5 former coast guard generals embezzled 50 billion VND to stand trial

The defendants brought to trial include: Nguyen Van Son (former Lieutenant General, former Commander of the Vietnam Coast Guard), Hoang Van Dong (former Lieutenant General, former Political Commissar of the Coast Guard Command), Doan Bao Quyet (former Major General, former Deputy Political Commissar of the Coast Guard), Pham Kim Hau (former Major General, former Chief of Staff of the Coast Guard), Bui Trung Dung (former Major General, former Deputy Commander of the Coast Guard), Nguyen Van Hung (former Colonel, former Deputy Commander of the Coast Guard) and Bui Van Hoe (former Lieutenant Colonel, former Deputy Head of the Coast Guard Finance Department).

Previously, as planned, on the morning of May 31, the Hanoi Capital Military Court will open a first-instance criminal trial to try the case of "Asset embezzlement" that occurred at the Coast Guard Command (under the Ministry of National Defense ).

However, before this trial took place, defendant Bui Van Hoe (former Lieutenant Colonel, former Deputy Head of the Finance Department, Coast Guard Command) invited two more defense lawyers. Defendant Hoe's two lawyers needed more time to study the defense file for their client, so they requested the panel of judges to postpone the trial.

Former Coast Guard Commander Nguyen Van Son. (Photo: VNA).

According to the indictment, in February 2019, the Ministry of National Defense assigned the Coast Guard Command to estimate the State budget for administrative management in 2019, totaling VND450 billion. Then, at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Coast Guard Party Committee, it was decided to allocate more than VND150 billion to the Technical Department to organize the purchase of materials and equipment for the units.

The indictment determined that defendant Nguyen Van Son met and asked Nguyen Van Hung, Director of the Technical Department, to withdraw 50 billion VND when purchasing materials to transfer back to the Command for use.

In early April 2019, Mr. Son proactively discussed with Hoang Van Dong, Doan Bao Quyet, Pham Kim Hau and Bui Trung Dung about directing the withdrawal of 50 billion VND to pay for the leaders of the Command. All agreed, without any other comments.

On May 4, 2019, Mr. Son signed a decision to assign a budget estimate of more than 179 billion VND to the Technical Department and continued to request Nguyen Van Hung to withdraw 50 billion VND to transfer to the Command. Receiving instructions from Son, defendant Hung requested 6 heads of professional departments under the Technical Department to withdraw the full 50 billion VND. When they reacted, saying that this was very difficult, defendant Hung said that "it must be determined that withdrawing 50 billion VND is a task assigned by the chief and must be completed".

When he had this money, the defendant Son divided it among himself and 4 other defendants, each receiving 10 billion VND. After the case was discovered, this group of defendants returned the money.

Regarding 6 Department Heads of the Technical Department, the Central Military Procuracy determined that they had a dependent relationship, carried out orders from superiors, had no motive for personal gain, and did not know that the amount of 50 billion VND was later divided among individuals, so no criminal proceedings were taken.

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