The psychological development at the court of the former Deputy Minister of Health is unstable

This afternoon (May 17), the trial of former Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong and 13 related defendants, in the case of “trading in counterfeit goods as medicine” continued with the argument.

According to the indictment, during the investigation process, former Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong did not sincerely confess the crime.

During the prosecution stage, the former Deputy Minister admitted that he had not properly performed the duties and responsibilities of the head of the Drug Administration of Vietnam, so that his subordinates had many violations in organizing the appraisal of dossiers and concluding the minutes. application for drug registration number; together with the members of the Review Board to issue registration numbers for 7 drugs Health 2000 Canada while the application is not eligible for issuance.

Former Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong at the trial.

As for not suspending circulation of drugs with suspected information of unknown origin, at the time of 2014, the defendant perceived that there were not enough conditions to decide to suspend circulation. However, until now, defendant Cuong realized that the failure to suspend the circulation of drugs of unknown origin was not properly performing his assigned duties and responsibilities and repented of the consequences.

Responding in court to the views of the defendant’s defense lawyer Truong Quoc Cuong, the representative of the Procuracy (VKS) said that the lawyer’s opinion confirmed that the indictment showed signs of doubting the investigation conclusion. If you have mastered the evidence system, it is incorrect to not properly assess the crime.

According to a representative of the Procuracy, the argument that the Procuracy has not mastered the evidence system is just the lawyer’s perception and has no basis. In fact, the Procuracy has new evidence that can clearly state 4 parts of the indictment.

In addition, the law allows the Procuracy to evaluate and conclude criminal acts only on the basis of evidence collected in accordance with the provisions of the law, not forcing the Procuracy to accept all the contents of the investigation conclusions or conclusions. inspection.

Therefore, the Procuracy did not use expert conclusions that were inconsistent with the documents contained in the case file.

The opinion of the defendant’s defense lawyer Truong Quoc Cuong said that the investigation process of this defendant had a sincere attitude to declare, but the indictment concluded to the contrary.

Responding to the lawyer’s point of view, the representative of the Procuracy affirmed that the accusation that the defendant Truong Quoc Cuong did not sincerely admit to the crime was a fact of the defendant’s psychological development.

According to the representative of the Procuracy, during the prosecution stage, when the prosecutor questioned, the defendant Truong Quoc Cuong admitted to the specific and detailed contents one by one, but the defendant then only accepted the responsibility of the head.

In court, the defendant’s psychological development changed continuously and inconsistently, so the content of the indictment did not contain anything wrong or contradictory.

Regarding the lawyer’s opinion that the sentence that the representative of the Procuracy proposed to declare Mr. Truong Quoc Cuong from 7 to 8 years, the representative of the Procuracy replied: “If the psychological development of the defendant Truong Quoc Cuong is sincere and repentant, error, we will evaluate further. If defendant Cuong is inconsistent, it cannot be assessed.”

Participating in the trial, the representative of the Ministry of Health suggested that the jury consider the historical context at the time of the case, the health conditions and family circumstances of the defendants in the case. And according to the representative of the Ministry of Health, defendants Truong Quoc Cuong and Nguyen Viet Hung (former Deputy Director of the Drug Administration of Vietnam – Ministry of Health) have many achievements in the field of pharmacy.

Finally, the representative of the Ministry of Health suggested that the jury consider the sincerity of the defendants and apply a punishment that is both a deterrent, showing the strictness of the law but also showing leniency.