Arrested 4 former commune leaders in Nghe An for selling land illegally

On August 18, according to news from Yen Thanh District Police ( Nghe An ), the unit has just prosecuted and temporarily detained 4 subjects who were former leaders of My Thanh Commune, Yen Thanh District to investigate the crime of "Abuse of power in performing official duties".

The prosecuted subjects include Nguyen Van Nam (born 1959), former Party Secretary of My Thanh commune; Nguyen Van Dinh (born 1956), former Chairman of My Thanh commune People's Committee; Nguyen Van Thach (born 1960), former chief accountant and Nguyen Vinh Chinh, former commune cadastral officer.

The subjects were prosecuted. (Photo: CANA)

According to police investigation, from 2004 to 2015, the above defendants sold 56 plots of land with a total area of ​​about 4,317 square meters of various types of land in the commune.

In his role as Party Secretary of the commune, Nguyen Van Nam was determined to have directed Nguyen Van Dinh and other officials to sell land in the commune, illegally profiting more than 1.2 billion VND, causing a loss to the state of more than 111 million VND.

The defendants confessed that the money from selling land was entered into the commune's budget and accounted for as voluntary contributions from the people to the treasury, with the aim of withdrawing 100% of this money for the commune to use in building new rural infrastructure for the locality.

Currently, Yen Thanh District Police (Nghe An) are continuing to investigate.

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Source: https://vtc.vn/bat-4-cuu-lanh-dao-xa-o-nghe-an-ban-dat-trai-quy-dinh-ar813793.html