Former Chairman of Ea Kar Forest Company was sentenced to 5 years in prison

April 15, 2022 16:21 GMT+7

On April 14, the People’s Court of Dak Lak province opened a first-instance trial and sentenced nine defendants who are officers and employees of Ea Kar Forestry One Member Limited Liability Company for the crime of “lack of responsibility, causing serious consequences”.

Police arrested Ea Kar cadres.

Defendant Nguyen Hong Manh, former chairman and director of the company, was sentenced to five years in prison. Phan Van Duc, former deputy director received a sentence of 4 years and 6 months in prison.

Before receiving the sentence, defendant Nguyen Hong Manh was proposed by the People’s Procuracy to serve a sentence of 9 – 10 years in prison; and Phan Van Duc was recommended 8-9 years in prison by the People’s Procuracy. Thus, the court sentenced these 2 defendants to below the frame recommended by the People’s Procuracy of Dak Lak province.

The remaining 7 defendants were also sentenced to between 2 and 4 years in prison, under the framework proposed by the People’s Procuracy.

Previously, on August 18, 2019, Ea Kar District Police in collaboration with Dak Lak Provincial Police caught four people illegally exploiting 6 trees on the forest stand managed by Ea Kar Forestry One Member Limited Liability Company. guard.

Expanding the investigation of the case, Dak Lak Provincial Police discovered more illegal logging locations and discovered that from 2015 to 2019 this company lost more than 303 hectares of forest, with nearly 29,000m3 of wood, damage damage more than 29.4 billion VND.

At the trial, the People’s Procuracy of Dak Lak province said that while all levels and branches of the province were implementing many plans to protect and plant forests to increase forest coverage, these defendants were assigned to manage by the state. protection and development of existing natural forest resources has not fully fulfilled its assigned duties and responsibilities.

This lack of responsibility leads to the fact that the forest at this unit is continuously illegally exploited, reducing the forest cover.

Also at this trial, the representative of Dak Lak Provincial People’s Committee has not yet asked the defendants to pay more than 29 billion VND in damages.

Infonet There have been many articles reflecting on deforestation at Ea Kar Forest Company Limited. The situation of deforestation and encroachment on forest land has happened for a long time, but the forest owner has not taken measures to prevent or half-stop, causing the forest in Ea Kar Forest Company to be severely damaged. provoke public outrage.

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