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Up to 54 defendants prosecuted in repatriation flight bribery scandal

The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has proposed prosecuting 54 defendants involved in the cases of “giving and accepting bribes, brokering bribery, abusing positions and power while performing duties, and fraudulently appropriating property”, which occurred at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Hanoi and other provinces and cities, after the agency concluded its investigations.
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Hanoi (VNA) - The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has proposed prosecuting 54 defendants involved in the cases of “giving and accepting bribes, brokering bribery, abusingpositions and power while performing duties, and fraudulentlyappropriating property”, which occurred at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, inHanoi and otherprovinces and cities, after the agency concluded its investigations.

Accordingly, 21 defendants are prosecuted for receiving bribes in line with Article 354 of the Penal Code,including Nguyen Quang Linh, former Assistant to the Standing Deputy PrimeMinister; Nguyen Thanh Hai, Director of the Government Office's Department of International Relations, and Nguyen TienThan and Nguyen Mai Anh, employees at the department.

The defendants at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs beingprosecuted include: To Anh Dung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Nguyen ThiHuong Lan, Director of the Consular Department; DoHoang Tung, deputy head of the department; Le Tuan Anh, chief of thedepartment’s office; Luu Tuan Dung, deputy head of the citizenprotection desk at the department; Vu Hong Nam, former Vietnamese Ambassadorto Japan; Nguyen Hong Ha, former Vietnamese Consul General in Osaka, Japan; LyTien Hung, former official of the Vietnamese Embassy in Russia; and Vu Ngoc Minh, former Vietnamese Ambassador to Angola.

Other defendants, who are also prosecuted for takingbribes, are from the Ministry of Public Health, the Ministry ofTransport, the Civil Aviation Authority of Vietnam, the Ministry of Public Security,the People’s Committees of Hanoi and Quang Nam province, including Vice Chairman of the Quang Nam Provincial People's Committee Tran Van Tan, and Vice Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People's Committee Chu Xuan Dung.  

Those who are prosecuted for abusing positions and power while carrying out officialduties specifiedin Article 356 of the Penal Code include Tran Viet Thai, former Ambassador ofVietnam to Malaysia; Nguyen Le Ngoc Anh, Nguyen Hoang Linh, and Dang MinhPhuong, former staff members of the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia.

The authorities also prosecuted 23 defendants for giving bribes;four others for brokering bribery; one for fraudulentlyappropriating property and giving bribery;and one another for  fraudulently appropriating property.

♐ This is a particularly serious andcomplicated case, that occurred in the context of the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemicconcerning many agencies, organisations and authoritised units in and outside thecountry, causing public concern. The defendants tookadvantage of the COVID-19 situation to gain personal profits despitethe legal provisions, infringing on the proper operation of State agencies, seriouslyaffecting Vietnam's reputation in the international arena, and undermining the people's trust./.

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