Appeal trial opened for Hanoi ex-leader accused of abusing position, power
The People’s Court of Hanoi on June 20 opened an appeal trial for former Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and other defendants involved in a case related to the purchases of water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C to purify lakes in the city that caused tens of billions of VND in damage to the State budget.
Former Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung at the court. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – The People’s Court ofHanoi on June 20 opened an appeal trial for former Chairman of the Hanoi People'sCommittee Nguyen Duc Chung and other defendants involved in a case related tothe purchases of water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C to purify lakes in the citythat caused tens of billions of VND in damage to the State budget.
In his appeal, Chung held that the chargeof “abusing position and power while performing duties” that he received in thefirst-instance trial was incorrect, and he appealed a petition.
Beginning the court, Chung requested thesummon of representatives from the Hanoi Department of Finance, while hislawyers demanded the call in of representatives from German’s Watch Water Company,the provider of treatment technology in the project. However, the jury heldthat the summon is not necessary and rejected the requests.
Earlier on December 13, the court sentenced Chung to eight years in prison for “abusing position and power whileperforming duties”.
Chung’s two accomplices in this case, NguyenTruong Giang, former Director of Arktic Trading and Service Co., Ltd., and VoTien Hung, former General Director of the Hanoi Sewerage and Sewerage OneMember Limited Liability Company, were imprisoned for four years and sixmonths, and four years, respectively, also for the same count of “abusingposition and power while performing duties”.
The court also ordered Chung and Giang topay more than 36 billion VND (1.56 million USD) in compensation to the HanoiSewerage Company, noting that Chung's family had paid 10 billion VND, andGiang's family had paid 1 billion VND to the Civil Judgment ExecutionDepartment of Hanoi.
According to the indictment, in 2016, the Hanoi People’s Committee directedrelevant units to tackle water pollution in rivers and lakes in the city bysearching for suitable advanced technologies. Defendant Nguyen Duc Chung, thenChairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, chose the polluted water treatmenttechnology of Watch Water Company, and placed an order for theproduction of Redoxy- 3C for use in the treatment of water pollution in Hanoi.
Chung then instructed defendant Vo Tien Hung to buy Redoxy-3C product throughArktic Company, an intermediary company where Giang acted as the Director, withthe intention of gaining personal profit.
The procuracy held that the actions by Chung and the others have caused seriouslosses totaling over 36 billion VND to the State.
The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on July 24 executed a decision on commencing legal proceedings against Nguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, for the charge of “abusing position and power while performing duties” in the case related to the municipal Department of Planning and Investment and relevant units.
The Supreme People’s Procuracy issued an indictment and launched criminal proceedings against former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung on charge of “abusing position and power while performing duties” in the case related to the municipal Department of Planning and Investment and relevant units.
Former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and two company executives have been prosecuted for their wrongdoings in the purchase of water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C for purifying lakes in the city.
The People’s Court of Hanoi has begun the first-instance trial regarding the purchases of the water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C to purify lakes in the city, causing tens of billions of VND in damage to the State budget.
The People’s Court of Hanoi on December 13 sentenced Nguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, to eight years in prison for “abusing position and power while performing duties” in a case related to the purchase of the water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C to purify lakes in the capital city.
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Former Chairman of the Hanoi People's Committee Nguyen Duc Chung at the court. (Photo: VNA) 
