Defendant Nguyen Thanh Tai (Photo: VNA) HCM City (VNA) - A first-instance trial of former leaders andofficials of the HCM City People’s Committee will open on March 15 and last forfive days.
The case involves the land lot at 57 Cao Thang beingexchanged for land at 185 Hai Ba Trung, and nine people will be prosecuted for“lack of responsibility, causing serious consequences”.
The nine are former Vice Chairman of themunicipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Tai, former Deputy Director of themunicipal Department of Finance Tran Nam Trang, former Director of the HCM City Light Music Centre Vy Nhat Tao, former Director of the municipal Department ofCulture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Thanh Rum, former Deputy Director of the departmentLe Ton Thanh, former deputy heads of the HCM City People’s Committee OfficeHuynh Kim Phat and Le Van Thanh, former Director of the municipal Department ofNatural Resources and Environment Dao Anh Kiet, and former Deputy Director ofthe department Nguyen Thanh Nhan.
The case involves the land lot at 57 Cao Thang beingexchanged for land at 185 Hai Ba Trung, and nine people will be prosecuted for“lack of responsibility, causing serious consequences”.
The nine are former Vice Chairman of themunicipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Tai, former Deputy Director of themunicipal Department of Finance Tran Nam Trang, former Director of the HCM City Light Music Centre Vy Nhat Tao, former Director of the municipal Department ofCulture, Sports and Tourism Nguyen Thanh Rum, former Deputy Director of the departmentLe Ton Thanh, former deputy heads of the HCM City People’s Committee OfficeHuynh Kim Phat and Le Van Thanh, former Director of the municipal Department ofNatural Resources and Environment Dao Anh Kiet, and former Deputy Director ofthe department Nguyen Thanh Nhan.
Meanwhile, Duong Thi Bach Diep, director of theDiep Bach Duong Real Estate Co., was charged with “fraud, appropriation ofassets”. Former Director of the municipal Department of Finance Dao Thi HuongLan is on the run and being sought.
According to the indictment, the 185 Hai BaTrung land lot, owned by the State, was the headquarters of the Light MusicCentre under the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. When thecentre downgraded, in 2007, Tao contacted Diep to cooperate in investing inupgrading the headquarters.
Diep then proposed exchanging her land lot at57 Cao Thang for the 185 Hai Ba Trung land lot, to build a five-star hotelcomplex.
The property swap was approved by Nguyen ThanhTai. During the process, Diep used the land use right certificate for 57 CaoThang to borrow money from Agribank - HCM City branch.
After being granted a land right usecertificate at 185 Hai Ba Trung, however, Diep did not lodge this with the bankand withdraw the land use right certificate for 57 Cao Thang from the bank tohand over the land lot to the Light Music Centre, as committed. Instead, Diepcontinued to use the 185 Hai Ba Trung land lot as collateral for a loan at SouthernBank and cannot repay the debt.
The indictment stated that Tai permitted theproperty swap while he was not responsible for handling and reorganising Stateassets.
On March 5, 2010, Tai signed a document sent torelevant units approving the exchange of the two land lots, without any requestto check and clarify the legal status of the 57 Cao Thang land lot, causing lossesof State assets.
The other defendants failed to take responsibility,facilitating Diep’s fraud and appropriation of assets./.
According to the indictment, the 185 Hai BaTrung land lot, owned by the State, was the headquarters of the Light MusicCentre under the municipal Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. When thecentre downgraded, in 2007, Tao contacted Diep to cooperate in investing inupgrading the headquarters.
Diep then proposed exchanging her land lot at57 Cao Thang for the 185 Hai Ba Trung land lot, to build a five-star hotelcomplex.
The property swap was approved by Nguyen ThanhTai. During the process, Diep used the land use right certificate for 57 CaoThang to borrow money from Agribank - HCM City branch.
After being granted a land right usecertificate at 185 Hai Ba Trung, however, Diep did not lodge this with the bankand withdraw the land use right certificate for 57 Cao Thang from the bank tohand over the land lot to the Light Music Centre, as committed. Instead, Diepcontinued to use the 185 Hai Ba Trung land lot as collateral for a loan at SouthernBank and cannot repay the debt.
The indictment stated that Tai permitted theproperty swap while he was not responsible for handling and reorganising Stateassets.
On March 5, 2010, Tai signed a document sent torelevant units approving the exchange of the two land lots, without any requestto check and clarify the legal status of the 57 Cao Thang land lot, causing lossesof State assets.
The other defendants failed to take responsibility,facilitating Diep’s fraud and appropriation of assets./.
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