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Dinh La Thang arrived at court on the morning of December 14 – Photo: QUANG DINH
According to the indictment, the Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong highway project was formed with the state budget, so the sale of toll rights is the sale of state property and the proceeds from the sale of toll rights are property. of the State.
Video: Mr. Dinh La Thang, Ut ‘bald’ and the accused are escorted to trial
The Ministry of Transport (MOT) is assigned by the Prime Minister to lead the development of a project to sell toll collection rights, to transfer the right to collect tolls to reimburse the budget invested in the project.
However, in implementing it, due to his personal motivation, Mr. Dinh La Thang, as the Minister of Transportation, called on Mr. Duong Tuan Minh, CEO of Cuu Long Corporation, to introduce Dinh. Ngoc System approached the project and then made it easy for the system company to win the auction for the right to collect tolls for the Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong highways.
Dinh La Thang was brought to court on the morning of December 14 – Photo: QUANG DINH
Dinh Ngoc System has taken advantage of this relationship to make false documents, falsify capacity profiles, and the financial statements of 2 companies of the System, Yen Khanh and Khanh An, from the loss of profits to participate in the auction. freight rates.
After winning the auction for the right to charge fees, the System continued to commit fraudulent acts such as hiding real income, illegally interfering with the management software of the Ministry of Transportation to appropriate state assets.
Due to knowledge of the personal relationship between Mr. Thang and the System, Mr. Nguyen Hong Truong – Vice Minister of Transportation – and Mr. Dinh La Thang’s officials have violated the regulations on the auction of state property to Dinh Ngoc. System for taking advantage of real estate appropriation, causing losses of the State 725 billion.
Mr. Nguyen Hong Truong was brought to court – Photo: QUANG DINH
The indictment identifies Mr. Dinh La Thang as the Minister of Transport, the head assigned to manage property in the Ministry of Transport, understands the provisions of the law on state property management and the regulations on the transfer of toll rights Recognizing that it is an asset of special value, it is necessary to look for a partner with financial capacity to optimize the sale of toll rights.
However, from his family relationship with Dinh Ngoc System, Mr. Thang introduced the system to purchase rights to collect fees.
Mr. Nguyen Hong Truong in court – Photo: QUANG DINH
Mr. Thang knew that all project development activities, the auction results for the right to charge fees did not comply with regulations.
With the responsibility of being the Minister of Transportation, he is obliged to organize the implementation of the regulations on the management and use of State assets under his jurisdiction, ensuring the proper and efficient use of State assets. should suffer Main responsibility.
Mr. Dinh Ngoc System (ie “bald”) was brought before the court – Photo: NGOC PHUONG
The trial is expected to last until December 25, presided over by Judge Huynh Van Truc, deputy chief of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court.