Nguyen Son Lo, former director of the SENA Institute of Technology Research and Development sentenced for abuse of right to freedom. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) –The People’s Court of Hanoi on July 26 sentenced NguyenSon Lo, former director of the SENA Institute of Technology Research andDevelopment, to a total of five years in prison for “abusing the rights to freedom and democracy to violate interests of the State, legitimate rights and interests of organisations and individuals”.
The institute is responsible for researching,developing and implementing programmes and projects in the fields of economics,science and technology, education and training, environment, research, andproposing management measures and development policies in the economic fields.
According to the indictment, as the director of the institute, Lo has compiled,edited and distributed documents to many other individuals and organisations.
The Judicial Assessment Council of the Ministry ofInformation and Communications determined that six documents hold contents that infringed upon the interests of the State; legitimate rights and interestsof organisations and individuals.
The jury determined that this is a dangerousact for the society, causing adverse effects on security, order and social safety.
In addition, from November 2020 to July 2022, thedefendant also illegally leased part of the institute headquarters at 35 DienBien Phu street in Hanoi, earning more than 2.3 billion VND (97,000 USD) illegally. Thiswas contrary to the institute's operating charter and the Law on management anduse of public property.
The jury assessed that the defendant's act ofillegally leasing the office had violated the state administrative managementorder on housing and land, and caused loss of money of the State./.
