Tran Vinh Tuyen could not be sentenced due to many complicated circumstances

It is expected that on the morning of June 10, the High People’s Court in Ho Chi Minh City will pronounce a sentence against former Vice President of Ho Chi Minh City Tran Vinh Tuyen and his accomplices.

However, the chairman later announced that because the case had many complicated details, it needed more time to research and evaluate. At the same time, defendant Tran Trong Tuan (former director of Ho Chi Minh City Department of Construction) had an appeal, and the jury needed more time to consider the content of the defendant’s appeal, so the decision was made. extended until June 15 will be sentencing.

Previously, at the interrogation, Mr. Tran Vinh Tuyen asserted that he had no self-interest but was only wrong due to negligence, not knowing what was wrong but still doing it.

Explaining the omission and not fulfilling his own responsibilities, the defendant asserted that he knew the legal regulations, knew the documents of the Department of Industry and Trade in the dossier, read the dossier, and viewed the inspection conclusions. for Sargri newly signed but still errors occur.

Defendant Tran Trong Tuan said that he was unjust. “The first-instance judgment did not distinguish between legal procedures in the transfer of real estate projects to clearly define the responsibilities of individuals, so it unjustified me,” defendant Tuan affirmed.

According to defendant Tuan, the transfer of investment capital outside the enterprise is not a public auction. The first-instance judgment held that the transfer of capital required to be auctioned was not correct. According to regulations, the transfer of capital in limited companies must only be auctioned when capital is withdrawn, while SAGRI’s transfer of a housing project in Quarter 4 to Phong Phu Company is a form of investment cooperation, not a form of investment cooperation. capital withdrawal.

According to the first-instance judgment, when the Housing Project in Quarter 4, Phuoc Long B Ward, District 9 (HCMC) built 80% of technical infrastructure works, the financial obligations to the State had not been fulfilled. , not yet eligible to transfer, no plan, no plan to divest from the approved project, Mr. Tran Vinh Tuyen still signed the decision approving the transfer of the above project to Phong Phu Corporation.

This decision of Mr. Tran Vinh Tuyen created a condition for Mr. Le Tan Hung and his accomplices to carry out the procedure for transferring the project in contravention of the law when not conducting price appraisal, determining the transfer value at market price. , causing damage of 672 billion VND.

In addition to the illegal project transfer, in 2016, Mr. Le Tan Hung also directed his subordinates to make 10 false records for officials and employees to visit and learn experiences in 16 countries to appropriate 13 countries. billions dong.

Thanh Phuong