The Hanoi People’s Court on May 20 resumed a trial of Nguyen Duc Kien,former vice chairman of the founding council of the Asia Commercial Bank(ACB), and his eight accomplices.
The trial was postponed onApril 16 because one of the eight accomplices, Tran Xuan Gia, formerACB Chairman, was absent due to poor health.
A total of 23 lawyers have registered to defend the accused.
Kien, who was born in 1964 and resides in Quang An ward, Tay Hodistrict, Hanoi, is charged with four offences – swindling forappropriation of assets, intentional violations of the State’s economicmanagement regulations causing serious consequences, tax evasion andillegal trading.
Tran Ngoc Thanh and Nguyen Thi Hai Yen,Director and Chief Accountant of the Hanoi ACB Investment JSC, areprosecuted for swindling to appropriate assets.
Tran Xuan Giaand other defendants, including former ACB Vice Chairmen Le Vu Ky, TrinhKim Quang and Pham Trung Cang; ACB former General Director Ly Xuan Haiand the bank’s former board member Huynh Quang Tuan, are charged withviolating the State’s economic management regulations causing seriousconsequences.
However, the judging council has decided tosuspend the case against Gia because he is suffering a serious illnessunder Article 187, Clause 1, the Criminal Procedure Code
Thecourt accepted Kien’s proposals on the summon of some individuals andrepresentatives of the State Bank of Vietnam, the Departments of LegalAffairs and Business Registration Management under the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment, the Department of Legal Affairs under theMinistry of Industry and Trade, the General Department of Taxation andthe Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Departments of Planning and Investment.
The court also subpoenaed more than 80 people with relatedrights and obligations, including Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, former officialof the Vietnam Commercial Joint Stock Bank for Industry and Trade(Vietinbank)’s Ho Chi Minh City branch.
The trial will run in two weeks.-VNA
The trial was postponed onApril 16 because one of the eight accomplices, Tran Xuan Gia, formerACB Chairman, was absent due to poor health.
A total of 23 lawyers have registered to defend the accused.
Kien, who was born in 1964 and resides in Quang An ward, Tay Hodistrict, Hanoi, is charged with four offences – swindling forappropriation of assets, intentional violations of the State’s economicmanagement regulations causing serious consequences, tax evasion andillegal trading.
Tran Ngoc Thanh and Nguyen Thi Hai Yen,Director and Chief Accountant of the Hanoi ACB Investment JSC, areprosecuted for swindling to appropriate assets.
Tran Xuan Giaand other defendants, including former ACB Vice Chairmen Le Vu Ky, TrinhKim Quang and Pham Trung Cang; ACB former General Director Ly Xuan Haiand the bank’s former board member Huynh Quang Tuan, are charged withviolating the State’s economic management regulations causing seriousconsequences.
However, the judging council has decided tosuspend the case against Gia because he is suffering a serious illnessunder Article 187, Clause 1, the Criminal Procedure Code
Thecourt accepted Kien’s proposals on the summon of some individuals andrepresentatives of the State Bank of Vietnam, the Departments of LegalAffairs and Business Registration Management under the Ministry ofPlanning and Investment, the Department of Legal Affairs under theMinistry of Industry and Trade, the General Department of Taxation andthe Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Departments of Planning and Investment.
The court also subpoenaed more than 80 people with relatedrights and obligations, including Huynh Thi Huyen Nhu, former officialof the Vietnam Commercial Joint Stock Bank for Industry and Trade(Vietinbank)’s Ho Chi Minh City branch.
The trial will run in two weeks.-VNA
