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The Investigation and Security Agency determined that former Hanoi President Nguyen Duc Chung repeatedly received confidential documents and documents from the Nhat Cuong case in a “sophisticated” manner.
In the case of the Nhat Cuong company, the Investigative Security Agency of the Ministry of Public Security determined that Mr. Chung and his wife had related rights and obligations. As he wanted to capture related information and “get information on the direction of the investigation” related to his husband and wife, Mr. Chung adopted a person to meet the defendant Pham Quang Dung, an officer from the Investigation Police Department. economic corruption, smuggling – The Ministry of Public Security, which is involved in the investigation of the Nhat Cuong case, noted the Investigative Security Agency at the conclusion of the investigation on November 20.
The authorities determined that, on June 16, 2019, Mr. Chung raised the issue and it was agreed to “collect and provide information and documents on the situation, progress and results of the investigation.” In August 2019, the defendant Dung used his phone twice to steal and photocopy 4 documents at the agency. In September 2019, Dung made a copy of another document in the office; The fourth time in June 2020 he stole 3 documents with 26 pages, corresponding to 26 photo files. For the fifth time in late February 2020 and early March 2020, Dung took a document from the Economic Police Department
Mr. Chung before being arrested. Image: Vo Hai.
Dung provided documents to Mr. Chung through 3 methods: using the Viber software application on mobile phones to exchange and provide information; transfer photo files directly to Viber and through an intermediary to provide paper documents.
Among the 12 documents related to the Nhat Cuong case transferred by Dung, there are 6 documents in the list of state secrets with confidentiality.
For the first time, on July 20, 2019, at Mr. Chung’s request, Dung took a taxi from his home on Nguyen Xien Street to Mr. Chung’s home on Trung Liet Street to discuss the case. At home, Dung printed documents from his personal computer on paper. The number of these documents, Mr. Chung sent his own driver Nguyen Hoang Trung to pick it up and take it away.
On August 25, 2019, Dung contacted Mr. Chung to provide 3 confidential documents. These documents are sealed in a sealed A4 white envelope. On the evening of the same day, Mr. Chung directed Trung to go to Dung’s house.
For the last time, on June 10, 2020, Dung used the Viber app and transferred 3 confidential documents to Mr. Chung. President Hanoi returned it to Trung and asked him to print it on paper. Trung did not print it right away, but forwarded it to Nguyen Anh Ngoc, 46, a former deputy director of the Editorial Secretariat of the Hanoi People’s Committee Office.
Authorities said that after transferring 26 photo files to the “Viber” app, Trung has deleted; Defendant individual Anh Ngoc copied and stored on office computer and USB stick. In searching the workplace of the defendant Anh Ngoc, the Investigative Security Agency has seized these documents.
In addition to the above document transfers, the Investigative Security Agency also determined that Dung repeatedly exchanged and provided information and documents related to the Nhat Cuong case to Mr. Chung by cell phone, via Viber and met directly. However, the results of the investigation do not have sufficient grounds to determine the specific information and documents that Dung provided, so the Investigative Security Agency has no basis to conclude on the exchange and transfer of these documents.
Mr. Chung identifies himself as a mastermind and a leader. The three remaining defendants are assistant accomplices. The four are accused of working in legal protection agencies, knowledgeable about the law and professionals in crime prevention, so they have “very sophisticated” tricks, taking advantage of technology. to erase traces, hide.
He and Dung were proposed to prosecute the charges by the Investigation Department of the Ministry of Public Security. Seize secret state documents, by virtue of subsection 3 of article 337 of the Penal Code of 2015. Penalty of 10 to 15 years in prison. It was proposed to prosecute the remaining two under clause 1 of article 337. Penalty from 2 to 7 years in prison.
The appropriation of secret state documents was processed in mid-July. Half a month after being suspended from the post of president in Hanoi on August 28, Mr. Chung was caught at work. In addition to this case, Mr. Chung was also investigated for his responsibility related to two other cases that occurred at the Nhat Cuong company; The case of violation of the regulations on the management and use of state assets caused losses and waste occurred in the Hanoi People’s Committee and related units.
Mr. Chung is a doctor of law, has worked for decades in the Hanoi Police Department, from the head of the Criminal Police Division to the Chief of the Criminal Police Department, Deputy Director of Public Security. At the end of 2015, when he was chief of the capital’s police, he was elected chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee for the period 2011-2016; reelected for the 2016-2021 term with high votes.
