The Ministry of Public Security arrested Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung

The Ministry of Public Security prosecuted and detained Mr. To Anh Dung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a case related to “rescue” flights.

On April 14, the Investigative Security Agency of the Ministry of Public Security said that it was expanding the investigation of the case “Giving bribes, accepting bribes”, which happened at the Consular Department – the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and related units.

Based on the results of the investigation, the Investigative Security Agency issued a decision to prosecute the accused and a temporary detention order for the crime of “taking bribes”, specified in Article 354 of the Penal Code, for the three defendants.

These people include Mr. To Anh Dung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs; Pham Trung Kien, Specialist of the Department of Medical Equipment and Construction, Ministry of Health, and Vu Anh Tuan, former officer of the Immigration Department of the Ministry of Public Security.

After approval by the Supreme People’s Procuracy, the Investigative Security Agency of the Ministry of Public Security served the decision to prosecute the accused, executed the order to arrest the accused for temporary detention, search his residence and workplace. for the three defendants To Anh Dung, Pham Trung Kien and Vu Anh Tuan.

Currently, the investigating agency is searching the office of Deputy Minister To Anh Dung at the headquarters of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Deputy Minister To Anh Dung was assigned to be in charge of some areas of work of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including the consular section.

During the COVID-19 epidemic, the work of protecting Vietnamese citizens abroad and bringing them back to Vietnam is managed by a Steering Committee consisting of 5 ministries, of which the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is the standing agency. Deputy Minister To Anh Dung is a member of the Steering Committee as the focal point of the standing agency.

Mr. To Anh Dung, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs. Photo: International Newspaper

Previously, the Investigative Security Agency of the Ministry of Public Security issued a decision to prosecute a criminal case related to the review, approval and licensing of companies to carry out flights to bring Vietnamese citizens from abroad to Vietnam within a short period of time. The time to stop regular international flights to prevent the COVID-19 epidemic occurred at the Consular Department.

Five defendants were prosecuted to investigate the acts of giving and receiving bribes. These people include Nguyen Thi Huong Lan (Director of Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Do Hoang Tung (Deputy Director of Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Le Tuan Anh (Head of Consular Department Office, Ministry of Foreign Affairs). ) and Luu Tuan Dung (Deputy Civil Protection Department, Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) and Hoang Dieu Mo (General Director of An Binh Trading, Tourism and Aviation Services Co., Ltd).

At the regular Government press conference in March 2022, Lieutenant General To An Xo, Chief of the Office of the Ministry of Public Security, said that the investigating agency confirmed that “there is an act of taking advantage of the policy to make profit in the case.” this”. Currently, all the accused in temporary detention have initially confessed to the crime and have cooperated with the investigation agency.

In this case, the activities of the subjects are very sophisticated, the number of participants is large, the scope is wide both at home and abroad, including a number of agencies and departments of both central and local governments.

“Especially, the case happened for a long time. The subjects coped very fiercely, making the investigation agency relatively time-consuming in investigating and verifying the case,” said Mr. Xo, adding that the investigation agency is currently expanding the investigation and continuing to work. Work with a number of relevant agencies, organizations, businesses and localities to clarify the nature of the case.

Also related to the case, recently, the investigating agency requested the Ministry of Transport to provide information and documents related to the receipt of proposals and approval for airlines and businesses to conduct flights. “rescue”.

The investigating agency requested the Ministry of Transport to provide documents to clarify the criteria and basis for the Ministry of Transport to consider and approve the flight; What are the processes and procedures for handling the approval for airlines to fly “combo”, “rescue”, as well as conditions for citizens to return home according to these flights.

A detailed list of airlines, flights and companies and businesses that have been licensed to deploy “rescue” flights, providing a list of individuals assigned to perform reception and approval tasks for airlines and businesses to carry out “rescue” flights…

Previously, on March 10, at the Party Central Committee headquarters, General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong chaired a key leadership meeting to assess the country’s outstanding issues and the international situation in the first two months of the year. 2022 and key tasks in the coming time.

At the meeting, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong emphasized that the anti-corruption work continued to be promoted and made new developments, paying attention to anti-corruption and strengthening inspection.

General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong requested to continue to closely and drastically direct the work of building and rectifying the Party, preventing and combating corruption and negativity, identifying complicated corruption and negative cases and cases. interested public opinion; to soon bring to trial important cases.

The functional agencies urgently inspect and investigate to strictly handle violations in the cases of “violating regulations on bidding, causing serious consequences; giving bribes or accepting bribes; abusing positions and rights. term while on official duty” at Viet A Technology Joint Stock Company, Hai Duong Provincial Center for Disease Control and relevant units and localities; the case of “taking bribes” to consider and grant permits for companies to conduct flights to bring Vietnamese citizens home from abroad for personal gain occurred at the Consular Department, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; Investigate, clarify, and strictly handle violations of land and securities auctions…