On the afternoon of day 4.3, Major General To An Xo, Head of the Office and spokesman for the Ministry of Public Security, said that during the investigation and expansion of the case, it occurred at SAGRI, the Investigative Police Agency (C01), the Ministry of Public Security has just issued a decision to prosecute the defendants, including: Le Van Thanh, former deputy head of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Office; Nguyen Thanh Chuong, former head of the Urban Department of the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee Office, accused of “violating the rules on the management and use of state property, causing loss and waste” in accordance with the provisions of article 219, the Penal Code year 2015.
At the same time, C01 has issued a decision to complement the decision to prosecute an “irresponsible criminal case that causes serious consequences” in accordance with article 360 of the 2015 Penal Code that occurs in SAGRI; and the prosecution of a criminal case. Can Nguyen Thi Thanh An, former SAGRI controller, for this crime.
The decisions to prosecute the accused have been approved by the Supreme People’s Prosecutor’s Office.
According to initial information, defendants Le Van Thanh and Nguyen Thanh Chuong reported the improper proposal, prompting the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Committee to issue a decision to allow the transfer of the Phuoc Long B project (District 9, Ho Chi Minh Minh City People’s Committee) between SAGRI and Phong Phu Joint Stock Corporation against the regulations, causing damage to the State in the amount of nearly 700 billion VND.
The defendant Nguyen Thi Thanh An is a controller, failure to fulfill his duties as prescribed, leading the defendant to transfer the project illegally, causing damage to the state.
The illicit case that occurred in SAGRI was prosecuted by C01 on May 5, 2019. Previously, 13 defendants were prosecuted in this case for the following crimes: “violation of the regulations on the management and use of State property, causing losses and waste “,” embezzlement “. So far, there have been 16 suspects involved who have been prosecuted in the case.
