The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has decided to investigate and arrest Nguyen Van Trinh, assistant to a Deputy Prime Minister, for "abuse of power and position while on duty" under Clause 3, Article 356 of the Penal Code.
COVID-19 test kits of Viet A Technologies JSC. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security (MoPS) has decided to investigate and arrest Nguyen Van Trinh, assistant to a Deputy Prime Minister, for "abuse of power and position while on duty" under Clause 3, Article 356 of the Penal Code.
To An Xo, Chief of the Office and Spokesman of the ministry said on November 30 that Trinh had abused his position to ask agencies and individuals at the Ministry of Health to help Viet A Technologies JSC's test kits obtain a registration number for market circulation against the law.
This helped Viet A to sell test kits at agencies and in localities across the country, causing especially serious damage to the state assets, he added.
This is the latest development in the expansion of investigation into the violations of bidding regulations that cause serious consequences, offering and receiving bribes, and abuse of power while on duty relating to Viet A company.
So far, the investigation police agencies at all levels have placed more than 90 individuals involved in the case under investigation, including many officials from the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology, and dozens of leaders and officials at the centres for disease control and health departments in many provinces and cities.
Among those are Nguyen Thanh Long, former Minister of Health and Chu Ngoc Anh, former Minister of Science and Technology./.
The police have recovered, distrained and frozen properties of people involving in the COVID-19 test kit overcharging at Viet A Technologies JSC, Lt. Gen. To An Xo, Chief of Office and spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security told reporters during a routine Government press conference on March 3.
The National Assembly (NA) on June 7 approved resolutions on the dismissal of Nguyen Thanh Long from the positions as the deputy of the 15th legislature and the Health Minister over his wrongdoings related to a COVID-19 test kit scam.
The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on June 7 decided to prosecute and arrest three former officials of Hanoi and ministries for their role in a COVID-19 test kit scam at Viet A Technologies JSC.
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COVID-19 test kits of Viet A Technologies JSC. (Photo: VNA) 
