrades have negatively affected the reputation of the City Party Committee and government, causing outrage in society, to the point of requiring disciplinary action.

3.Consider, tDisciplinary action against the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Vietnam Steel Corporationand some individuals involvedThe violations were concluded atKmeeting41of the Central Inspection Commission

Considering the content, nature, level and consequences of the violation; based on the Party's regulations on disciplinary action against Party organizations and Party members,

- The Central Inspection Commission decided to impose disciplinary action by expelling from the Party the following comrades: Mai Van Tinh, former Party Secretary, former Chairman of the Board of Directors; Dau Van Hung, former Deputy Party Secretary, former General Director of Vietnam Steel Corporation; Tran Van Kham, former Party Secretary, former Chairman of the Board of Directors; Tran Trong Mung, former Party Secretary, former General Director; Ngo Sy Han, former member of the Party Standing Committee, former Deputy General Director of Thai Nguyen Iron and Steel Company. Warnings were issued to comrades Van Trong Ly, former Deputy Head of the Government Office; Nguyen Van Tai, former Director of the Government Office; Do Canh Duong, General Director of the General Department of Geology and Minerals, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, former officer of the Government Office. Reprimands were issued to comrades Nguyen Huu Vu, former Deputy Head of the Government Office; Dang Thuc Khang, former Party Secretary, former Chairman of the Board of Directors; Le Phu Hung, former Deputy Party Secretary, former General Director of Vietnam Steel Corporation.

- The Central Inspection Commission proposed that the Politburo consider and discipline comrade Hoang Trung Hai, Politburo member, Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, former member of the Party Committee, former Deputy Prime Minister; proposed that the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Central Enterprises Bloc discipline the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of the Vietnam Steel Corporation for the terms 2005 - 2010, 2010 - 2015.

4.Pursuant to the Party's regulations on disciplining Party members, the Central Inspection Commission decided to discipline Comrade Nguyen Thai Hung, member of the Provincial Party Standing Committee, Secretary of the Party Delegation, Chairman of the People's Council of Son La province, with the form of reprimand due to having relatives who violated the 2018 National High School Exam, violating the Party's regulations on the responsibility to set an example for cadres and Party members, especially key leaders.

5.Also at this session, the Central Inspection Committee reviewed and decided on a number of other important contents.