Viet A trial diary: The case of “systematic corruption collusion”

The 4th day of trial of the Viet A grand jury trial is the impeachment and sentence recommendation of the Procuracy, followed immediately by the arguments and defense arguments of the defendants’ lawyers.

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After the Procuracy announced the impeachment, the jury asked the defendants three times if they had any opinions or defended themselves, but no one stood up on the podium to testify. Then, in turn, the lawyers defend their clients.

Comments of the Procuracy

In court, agency representatives The prosecutor emphasized that this case is typical of “interest group” interests and “systematic collusion and collusion”.

This collusion according to the Procuracy is between enterprise with a person in authority who, for material gain, has acted contrary to the provisions of law, creating conditions for businesses to profiteering, causing particularly serious damage to the State…; causing harm to a section of public officials The degenerate and corrupted authorities have reduced the people’s trust in the State Party.

According to the Procuracy in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic breaking out at a dangerously rapid rate of spread, causing heavy damage to people’s lives and health Vietnamese people The Government and the entire people are trying their best to cope, but a part of senior leaders in central ministries and localities have colluded with businesses to enjoy benefits and cause damage to the Vietnamese people. State property.

Specifically, the defendants helped Viet A coordinate to participate in the implementation of a national research project on Covid-19 testing. Then, using many tricks, the defendants committed a series of violations to turn state-owned research products into products owned by Viet A.

From then on, Viet A produced commercially. Illegally trading test kits across the country at inflated prices to make particularly large illegal profits.

Defendant Phan Quoc Viet

In the report Impeach the prosecutor’s office accusing the Chairman of Viet A Company of colluding with Mr. Trinh Thanh Hung (former Deputy Director of the Ministry of Science and Technology) so that Hung could influence Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh Pham Cong Tac (former Ministry of Science and Technology) Minister and former Deputy Minister of Science and Technology) decided to allow Viet A to cooperate in researching the topic.

With the purpose of semi-test production, Viet continued to collude with Mr. Hung and Mr. Nguyen Thanh Long (former Minister of Health) Nguyen Huynh (former Assistant to Mr. Long)… committed many violations.

To facilitate the sale of tests, Viet colluded with the defendants at the Ministry of Science and Technology. to polish brand image; colluding with the defendants at the Ministry of Health to negotiate at inflated prices…

To get his accomplices to intervene and help as above, Viet agreed to divide and pay bribes to thank him many times with a total of 3.45 million USD and 4 billion VND.

Especially in Vietnamese localities, subordinates at the company colluded with leaders and employees of public medical facilities to commit acts contrary to regulations on bidding. contractor. 

Vietnamese test kit consumption process directs staff to calculate the percentage of payment outside the contract; Directly or directed to bribe a total of more than 34 billion VND.

The Procuracy assessed that Viet played a mastermind role in colluding with other defendants to organize a series of violations infringing on the activities of Correct actions of the organizing agency…

Therefore, Viet was recommended 15-16 years in prison for violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences; 15-16 years for Bribery. The total proposed penalty is 30 years in prison.

Defendant Nguyen Thanh Long

According to the Procuracy, Mr. Long in his position as Minister of Health is The head of the health sector during the outbreak of the disease, this defendant took advantage of his position and authority to intervene and direct individuals and agencies with the authority to help Viet A.

Impeachment believes that Viet A was helped by Mr. Long throughout the process of granting official temporary circulation registration numbers for testing; turning testing from a State-owned product to Viet A’s ownership; Negotiate the payment price for 200,000 tests according to the price falsely raised by Viet A; publicizing prices to create a price level for testing…

The prosecution agency accused the actions of Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh and Mr. Tac of causing a loss of 18,98 billion VND in the State budget. In addition, Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh and Mr. Tac were also “thanked” by Viet for 200,000 USD and 50,000 USD, respectively.

The indictment stated that both defendants sincerely confessed their repentant crimes. repent and actively cooperate with the investigation agency to clarify the nature of the family impact case and submit to overcome the consequences.

Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh was awarded many Certificates of Merit; was proposed by the Ministry of Science and Technology of the Hanoi People’s Committee to reduce the penalty…

As for Mr. Tac, according to the Procuracy, this defendant confessed to the crime but only admitted to receiving 100 million VND from Viet. However, based on Viet Hung’s testimony… electronic data of Viet’s bank account statement, experimental investigation results and other evidence documents, the prosecution found there was enough basis to identify Mr. Vietnam received 50,000 USD.

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