PVC trial: Life imprisonment proposed for Trinh Xuan Thanh

The Hanoi procuracy on January 11 proposed life imprisonment for Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman of PetroVietnam (PVN) Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) on the charge of “asset embezzlement”.
PVC trial: Life imprisonment proposed for Trinh Xuan Thanh ảnh 1Trinh Xuan Thanh at the trial (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The Hanoi procuracy onJanuary 11 proposed life imprisonment for Trinh Xuan Thanh, former Chairman ofPetroVietnam (PVN) Construction Joint Stock Corporation (PVC) on the charge of “assetembezzlement”.

In addition, 13 to 14 years of imprisonment was sought forThanh on the count of “deliberately violating State regulations on economicmanagement, causing severe consequences”. The combined penalty for both chargesis life imprisonment.

A sentence of 8- to 9-year imprisonment was proposed for VuDuc Thuan (former Director General of PVC) on the charge of “deliberatelyviolating State regulations on economic management, causing severeconsequences” and 18- to 19-year imprisonment for “asset embezzlement”, with thecombined prison term for both charges is between 26 and 28 years in prison.

For the 12 defendants charged with “deliberatelyviolating State regulations on economic management, causing severe consequences”,the procuracy demanded prison terms of 14  to 15 years for Dinh La Thang (former Chairmanof the Member Council of PVN); 12 to 13 years for Phung Dinh Thuc (former PVNGeneral Director); and 10 to 11 years for Nguyen Quoc Khanh (former PVN DeputyGeneral Director), Nguyen Xuan Son (former PVN Deputy General Director), andNinh Van Quynh (former chief accountant and head of the department of finance,accounting and auditing of PVN).

Prison terms ranging from 2 to 9 years in prisonwere proposed for the other defendants in the group.

For the defendants accused of “assetembezzlement”, the procuracy called for prison terms of 18 to 19 years forNguyen Anh Minh (former Deputy Director General of PVC), 13 to 14 years for BuiManh Hien (former Chief of the PVC Office) and Luong Van Hoa (former Directorof PVC’s Vung Ang-Quang Trach Project Steering Board), and 8 to 9 years forNguyen Thanh Quynh (former Director for Technique and Technology at Mien TrungCorporation – Da Nang Joint Stock Company).

A 30- to 36-month suspended imprisonment withfive years’ probation was proposed for four other defendants.

The procuracy also asked the judging council to banDinh La Thang, Phung Dinh Thuc, Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Nguyen Xuan Son, Ninh VanQuynh, Le Dinh Mau, Vu Hong Chuong, Tran Van Nguyen, Nguyen Ngoc Quy, NguyenManh Tien, Pham Tien Dat, Trinh Xuan Thanh, Vu Duc Thuan, Nguyen Anh Minh, BuiManh Hien, and Luong Van Hoa from holding positions relating to corporate andfinance management in State economic organisations for 4-5 years after servingtheir terms.  

The procuracy sought to make Dinh La Thang,Trinh Xuan Thanh, Phung Dinh Thuc, Nguyen Quoc Khanh, Nguyen Xuan Son, Vu DucThuan, Ninh Van Quynh, Le Dinh Mau, Nguyen Ngoc Quy, Nguyen Manh Tien, and PhamTien Dat to pay more than 119.8 billion VND in compensation to the State, whichis represented by PetroVietnam.

The procuracy confirmed that Nguyen Quoc Khanhhad voluntarily paid back 2 billion VND, and asked the court to return themoney to PVN.

The court was also asked to give back to PVC the money thatTrinh Xuan Thanh, Nguyen Anh Minh, Vu Duc Thuan, Luong Van Hoa, Bui Manh Hien,Nguyen Thanh Quynh, Le Thi Anh Hoa, and Nguyen Duc Hung had voluntarily paid tosettle consequences.

The procuracy sought to have Trinh Xuan Thanh,Vu Duc Thuan, Nguyen Anh Minh and Bui Manh Hien to pay 1.5 billion VND incompensation to PVC, Trinh Xuan Thanh to pay PVC the remaining 2 billion VND outof the money that he had misappropriated, and Nguyen Anh Minh to pay PVC theremaining 88.24 million VND.

It proposed the continuation of seizing someassets of Trinh Xuan Thanh and his family members by the Ministry of PublicSecurity’s investigation security agency.-VNA
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