Appeal trial on PVC case: Trinh Xuan Thanh withdraws appeal
The Supreme People’s Court on May 7 began the appeal trial of the case on “asset embezzlement” and “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” at PetroVietnam Construction JSC (PVC), a subsidiary of the national oil and gas giant PetroVietnam (PVN).
Hanoi (VNA) – The Supreme People’s Court on May 7 began the appeal trialof the case on “asset embezzlement” and “deliberately violating Stateregulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” atPetroVietnam Construction JSC (PVC), a subsidiary of the national oil and gasgiant PetroVietnam (PVN).
Beforethe start of the appeal trial, Trinh Xuan Thanh, former chairman of PVC, withdrewhis lodged appeal against the first-instance sentence handed down by the HanoiPeople’s Court.
Under the first instance sentence, Thanh was given life imprisonment on thecharge of asset embezzlement and 14 years for “deliberately violating Stateregulations on economic management, causing severe consequences”. The combinedpenalty for both counts is life imprisonment.
Thanhalso asked for permission to be absent at the appeal trial due to healthreasons. Therefore, the court will not consider Thanh’s case at the appealtrial.
As a result, the appeal trial will look at the appeals of 14 out of 22defendants in the PVC case. Among them, Dinh La Thang, former chairman of thePVN, and Phung Dinh Thuc, former Director General of PVN, claimed they areinnocent. Thang was given 13 years in jail and Thuc nine years on the charge of“deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causingsevere consequences”.
Otherappellants asked for reduced sentences and the amount of damages that they wereordered to pay in the case under the Hanoi People’s Court’s first instanceverdict.
Thefirst instance trial on the case, which drew public concern and was under thesupervision of the central steering committee for anti-corruption, was held inHanoi from January 8-22 this year.-VNA
Defendants in the first-instance trial on several charges of wrongdoings at the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) had the final say on January 17 morning before the judging council deliberates the verdict.
The jury on January 22 imposed strict penalties on Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of PetroVietnam Construction JS Corporation (PVC), and his accomplices for their wrongdoings at the corporation.
The high-profile trial of Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of the PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), and his accomplices, ended on January 22 after two weeks of sitting.
Twelve out of 22 defendants in the “deliberately violating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences” case in PetroVietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC), have lodged their appeals, two weeks after the Court of Hanoi declared the judgments.
The Hanoi People’s Court announced on April 27 that an appeal trial will open on May 7 for Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of PVC and his accomplices in the PVC case.
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At the appeal trial on May 7 (Photo: VNA) 
