Strictly handle acts of illegally benefiting from corn seed support funds

(Baonghean) - Since August 2017, Thach Giam commune (Tuong Duong) has clarified the act of falsifying beneficiaries to embezzle corn seed support funds of some commune and village officials.

Information from the people

At the end of October 2017, the people of Mon village (Thach Giam commune, Tuong Duong) sent a petition to Nghe An Newspaper with information that in the locality, some officials had falsely declared the beneficiaries of corn seeds supported by Tuong Duong district with 50% of the cost; then, they received the corn seeds and sold them to private traders for profit. The people of Mon village were indignant: “We are very indignant at the behavior of some officials and party members of the commune and village. We hope that the matter will be clarified and strictly handled…”.

Mon Village, Thach Giam Commune (Tuong Duong) - where people submitted a petition to Nghe An Newspaper. Photo: Nhat Lan

In Mon village, people said that they knew that the village cadres (including the Party cell secretary and deputy) had falsely declared and received corn seeds to sell for profit because the village party cell had held a review meeting. The illegal amount of money that the two village cadres pocketed was tens of millions of dong. And the reason they had to write a petition to the newspaper was because they wanted those who violated to be strictly handled and informed to the people.

According to Mon village chief Kha Van Khat, the information that people reported was correct. Mr. Khat said that in the spring crop (around February) and the summer crop (around May) of 2017, people in Thach Giam commune were able to buy corn seeds with 50% support from the district. In Mon village, Party cell secretary Vi Van Tu and deputy village chief Tran Van Son were the two officials who directly made a list of registered people to commit the act of falsely declaring; then, they received corn seeds to sell to private traders.

“The Party cell has brought this issue up for review. The two officials have admitted their mistakes and asked to remedy the consequences. Regarding this matter, the Party Committee and the People’s Committee of the commune directly directed the inspection and handling of the violating officials. Therefore, the relevant documents, including the minutes of the Party cell meeting to review the violating Party members, have been sent to the commune by Mon village…”, Mr. Kha Van Khat shared.

Faked more than 2 tons of corn seeds

Working with the Party Committee and the government of Thach Giam commune, Mr. Luong Van Ngoan - Party Committee Secretary; Mr. Vang Hong Chuyen - Chairman of the People's Committee of Thach Giam commune said that around mid-July 2017, Thach Giam commune inspected the implementation of corn planting in the winter-spring crop to report to the district. Thereby, there was a difference and unreasonableness between the planting area and the amount of corn seeds provided by the district. Initially, the commune thought that there was a situation where people registered to receive corn seeds and then sold them to receive financial support from the district.

However, after inspection, it was discovered that in Mon village, there was a situation where village officials falsified the list of subjects registering to grow corn and sold it for personal gain. Therefore, Thach Giam commune reported to the district and established an inspection team to inspect all villages in the area. Thereby, it was clarified that 7 villages had falsified the list of subjects, received corn seeds and sold them for personal gain.

Thach Giam commune leaders informed about the violations of related officials. Photo: Nhat Lan

7 officials with violations were clarified, including: Ms. Vi Thi Nham, commune agricultural extension officer (responsible for collecting from related individuals to return to the State the amount of 42,229,000 VND); Ms. Nguyen Thi Giang, former official 30a, must return to the State the amount of 5,819,000 VND; Mr. Lo Thanh Hai, former Head of Cay Me village, must return to the State the amount of 22,835,000 VND; Mr. Luong Xuan Tinh, Head of Nhan village, must return to the State the amount of 2,808,000 VND; Mr. Tran Van Son, former Deputy of Mon village, must return to the State the amount of 18,555,000 VND; Mr. Lo Van May, former agricultural extension officer of Thach Duong village, must return to the State the amount of 9,087,000 VND; Mr. Vi Van Tu, Secretary of Mon village, must return to the State the amount of 13,340,000 VND.

Thorough processing and information transparency

According to Party Secretary Luong Van Ngoan, up to now, 5 officials have remedied the consequences and paid the money to the State; the remaining 2 cases, including Ms. Nguyen Thi Nham and Mr. Tran Van Son, have not complied. In the case of Mr. Tran Van Son (currently no longer a Deputy), he has admitted his mistake but due to difficult circumstances, he has not been able to pay; and in the case of Ms. Nguyen Thi Nham, it is because she does not agree with the commune's conclusion.

Mr. Ngoan also said that after concluding on the wrongdoings of commune and village officials, the Party Committee of Thach Giam commune directed the Party cells to organize meetings to review the responsibilities of Party members and propose disciplinary measures. The review was not only carried out on individuals with violations, but also on the leaders of the commune government, because in the work of managing and directing subordinates to perform their duties and responsibilities, they did not meet the requirements; there was a lack of inspection and supervision, leading to subordinate officials taking advantage of their duties and responsibilities, committing violations, causing bad consequences.

After the Party cells completed the review work and reported the results, the Party Committee of Thach Giam commune also held a meeting and disciplined Mr. Vi Van Tu - Secretary of the Party Cell of Mon village, Lo Thanh Hai - Deputy Secretary, Head of Cay Me village; disciplined Ms. Luong Thi Hien - Vice Chairman of the Commune People's Committee with criticism, disciplined Mr. Luong Hong Chuyen - Chairman of the Commune People's Committee with criticism...

Mr. Luong Van Ngoan said: “The Party Committee of Thach Giam commune will continue to review and take disciplinary action against the remaining party members and officials who have violated the law. In addition to Party discipline, the specialized departments will be assigned to review and propose appropriate disciplinary measures for each official and party member. After that, the information will be reported to the District Party Committee and People's Committee and made public for the people to know…”.

Chairman of the People's Committee of Luong Hong Chuyen commune further discussed that in the report of some village officials, it was stated that their behavior was guided by the agricultural extension officer of Vi Thi Nham commune. "With the responsibility of the commune, we have organized to verify this content more than once; asked Ms. Nham to voluntarily recognize her wrongdoings to correct and correct them. But Ms. Nham still does not realize the problem. We think that, in the near future, Thach Giam commune will have to report to the superiors to have the authorities direct to clarify this issue...", Mr. Chuyen said.

Nhat Lan