Two former presidents of Khanh Hoa are about to appear in court
Mr. Nguyen Chien Thang and Mr. Le Duc Vinh, former chairman of Khanh Hoa province, were considered for illegal land allocation as a project, “crushing” Mount Chin Khuc…
Mr. Thang, 67 years old, and his counterpart Le Duc Vinh, 57 years old will be tried by the People’s Court of Khanh Hoa province on charges of Violation of regulations on land management according to Clause 3, Article 229 of the Penal Code, with a penalty of 5-12 years in prison, April 4.
Defendant Dao Cong Thien, former Vice President of Khanh Hoa Province; Le Mong Diep, Vo Tan Thai, both former directors of the Department of Natural Resources and Environment; Le Van De, former director of the Department of Construction; Tran Van Hung, former head of the Land Management Sub-Department, was prosecuted for the same crime.
The case is considered to be complicated and serious, involving many generations of provincial leaders, so in addition to the 5-person trial panel (two judges, three jurors), there are also many more judges, clerks, jurors and auditors. alternate observer.
There are 17 lawyers participating in the defense of the defendants. In which, two people protecting Mr. Thang are Phan Trung Hoai and Phan Trung Hieu; Mr. Vinh has four lawyers, all from the Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association.
Representative of Khanh Hoa Production and Construction Company Limited (Khanh Hoa company) was convened as a person with related rights and obligations.
Mr. Nguyen Chien Thang when he was still the Chairman of Khanh Hoa Provincial People’s Committee, in July 2015. Photo: Thanh Nguyen
According to the indictment, in the period 2012-2015, Khanh Hoa Company was licensed by the Provincial People’s Committee to be the investor of two projects Spiritual ecology Cuu Long Son Tu, Vinh Trung mountain river villa.
Mr. Thang and Mr. Vinh while in office, signed many documents, directed the departments to assign and change the use purpose, issue illegal land use right certificates to enterprises implementing the two projects above., disrupt the planning of the Nine Khuc mountain area.
Authorities determined, at the project Spiritual ecology Cuu Long Son TempleKhanh Hoa Company has not been granted an investment certificate, adjusted to increase land area, land use demand… but on April 3, 2012, Mr. Thang (as the Chairman of the province) signed it. The written permission increases from 123 to 513 ha, adjusting the increase of non-agricultural production and business land by 1.7 ha.
In this violation, Mr. Dao Cong Thien, Le Mong Diep, Vo Tan Thai, and Tran Van Hung have the role of advising the provincial leaders to sign relevant documents. The behavior of Mr. Thang and his subordinates and departmental officials violated the provisions of the Land Law and other regulations.
Mr. Le Duc Vinh, former Chairman of Khanh Hoa province, was taken into custody on the afternoon of June 8. Photo: An Phuoc
For the project Vinh Trung mountain river villa in the area of Chin Khuc mountain, on June 22, 2011, Khanh Hoa Company submitted a written request to change the project’s land use purpose. After consulting by Mr. Le Mong Diep (Director of Department of Natural Resources and Environment) and Mr. Le Van De (Director of Department of Construction), on August 15, 2012, Mr. Le Duc Vinh (as Deputy Owner) Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee) signed a decision, allowing enterprises to change the use purpose of 196,194 m2 from production forest land to residential land and land for public purposes to implement the project.
According to the Procuracy, Mr. Vinh signed decisions on land allocation in violation of the law on land management and land allocation without determining the amount of land use levy collection and land allocation in the field before the investor fulfills financial obligations. ; land allocation or change of land use purpose in violation of land use master plans and plans. During the implementation of the project, the investor has cut down trees, dug, leveled… disrupted the landscape and planned the area of Nine Khuc mountain.
In 2019, after reviewing and realizing that there were many shortcomings in State management at the projects on Chin Khuc mountain, Khanh Hoa’s chairman at this time, Mr. Le Duc Vinh, quickly requested to stop the project and investment must plant trees, greening the “hashed” gaps.
The investor has returned 370 hectares of land for regeneration and restoration of the forest environment. The current status of the project land has been structurally converted into production forest land in accordance with the planning.
In mid-2021, former leaders and related officials were prosecutetaken into custody.
Phu Khanh
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