Criminal proceedings against Hanoi leader launched
The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has decided to arrest and launch criminal proceedings against Vice Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung on charge of receiving bribes in accordance with Article 354 of the Penal Code, in a case related to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hanoi and other cities and provinces.
Vice Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has decided to arrest and launch criminal proceedings against Vice Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung on charge of receiving bribes in accordance with Article 354 of the Penal Code, in a case related to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hanoi and other cities and provinces.
Vu Hong Nam, a former official of the Vietnamese Embassy in Japan, was also arrested and prosecuted for the same charge.
Meanwhile, Director of Vina Mi Chi JSC Pham Bich Hang was prosecuted for the charge of giving bribes in accordance with Article 364 of the Penal Code.
These were the latest moves of the investigations into the case involved giving and accepting bribes, abusing positions and powers while performing official duties, fraud and misappropriation of assets in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Hanoi and other localities.
Recently, several former officials at Vietnamese representative agencies abroad have been also prosecuted and arrested, namely Nguyen Hong Ha, former official at the Consul General in Osaka, Japan; Nguyen Le Ngoc Anh, former official at the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia; and Hoang Anh Kiem, a freelancer in Hanoi./.
The Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security has prosecuted a case of taking bribes at the Consular Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs while licensing the firms that conducted repatriation flights for Vietnamese people.
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung has been arrested over allegations he received bribes when organising repatriation flights for Vietnamese citizens abroad during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A former high-ranking immigration officer at the Ministry of Public Security has been arrested for allegedly taking bribes in organising repatriation flights during the COVID-19 pandemic.
A department head at the Government Office was arrested on September 20 on the charge of receiving bribe in connection with the case at the Consular Department under the Foreign Ministry.
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Three more people, including two former diplomatic officials, have been arrested for their involvement in a bribery case at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs' Consular Department, Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, Chief of the Office and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, said on October 4.
Lieut. Gen. To An Xo, Chief of Office and spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, said on October 27 that as a result of further investigation into the bribery case that happened at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the investigation agency has issued decisions to prosecute, arrest, and search the residences and workplaces of two more defendants.
The investigation agency under the Ministry of Public Security on October 28 issued decisions to prosecute, arrest and search the residence and workplace of one more person for involvement in a bribery case at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ Consular Department.
The investigation agency under the Ministry of Public Security has issued decisions to prosecute, arrest and search the residences and workplaces of seven more individuals for their involvement in a bribery case at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and in Hanoi and some other cities and provinces.
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Vice Chairman of the Hanoi Municipal People’s Committee Chu Xuan Dung. (Photo: VNA) 
