Party’s highest disciplinary measure proposed for Dinh La Thang

The Communist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Inspection Commission has proposed imposing the highest disciplinary measure against Dinh La Thang, member of the CPVCC and Vice Chairman of the CPVCC’s Commission for Economic Affairs.
Party’s highest disciplinary measure proposed for Dinh La Thang ảnh 1The CPVCC's Inspection Commission has proposed imposing the highest disciplinary measure against Dinh La Thang (Photo: VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – TheCommunist Party of Vietnam Central Committee (CPVCC)’s Inspection Commission hasproposed imposing the highest disciplinary measure against Dinh La Thang,member of the CPVCC and Vice Chairman of the CPVCC’s Commission for EconomicAffairs.
 
At its 24th meeting in Hanoi on April 23,chaired by Politburo member and chairman of the commission Tran Quoc Vuong, theCPVCC’s Inspection Commission proposed the Politburo and the CPVCC impose the highestdisciplinary measure based on the CPVCC’s Regulation No. 30-QD/TW on theParty’s examination, supervision and discipline, the Politburo’s Regulation No.102-QD/TW on handling Party members with violations, and the Hanoi People’sCourt’s verdicts against Dinh La Thang.

Earlier, the Politburo had suspended Thang’sParty-related activities and his role as Vice Chairman of the CPVCC’sCommission for Economic Affairs.

Also at the meeting, the CPVCC’s Inspection Commissionalso considered penalties against Phan Thi My Thanh, Deputy Secretary of theprovincial Party Committee and head of the National Assembly deputies’delegation of Dong Nai province, and Dinh Quoc Thai, Deputy Secretary of the provincialParty Committee, Secretary of the Civil Affairs Commitee and Chairman of thePeople’s Committee of Dong Nai province.

The Inspection Commission concluded that PhanThi My Thanh’s violations and shortcomings were very serious, caused discontentamong officials, Party members and people, and negatively affected the prestigeof the local Party organisation and herself. It asked the CPVCC’s Secretariatto consider a disciplinary measure against Phan Thi My Thanh.

Meanwhile, Dinh Quoc Thai had seriously reviewedhimself, straightforwardly accepted responsibility for violations andshortcomings, and voluntarily accepted punishment. It decided to issue areprimand as the penalty against Thai.

The commission also discussed a disciplinary penaltyagainst Lt Col. Nguyen Ngoc Dung, an officer of the investigation police agencyof the provincial Binh Dinh Department of Public Security. Dung is formermember of the Party Committee, former Deputy Secretary of the Party Cell, andformer head of the investigation team of the investigation police agency of KonPlong district’s public security division in Kon Tum province.

According to the Inspection Commission, whileserving as head of the investigation team in Kon Plong district, Dung hadlacked responsibility in complying with the Party’s regulations and the State’slaw on crime prevention and control. He had not fully carried out the assignedresponsibility and tasks and violated legal regulations on investigationactivities when he was assigned to be in charge of probing into an illegaldeforestation case in the Mang La afforestation yards in Kon Plong district.

Dung’s violations were serious and negativelyaffected the prestige of the local Party organisation, the public securityagency and himself. The commission decided to impose a warning as the penaltyagainst him.-VNA
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