Hanoi (VNA) – The Party Central Committee’sSecretariat on July 7 issued punishments for an incumbent Party official ofDong Thap province and a former official of Dong Nai province for their seriousviolations while performing their duties.

At the meeting in Hanoi, the Secretariat lookedinto wrongdoings committed by Nguyen Thanh Tho, member of the Dong Thapprovincial Party Committee, former Secretary of the Party unit at and formerChief Justice of the provincial People’s Court; along with Pham Van Sang,former member of the Dong Nai provincial Party Committee, former Secretary ofthe Party Committee at and former Director of the provincial Department ofScience and Technology.

The Secretariat said while serving as member ofthe Dong Thap Party Committee, Secretary of the Party unit at and Chief Justiceof the provincial People’s Court, Tho held the main responsibility for theParty unit and leaders of the provincial People’s Court’s decision to set up afund; receive gifts, financial support and commissions in large amounts fromorganisations and individuals that were not shown in accounting records; andmanage and use those amounts of money in a way that ran counter to regulations.

His acts infringed the Party’s regulations andthe State’s laws, it noted.

Meanwhile, Sang, while serving as member of theDong Nai Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Committee at and Director ofthe provincial Department of Science and Technology, seriously violated the Party’sprinciples on organisation and activities, as well as regulations on thingsthat Party members are banned from doing. He also violated personnel-relatedregulations; and intentionally and seriously broke the State’s legalregulations on investment, procurement, management and use of public assets,along with basic investment and construction, thus causing considerable lossesto the State budget.

Wrongdoings by the two were “very serious”,negatively affecting the prestige of their Party organisations, sectors andlocalities, as well as themselves, to the level that calls for stringentdisciplinary measures, the Secretariat said.

It also noted that Tho had admitted to hismistakes and voluntarily accepted a disciplinary measure. Meanwhile, Sangremained dishonest, did not admit his shortcomings or violations, and stillblamed his inferiors and others for the violations.

Basing on the Politburo’s Regulation No.102-QD/TW, dated November 15, 2017 on disciplinary measures for Party memberscommitting violations, the Secretariat decided to remove Tho from allParty-related positions and request the Party unit of the Supreme People’sCourt to issue an administrative disciplinary measure for him.

Meanwhile, Sang was expelled from the Party./.