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On the morning of December 14, the People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City tried the first instance of the defendant Dinh La Thang (former Minister of Transport) and six accomplices were prosecuted for violating the rules on the management and use of State property, causing losses. and waste under Clause 3, Article 219 of the Penal Code (penalty of 10 to 20 years in prison).
Previously, on November 17, the Supreme VKSND issued an indictment to prosecute Mr. Thang for violating the regulations on investment in construction works and causing serious consequences under Clause 3, Article 224 of the Penal Code (penalty framework 10-20 years in prison) happened in the Phu Tho Ethanol project. This case is also about to go to trial.
In June 2018, Mr. Thang was sentenced to 18 years in prison by the Hanoi Higher People’s Court for causing damage to the Vietnam Oil and Gas Group – PVN VND 800 billion when he contributed capital to Oceanbank (when Mr. Thang owned President of PVN).
Also in May 2018, Mr. Thang was sentenced to 13 years in prison by the Hanoi Higher People’s Court for deliberate wrongdoing that occurred at PVN and Vietnam Oil and Gas Construction Corporation – PVC.
Consequently, Mr. Thang had to serve a general sentence of 30 years in prison for two legally valid sentences of the Hanoi High Court.
Currently, for the two cases in which Mr. Thang is and will be tried, he is prosecuted with a prison sentence (each case, Mr. Thang is sentenced to 10 to 20 years in prison).
The defendant Dinh La Thang at trial this morning, December 14. Photo: HOANG GIANG
According to lawyer Nguyen Van Du (Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association), currently, the summary of sanctions for Mr. Thang’s case is applied in accordance with the provisions of point a, clause 1, article 55 and clause 1, article 56 of the Penal Code. regulations on sanction decisions in case of multiple crimes and combination of sentences of many sentences)
Specifically, point a, subsection 1, article 55 of the Penal Code provides for the decision to punish in the case of many crimes, the combined penalty will be the following: If the declared penalties are non-custodial reform or prison. for a period of time, the penalties are added to the general penalty; the general penalty should not exceed three years for the non-custodial reform and 30 years for the prison sentence.
“The four cases in which the defendant Thang had to appear in court have sent him a prison sentence. Therefore, regardless of the case that Mr. Thang is being tried in Ho Chi Minh City and the case of Ethanol Phu Tho (about to be tried), how many years in prison Mr. Thang should only serve the general penalty (after the general sentence combined) is 30 years in prison for the four sentences, ”said LS Du.
Video: The first photo of Mr. Dinh La Thang in court
(PLO) – This morning, December 14, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court opened a trial for the defendant Dinh La Thang (former Minister of Transport), Nguyen Hong Truong (former Deputy Minister of Transport) in the same year. He co-committed crimes of violation of the regulations on management and use of State assets, causing losses or waste.
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