Violations at registration centres an organised corruption case: ministry spokesman
Violations at vehicle registration centres have signalled an organised corruption case, causing severe losses to the society, Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, told the Government’s regular press conference on February 2.
Hanoi (VNA) – Violations at vehicle registrationcentres have signalled an organised corruption case, causing severe losses tothe society, Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, spokesman of the Ministry of PublicSecurity, told the Government’s regular press conference on February 2.
The Departments of Public Security in localities have to date examined32 centres and prosecuted 248 defendants on charges of "bribery brokerage","giving bribes", "receiving bribes" and "forgery atwork", released Xo.
Investigations show that some inspection and registrationleaders received monthly and quarterly bribes from several registration centresto ignore errors in dossiers of vehicle owners, or violations during periodicalor unexpected inspections and assessments.
Regarding Viet A and rescue flight cases – which have drawngreat public concern, Lieut. Gen. Xo said that the ministry is striving tocomplete investigations into them within the first quarter of 2023.
So far, 104 people involved have faced initial criminal proceedings in connectionwith the COVID-19 test kit overcharging scandal at Viet A Technologies JSC,with a total 1.7 trillion VND (72.5 million USD) confiscated, frozen orvoluntarily returned by the defendants.
Meanwhile, 41 others have been arrested for investigation in the bribery case relating to flights bringing overseasVietnamese home during the COVID-19 outbreaks./.
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Lieut. Gen. To An Xo (Photo: VNA) 
