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On the afternoon of December 21, the Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court continued to allow those accused of the crimes committed in Trung Luong – Ho Chi Minh City to express their last words before the Group deliberated.
The Panel will deliberate and deliver the sentence tomorrow morning (December 22).
The defendant Dinh La Thang (former Transport Minister) had previously said: “I hope that VKS will change my accusations so that the defendants respect themselves.”
Mr. Dinh La Thang and his accomplices. Photo: PRAYER
After saying the last word, defendant Thang introduced: “Dear Panelist, thank you for the fair and democratic trial in accordance with the spirit of the law.
Thank my attorneys for working hard to provide the appropriate evidence to prove the truth of the case.
Mr. Thang also thanked the attorneys for the other defendants during the trial, who also helped the Panel better understand the case.
By himself, he accepts the responsibility of the boss but is responsible for politics, administration, public service in the case, and not criminal. Once again, he hoped the Panel would evaluate objectively and fairly.
Emphasizing, the former Minister once again said to accept responsibility for errors in the project implementation process to lower-level officials in the Ministry of Transportation.
For Vice Minister Nguyen Hong Truong and his subordinates, Mr. Thang hopes that the Panel will not examine their criminal responsibility.
With the VKS, Mr. Thang said that the fact that the VKS did not argue with the attorneys and defendants, in addition to helping the Panel shorten the trial, is not in accordance with the law.
Mr. Nguyen Hong Truong. Photo: HOANG GIANG
After that, the defendant Nguyen Hong Truong apologized to the Party, the state and the people for the irregularities. Mr. Truong expected the court to judge the true nature, correct and incorrectly evaluate him and the officers of the Board of Directors and Cuu Long Corporation.
Like Mr. Thang, the former minister and the former vice minister, who have worked for more than 10 years, all believe that they will comply with the court’s decision, but hope to be lenient towards their subordinates.
The defendant Dinh Ngoc System. Photo: PRAYER
On the defendant Dinh Ngoc System (ie “bald”, former Deputy Director General of Thai Son Corporation, Ministry of National Defense), before that, the court called for redefining the content of the defendant. not pay taxes. Defendant System agreed with the attorney. The attorneys also determine that the client’s fraud does not meet the fraud factors.
In court, System hoped to consider the lower penalty for himself and the defendants from the Yen Khanh company, including his nephew. The defendant Vu Thi Hoan (director of Yen Khanh Company, niece of Ut “bald”) hopes to consider her role to soon return to the family to care for two young children and an elderly mother …
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