Meanwhile, former Director of the municipal Department ofNatural Resources and Environment Dao Anh Kiet was jailed for six years and sixmonths, former deputy head of the land management division at the Department ofNatural Resources and Environment Truong Van Ut five years, former Deputy Chiefof the Office of the municipal People’s Committee Le Van Thanh four years, andformer head of the urban division at the Office of the municipal People’sCommittee Nguyen Thanh Chuong three years.
According to the indictment from the Supreme People’sProcuracy, Tin, in his former position as Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh CityPeople’s Committee, was in charge of issues regarding construction, landmanagement and environment in the city.
Tin and the other defendants helped the now-jailed businesstycoon Phan Van Anh Vu, also known as “Vu Nhom”, to acquire many buildings andpublic land in prime locations in the city at extremely low prices, causinggreat damage to the State.
Tin was clearly aware that the land and buildings at 15 ThiSach street in HCM City’s District 1 were under State management, according tothe court.
Despite this, Tin instructed the HCM City Department ofNatural Resources and Environment to lease the land to Vu, former Chairman ofthe Da Nang-based Bac Nam 79 Construction JSC, and not report the lease to theChairman of the municipal People’s Committee at that time.
The other defendants then illegally handed over a 2,345sq.mlot at 15 Thi Sach street in HCM City to one of the companies owned by Vu.
They also asked Tin to issue illegal decisions on landlease, house sale and tax deductions.
In addition, Tin and the other defendants also helped Vu andhis partners build an 18-storey building at 15 Thi Sach street in HCM City andsell and rent it out to 114 clients, earning more than 1.033 trillion VND.
As of September 17 last year, when police began investigatingthe case, their acts had caused a loss of 808.7 billion VND (34.77 million USD)to the State./.