The People’s Court of northwestern Son La province on May 21 re-opened a first-instance trial of 12 defendants involved in score manipulations in the 2018 national high school examinations.
The first-instance trial of 12 defendants in the 2018 exam scandal in Son La province was opened on May 21 (Photo: VNA)
Son La (VNA) - The People’sCourt of northwestern Son La province on May 21 re-opened a first-instancetrial of 12 defendants involved in score manipulations in the 2018 nationalhigh school examinations.
The trial was delayed for more than six monthsas the court requested further investigations.
Eight defendants are being prosecuted for“abusing position and power while performing duties”, including Tran Xuan Yen(former Deputy Director of the Son La Provincial Department of Education andTraining), Lo Van Huynh (former head of the department’s division forexamination and educational quality management), Cam Thi Bun Son (former deputyhead of the department’s division for politics and thought), Nguyen Thanh Nhan(former deputy head of the division for examination and educational qualitymanagement), and Nguyen Thi Hong Nga (former specialist at the division forexamination and educational quality management).
Former Vice Rector of the To Hieu High SchoolDang Huu Thuy and two other former cadres of the internal political securitydivision at the Son La Department of Public Security, Do Khac Hung and Dinh HaiSon, also face the same charge.
Meanwhile, four other defendants were accused of“offering bribes”, including Hoang Thi Thanh (former Chairwoman of the Farmers’Union in the province’s Quynh Nhai district), Tran Van Dien (a former cadre atthe Chieng Coi Primary and Junior High School), Lo Thi Truong (a resident inSon La city), and Nguyen Minh Khoa (former deputy head of the internalpolitical security division at the Department of Public Security).
Lo Van Huynh, Nguyen Thi Hong Nga, and Cam ThiBun Son were also charged with “receiving bribes”.
According to the indictment from the Son La ProvincialPeople’s Procuracy, the defendants took advantage of their positions and powerfor self-interest. Via relations with family, friends, and colleagues, theycolluded with one another to raise the scores of 44 examination takers./.
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The first-instance trial of 12 defendants in the 2018 exam scandal in Son La province was opened on May 21 (Photo: VNA) 
