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On the afternoon of December 18, in the trial for the violation of the Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong highway toll collection, which caused damages of more than 725 billion VND, the lawyer and the defendants They raised many controversial views with representatives of the VKSND HCMC. .
Previously, the prosecutor proposed to the Panel to fine the defendant Dinh La Thang from 10 to 11 years in prison for “violating the regulations on the administration and use of State property, causing loss and waste.” With the same crime above, the prosecutor’s representative gave a sentence of 6-7 years in prison for the defendant Nguyen Hong Truong (former Deputy Minister of Transport). In this same criminal group, another 5 defendants (former leaders and officials of state agencies) were offered a prison sentence of between 3 and 6 years.
Lawyer in judicial litigation
Representative of the City VKSND asked the Panel to sanction the defendant Dinh Ngoc Life imprisonment for the crime of “Fraud and appropriation of property”, from 13 to 14 years in prison for “Abuse of office and power of influence others for selfishness”. For the other defendants in the case, the prosecutor’s representative imposed a sentence of 2 to 12 years in prison for “fraudulent appropriation of property.”
In the argument, the defendant Dinh La Thang totally rejected the opinion of the VKSND representative from Ho Chi Minh City. Defendant Dinh La Thang said that the representative of Ho Chi Minh City VKSND deduced, attributed and prosecuted the wrong person, the correct crime. According to the accused, the prosecution incorrectly applied the law in this case, affecting the rights of the accused.
When the defendant Dinh La Thang had some bad words, the representative of the prosecutor’s agency spoke to reminisce and asked the defendant to adjust his words and attitudes.
Defending himself, the defendant Dinh La Thang stated once again that the defendant did not commit any crime. If there is an error in the sale of the right to collect the HCM City – Trung Luong highway, the defendant is only responsible for the head.
Defendant Dinh La Thang
In the case of ordering his subordinates to “favor” the Yen Khanh company (manipulated by Dinh Ngoc System) to auction the right to charge roads, the defendant Thang denied that the defendant had no relationship with Dinh Ngoc System, there is no address .
“I have just signed a document for the Prime Minister, 1 decision to establish an auction council, 1 criticism. Also, I did not sign any other directive document” – argued the defendant Dinh La Thang.
The defendant determined that the Ministry of Transportation offered the initial price of the right to charge the express rate in Ho Chi Minh City – Trung Luong was VND 2.004 billion. When Yen Khanh Company won the auction right, the Ministry of Transport recovered the previous amount. As such, the Ministry of Transport does not bear any damage. Therefore, the law cannot attribute the acts of his subordinates as a premise for a series of errors that cause the loss of state money. Regarding the amount of damages that the prosecutor concluded (more than 725 billion VND), the defendant presented that it was money from the Yen Khanh company to evade income. Therefore, companies must take responsibility.
In addition, the former Minister of Transportation explained that he himself did not accept, not knowing the content of the right to collect the high-speed auction contract.
According to the defendant Dinh La Thang, the contract for the sale of the right to charge for roads that the unit under the Ministry of Transport (Cuu Long Corporation) signed with the Yen Khanh Company is a commercial contract. Therefore, the parties resolve disputes through civil proceedings.
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