On the evening of January 16, informing reporter Dan Tri, Lieutenant General To An Xo, Spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, said that the Security Investigation Agency of Ho Chi Minh City Police had prosecuted defendant against Mr. Nguyen Cong Khe and Mr. Nguyen Quang Thong for violating regulations on management and use of State assets causing loss and waste.
According to Lieutenant General To An Xo the investigation process Ho Chi Minh City Police determined that Mr. Khe – Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thanh Nien Media Group Joint Stock Company and former Editor-in-Chief of Thanh Nien newspaper – had committed many violations during the implementation of the commercial center office building project. commercial and luxury apartments at land 151-155 Ben Van Don, Ward 6, District 4, Ho Chi Minh City.
The case is being investigated by the Security Investigation Agency of Ho Chi Minh City Police to clarify violations of responsibility. Responsibilities of relevant individuals and organizations to recover assets for the State.
Mr. Nguyen Cong Khe was born in 1954 in Quang Nam. He is a journalist and Editor-in-Chief of Thanh Nien Newspaper from 1988 to 2008. He was a member of the Executive Committee of the Vietnam Journalists Association.
Mr. Nguyen Quang Thong has more than 30 years working at press agency of the Vietnam Youth Union. Mr. Thong used to be a reporter, Head of the Representative Office of Thanh Nien newspaper in the Mekong Delta region, General Secretary of the editorial office, Deputy Editor-in-Chief.
Mr. Thong is the successor to the position of Editor-in-Chief of the newspaper. Mr. Khe’s Youth from 2009 to 2021.
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