Former Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long was arrested
HanoiOn the same day as being dismissed and removed from office as a member of the National Assembly, former Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long was prosecuted and detained.
On the afternoon of June 7, Mr. Long was handed a decision on criminal prosecution by the Investigative Police Department of the Ministry of Public Security (C03). OFFERTaking advantage of positions and powers while performing official duties, according to Article 356 of the Penal Code. Private house on Hoang Hoa Tham street was searched.
In the morning of the same day, the National Assembly dismissed as a delegate XV term, approved the dismissal of Health Minister with Mr. Long. One day ago, during an extraordinary meeting of the Central Committee, he was excommunicated from the Party.
The 56-year-old former Health Minister is accused of interfering, influencing and assisting Viet A Company in the process of granting temporary and official circulation registration books; negotiate price and check negotiate price on test kits offered by this business. He issued notices on the price of biological products and medical equipment for diagnosing Covid-19 against the regulations…
Currently, Mr. Long is the person holding the highest position at the Ministry of Health to be handled due to the Viet A case. At the end of December 2021, two former chiefs Nguyen Nam Lien (Finance Planning Department) and Nguyen Minh Tuan (Medical Equipment and Construction Department) were prosecuted.
Mr. Long has been a Deputy Health Minister since December 2011, and was assigned to hold the position of Deputy Head of the Central Propaganda Department in October 2018.
From January 2020, he returned as Deputy Health Minister. He has been a Minister since November 2020, taking on duties during the Covid-19 outbreak. At this time, the Ministry of Health is in charge of many tasks from coordinating the medical treatment force and providing local support; Participating in planning anti-epidemic decisions to negotiating vaccine supply from abroad…
Health Minister Nguyen Thanh Long at the group meeting at the National Assembly, May 26. Image:Hoang Phong
More than 10 days before Mr. Long’s arrest, Mr. Nguyen Huynh, Mr. Long’s secretary during his time as Deputy Minister of Health, was prosecuted and detained by C03 on charges of Abuse of position and authority while performing official duties. At the time of his arrest on May 25, Mr. Huynh held the position Deputy Director of Price Management Department, Drug Administration of Vietnam, Ministry of Health.
The Ministry of Public Security said that Mr. Huynh took advantage of his position as a leading secretary to “introduce, intervene and influence” Director General Nguyen Minh Tuan in the Ministry of Health’s receipt and evaluation of applications for registration numbers. carry out Covid-19 test kit for Viet A Company. Therefore, Viet A’s dossier was issued illegally.
In 2020, when Covid-19 broke out, the Ministry of Science and Technology, Military Medical Academy researched test kits with the participation of Viet A Company from the early days to promptly transfer technology and put into production. export, serve epidemic prevention.
However, C03 determined that Viet A General Director Phan Quoc Viet took advantage of the urgency of the epidemic to sell test kits to provinces and cities, in order to gain illicit profits.
In December 2021, the case of over-price raising in Viet A was investigated. In the past 6 months, the Department of Health, CDC and hospitals of 16 provinces and cities have been accused by investigating authorities of being involved in this violation.
C03 and local police have prosecuted nearly 60 people, of which there are three departmental leaders of the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Science and Technology; 11 CDC directors. The Ministry of Defense’s investigative agency also prosecuted another case, arresting two officers.
The initial investigation results determined that, in order to gain illicit profits and spend money outside the contract, the General Director of Viet directed to increase the price of equipment, the cost of input materials, and determine the selling price of 470,000 VND/kit. , nearly 45%.
In the revenue of about 4,000 billion dong, Viet A spends “commission” for units and individuals nearly 800 billion dong.
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