Five employees of the Yen Khanh company were detained for further investigation into alleged illegal activity of using software to hide fee collection and evade tax at HCM City-Trung Luong Expressway’s toll booth (Photo: baogiaothong.vn) HCM City (VNA) - Five employees of YenKhanh Company have been detained for further investigation into alleged illegalactivity of using software to hide fee collection and evade tax at Ho Chi MinhCity-Trung Luong Expressway’s toll booth, the Ministry of Public Security said onJanuary 1.
The detainees include Ngo Ba Thang, director ofthe company’s office in the Mekong Delta province of Long An; Tran Van Mien,Long An office deputy director and head of Cho Dem toll booth; To Phuoc Hung,chief accountant of the Yen Khanh Company; Nguyen Thi Kim Hue, accountant;Nguyen Van Hien, director of Xuan Phi Company.
The police seized paperwork and softwarerevealing evidence of tax evasion, causing losses to the State budget.
The Investigation Police Department onEconomic, Corruption-related Crimes and Smuggling is expanding theinvestigation.
In a related move, according to the Directoratefor Roads of Vietnam (DRVN), the Yen Khanh Company stopped collecting fees onthe expressway from January 1.
The company had totransfer the road management to the DRVN because the five-year period of feecollection as mentioned in the contract which started from January 01, 2014 wasover.
PhamDuy Lai, Deputy Director of DRVN’s Road Management Department No. 4 (inthe south) said they would mobilise staff to ensure traffic order and prohibitmotorbikes from entering the highway lanes.
Accordingto the DRVN, the agency will repair and upgrade the toll booth before makingthe final decision of handing over the toll fee collection right to anothercompany.
TheHCM City-Trung Luong Expressway, covering a length of nearly 62km, has totalinvestment of almost 10 trillion VND (432 million USD). It was open to trafficin 2010 and the first expressway in the south.-VNA
The detainees include Ngo Ba Thang, director ofthe company’s office in the Mekong Delta province of Long An; Tran Van Mien,Long An office deputy director and head of Cho Dem toll booth; To Phuoc Hung,chief accountant of the Yen Khanh Company; Nguyen Thi Kim Hue, accountant;Nguyen Van Hien, director of Xuan Phi Company.
The police seized paperwork and softwarerevealing evidence of tax evasion, causing losses to the State budget.
The Investigation Police Department onEconomic, Corruption-related Crimes and Smuggling is expanding theinvestigation.
In a related move, according to the Directoratefor Roads of Vietnam (DRVN), the Yen Khanh Company stopped collecting fees onthe expressway from January 1.
The company had totransfer the road management to the DRVN because the five-year period of feecollection as mentioned in the contract which started from January 01, 2014 wasover.
PhamDuy Lai, Deputy Director of DRVN’s Road Management Department No. 4 (inthe south) said they would mobilise staff to ensure traffic order and prohibitmotorbikes from entering the highway lanes.
Accordingto the DRVN, the agency will repair and upgrade the toll booth before makingthe final decision of handing over the toll fee collection right to anothercompany.
TheHCM City-Trung Luong Expressway, covering a length of nearly 62km, has totalinvestment of almost 10 trillion VND (432 million USD). It was open to trafficin 2010 and the first expressway in the south.-VNA
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