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Like newspaper Workers Informed, the Security and Investigation Directorate of the Ministry of Public Security has concluded the investigation, proposing to the Supreme Public Prosecutor’s Office to prosecute 4 defendants, including: Nguyen duc chung (SN 1967, former chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee); Pham Quang Dung (SN 1983, former policeman); Nguyen Hoang Trung, SN 1983, host of Mr. Chung) and Nguyen Anh Ngoc (SN 1974, former deputy editor of the editorial secretariat – member of the secretariat Mr. Chung) together on charges of “appropriation of state secret documents.” stipulated in article 337 of the Penal Code.
Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung while in office
According to the conclusion of the investigation, on May 14, 2019, the Investigation Agency (CQĐT), the Ministry of Public Security, processed and investigated the criminal case that occurred at Nhat Cuong Trading and Service Co., Ltd. (Company Nhat Cuong) and a number of related units.
According to the conclusion, an acquaintance, in June 2019, Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung raised the matter and was asked by Mr. Pham Quang Dung, an officer of the Police Department, to investigate corruption, the economy and smuggling (C03) dependent on the Ministry. Police; the person who was requisitioned to assist in the investigation of the Nhat Cuong Company case – gathered and provided information and documents on the status, progress and results of the investigation of this case. Since then, Mr. Dung has repeatedly broken into the C03 leadership room to obtain documents and three times transferred 12 documents from this case to Mr. Nguyen Duc Chung. In which, there are 6 documents in the list of state secrets with “Confidential” level.
In this case, the defendant Nguyen Duc Chung plays a role of mastermind and leader. The defendants Pham Quang Dung, Nguyen Hoang Trung, Nguyen Anh Ngoc played the role of accomplices to help.
It is worth highlighting the investigation and determination process on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Canh Ty 2020, on January 22, 2020, in the area of the Bach Mai Hospital, through the accused Nguyen Hoang Trung, the accused Pham Quang Dung received from Nguyen Duc Chung a $ 10,000 envelope. The defendant Dung passed on to his family to return this money.
From left to right: Nguyen Anh Ngoc, Nguyen Hoang Trung and Pham Quang Dung – Photo: Ministry of Public Security.
On July 10, 2020, the defendant Dung actively confessed and reported his own mistakes to the agency. In addition to confessing his own crime, Dung also added that when he broke into an officer’s office in C03 to find a case document, the Nhat Cuong company had found a hugging box because he thought it was there. have case documents. However, when I got home, I opened it and found that there were no documents in the box, only the phone box.
So far, the investigation results have verified, the investigating agency has not clarified the purpose of what Mr. Chung gave him $ 10,000 to do, and it has not clarified Dung’s behavior when he appropriated 16 cell phones. The Ministry of Public Security investigated the two aforementioned events for clarification and subsequent handling.
The conclusions of the investigation determine that the defendants are officials who worked in legal protection agencies, have experience, knowledge of the law and professional crime prevention.
Therefore, criminal activities are very sophisticated: take full advantage of advanced science and technology, the Internet to commit criminal acts, erase traces, hide crimes, cause difficulties. to the investigation.
Article 337: Crime of intentional disclosure of State secrets; the crime of appropriation, purchase, sale or destruction of secret State documents
1. Those who intentionally reveal or trade State secrets, if they are not found in the cases provided for in article 110 of this Code, will be punished with imprisonment from 2 to 7 years.
2. Committing the crime in the following circumstances, the offenders will be sentenced to between 5 and 10 years in prison:
a) State secrets are top secret;
b) Abuse of positions and powers;
c) Cause damage to national defense, security, foreign relations, economy or culture.
3. Committing the crime in the following circumstances, the offenders will be sentenced to between 10 and 15 years in prison:
a) In an organized manner;
b) State secrets are classified as top secrets;
c) Committing the crime 2 or more times;
d) Damage the political regime, independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity.
4. The offender may also be subject to a fine of between 10,000,000 and 100,000,000 VND, and the prohibition to occupy certain positions, exercise certain occupations or perform certain jobs for a period of between 1 and 5 years.
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