Tat Thanh Cang cried when he said the last word
Ho Chi Minh CityIn the last 15 minutes of his last words, former deputy secretary of the City Party Committee Tat Thanh Cang cried many times, saying that he was not self-interested, and asked the court to reconsider the impartial and objective judgment.
On the afternoon of June 8, the court considered his appeal Tat Thanh Cang (50 years old); Te Tri Dung (former Chairman of the Board of Directors Sadeco) and accomplices ended the argument. The defendants have the last say before the jury delibes.
As the first to present, Mr. Cang thanked the Trial Panel for listening to the appeal, thanked the Procuratorate for noting the extenuating circumstances to request the court to consider in the deliberation process. “During the time of work, the defendant always tried to perform the assigned tasks well. 20 years as a party member, the defendant always thought that he had to complete the assigned task well,” Mr. Cang choked, and said that the I have never taken personal interest in dealing with work.
The former deputy secretary of the city’s Party Committee admitted that the incident was related to him, but the mistake was “outside of thought and desire”. The defendant accepted responsibility as a permanent deputy secretary, did not check when chairing the meeting, did not “timely detect the report 12A is forged”.
After a pause, Mr. Cang cried, said that standing in court affected the family tradition and apologized to his relatives. The defendant also asked the jury to consider the case fully and objectively, ask for a reduction in the punishments for the subordinates, and at the same time sent: “I hope that when presenting reports to the authorities at all levels, It is necessary to be honest, complete and objective so that leaders can make the right decisions without making mistakes.”
In the last words, Mr. Te Tri Dung and his accomplices said that they were very sorry for their behavior, and asked the court to reduce the lowest sentence so that they could return to their family soon.
Mr. Cang cried when he said his last words, on the afternoon of June 8. Image: Thao Mi
According to the first-instance judgment, Te Tri Dung and members assigned to represent the State’s capital contribution chaired many meetings and signed resolutions approving the transfer of 9 million shares of Sadeco to Nguyen Kim Company with price of 40,000 VND/share – lower than the actual value, causing damage to Sadeco and loss of State assets.
Mr. Cang, in the role of Standing Deputy Secretary of the City Party Committee, understands the regulations that the sale of shares (to increase the charter capital for Sadeco) must be conducted through an auction to select strategic shareholders and appraise the value of the shares. However, the defendant penned “agree” to the policy of issuing shares without skipping these steps, creating favorable conditions for Te Tri Dung and his accomplice to transfer cheaply to Nguyen Kim Investment Joint Stock Company, causing loss of more than 669 billion dong of the State.
In addition, defendant Dung directed his subordinates to spend Sadeco’s money on many individuals traveling abroad in the name of visiting and surveying, causing a loss of more than 2.1 billion VND; embezzled 4.6 billion dong from the company’s remuneration and bonus fund without giving it back to the owners of state capital.
For the above acts, Mr. Cang was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the crime Violation of regulations on management and use of state assets, causing loss and waste. Te Tri Dung received 20 years in prison for the crimes Violation of regulations on management and use of state assets, causing loss and waste and Property embezzlement. The other defendants received between two years of probation and 16 years in prison.
In this appellate sessionthe Procuracy said that the first instance court declared defendant Cang guilty Violation of regulations on management and use of state assets, causing loss and waste is grounded. The representative of the Procuracy noted that Mr. Cang had many mitigating circumstances such as: many achievements in the process of work, his family had revolutionary merits and the consequences of the case had been overcome. five and six months in prison.
The Procuracy also noted that the defendant Dung’s family had additionally compensated Sadeco 485 million dong, which is a new circumstance, so it asked the court to reduce the prison sentence from 6 months to 1 year…
The jury will pronounce the sentence on the afternoon of June 9.
Thao Mi
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