Hundreds of law violations handled in April
(Baonghean.vn) - In April, authorities discovered and handled hundreds of law violations occurring in the province, including drug crimes, illegal mining, and trading in goods of unknown origin. In addition, inspection work was stepped up and the effectiveness of regular citizen reception was improved.
Many cases are handled
Synthesizing the situation of crime prevention and control in the province shows that, regarding crimes against social order, the authorities discovered 70 cases, killing 3 people, injuring 29 people, and causing total property damage of nearly 800 million VND. In addition, the authorities also investigated and clarified 59/70 cases, reaching 84.2%.
Regarding drug crimes, 163 cases were detected and 200 subjects were arrested (compared to March, an increase of 59 cases and 81 subjects), seizing 1.44 kg of heroin, 72 kg of crystal meth, 138 grams and 22,005 synthetic drug pills, 149 grams of marijuana and 200 grams of opium.
The group of criminals violating the law on economic and environmental issues discovered and arrested 382 cases, 403 subjects (compared to the previous month, an increase of 24 cases and 238 subjects), in which the most prominent violations were violations of illegal mineral exploitation and transportation: 117 cases, 137 subjects; transportation and trading of goods of unknown origin: 29 cases, 29 subjects; traffic accidents, social evils, fires and explosions occurred in 18 cases, killing 15 people, injuring 6 people; social evils arrested 124 cases, 552 subjects gambling, collecting 1.2 billion VND. Fires and explosions occurred in 5 cases, killing 1 person, causing property damage of 430 million VND.
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This is the project to seize the largest amount of drugs ever by Nghe An Police. Photo: PX03 |
The Provincial People's Procuracy has exercised the right to prosecute and investigate criminal cases, accepting 861 cases and 1,487 defendants; the investigation agency has handled and resolved 306 cases and 42 defendants, of which it proposed to prosecute 284 cases and 438 defendants, and suspended 12 cases and 17 defendants for the reasons that the victim withdrew the request for prosecution, because they were exempted from criminal liability, and because the defendant died. The investigation of 10 cases and 7 defendants has been temporarily suspended, and 55 cases and 1,025 defendants are being handled.
The People's Court at two levels accepted 2,297 cases of all kinds, down 3 cases compared to the previous month. 1,070 cases were resolved, reaching 46.6%, including 470 first-instance criminal cases, 84 defendants (282 new cases, 424 defendants); 211 cases were resolved, 394 defendants; 112 appellate criminal cases accepted, 158 defendants (29 new cases, 44 defendants); 21 cases resolved, 32 defendants of all kinds.
Strengthening inspection and citizen reception work
Administrative inspections were conducted in 39 cases, socio-economic inspections in 85 units. So far, 13 cases have been completed in 13 units, of which 7 cases have issued conclusions. Through administrative inspections, 22/85 units were found to have violated with a total amount of 510 million VND, with recommendations to recover 506 million VND, other recommendations of 4 million VND, so far 538 million VND has been recovered for the state budget.
Specialized inspectors conducted 113 specialized inspections on 185 organizations and 600 individuals, focusing mainly on areas such as Transportation, Industry and Trade, Science and Technology, and Natural Resources and Environment. Through specialized inspections, 81 organizations and 21 individuals were found to have violated regulations, and proposed to impose a fine of VND 1,076 million. To date, VND 1,048 million has been imposed.
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Citizens present petitions at the April 2019 citizen reception at the provincial citizen reception office. Photo: Khanh Ly |
Regarding the inspection of responsibility for implementing legal regulations on inspection of complaints and denunciations and anti-corruption associated with public service inspection, the whole sector conducted 26 public service inspections to inspect the responsibility of heads at all levels and sectors in implementing legal regulations on inspection of complaints and denunciations and anti-corruption at 42 units. Through the inspection, recommendations were made to review and learn from experiences for 13 organizations and 53 individuals with violations.
In April 2019, agencies and units in the province received 629 citizens (an increase of 30.8% compared to March 2019); received 714 petitions, an increase of 24.6% compared to March, of which 79 were complaints, 64 were denunciations, and 571 were recommendations, of which 69 were complaints and denunciations that needed to be resolved. Up to now, 52/69 cases have been resolved, reaching 75%, including 25/34 complaints and 27/35 denunciations.