'No one dares to put pressure or interfere in corruption cases'

VietNamNet reporter interviewed Lieutenant General To An Xo, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, about the highlights in the fight against corruption and negativity since the beginning of the 13th National Congress term.

5 highlights in the fight against corruption and negativity

As the spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, how do you evaluate the results of the fight against corruption and negativity since the beginning of the 13th National Congress term?

In my opinion, the fight against corruption and negativity since the beginning of the term has had 5 highlights.

Firstly, the spirit of preventing and fighting corruption and negativity continues to be maintained and does not decline.

Second, recently, we have focused on detecting and handling a number of corruption cases in specialized fields such as securities, bonds, vehicle registration, etc.

Lieutenant General To An Xo, spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security

Third, the work of preventing and combating corruption and security has changed for the better both at the central and local levels.

Fourth, the results of the work of preventing and combating corruption and negativity in recent times have proven and clarified systematic violations and local interests such as the vehicle inspection case, the Viet A case, etc.

Another highlight is that through investigation and trial, it shows that the work of preventing and fighting corruption in the anti-corruption agency has had certain results, including handling irresponsible inspectors...

Particularly for the police force, the effectiveness of detecting corruption through professional activities has been improved. Corruption is a hidden crime, so it is often discovered through inspection and examination. However, in recent times, the police force has directly investigated and verified through denunciations and crime reports. Therefore, many corruption cases are not discovered through inspection and examination as before.

In addition, the recovery of assets in corruption cases has increased significantly compared to the previous term. Because when violations were discovered, the agencies immediately isolated and froze assets to prevent the dissipation of assets.

These results continue to affirm the spirit of fighting against corruption and negativity, there are no forbidden zones, no exceptions, everyone is equal before the law. The most important thing is that we have made a few cases that have alerted the whole region and the whole field.

Can you analyze more clearly the deterrent and warning effects from recent corruption and economic cases?

It must be said that the cases of Tan Hoang Minh, FLC, Van Thinh Phat, etc. show a very clear deterrent and warning meaning.

I temporarily divide the currently operating businesses into 3 groups: The first group, which accounts for the majority, are businesses that basically operate legally; another group is a small number of businesses that often take advantage of loopholes in the law, "playing around" to make profits; and the third group, which is limited, is businesses that are dishonest and manipulative in some areas such as bonds, banking...

However, businesses in the third group often learn from each other to do.

Therefore, when handling the cases of Tan Hoang Minh, FLC, Van Thinh Phat,... many other businesses that have, are, and intend to follow this way of doing things will be afraid, not dare to follow, "turn back to shore" to do business properly according to the provisions of the law.

Therefore, the handling of these cases is in accordance with the motto that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has mentioned many times: "Handling one case is a warning to the whole region and field; handling one person is to save thousands of people."

If the violations in these cases are not prevented and strictly handled, many businesses similar to Tan Hoang Minh, FLC, Tan Hiep Phat,... will continue, causing great damage to investors and people.

The vehicle inspection is a form of policy exploitation.

A notable point, as you said, through investigation and verification of recent corruption and economic cases, shows that many violations are systematic, have local interests, have the appearance of an organized network, and are highly collusion?

Recent corruption cases show that there is a clear connection and collective sharing. These cases are not just a few individuals or a small group but form a network of connections, organization, hierarchy and distribution in sharing to survive.

Especially in the case of vehicle inspection, it is a form of policy exploitation. Many regulations in decrees and circulars clearly state that only person A and person B can do this and behind that is profit sharing.

In addition, the violations in these cases are systematic, with inspections above ignoring mistakes and allowing violations below to be negative, and there is collusion, connivance, and agreement with each other.

What do you think when corruption cases in the previous term almost exposed old violations that took place over a long period of time; while many recent corruption cases discovered ongoing violations and handled them immediately, such as the Viet A case, vehicle inspection, rescue flight, etc.?

That is to demonstrate the determination to thoroughly and resolutely fight corruption and negativity, with no forbidden zones or exceptions, regardless of who the person is.

Once the investigation agency gets to work, there is no pressure or coercion, and no one dares to put pressure or interfere.

Not only are the top brass strict, but the bottom brass are also very determined. When cases are brought to investigation, prosecution, and trial, they are all done according to legal procedures, and no one dares to interfere.

Particularly for the police force, this also demonstrates the determination of the Central Party Committee of the Public Security; the Ministry of Public Security always takes the lead, fighting corruption internally first and then externally.

collude to corrupt and profit

Lieutenant General To An Xo said that in the past 6 months, over 23,000 criminal cases occurred nationwide, of which the police solved 19,283 cases (83%), and destroyed 213 gangs with more than 40,000 subjects.

Particularly, there were 370 cases of corruption and corruption in positions, with the most prominent being crimes in public procurement bidding and public asset management. The methods of the subjects were to take advantage of their positions and powers to collude with investors, contractors, and valuation units to commit corruption, profiteering, and appropriation of assets.

Or like the corruption crime in the vehicle inspection case that has been reported in the press recently.

In land use management, along with violations in land acquisition, compensation for clearance, and support for site clearance, there are also violations in land use conversion, land allocation, land use fee calculation, and illegal land legalization. Fraudulent acts of projects without investors, fake projects, or projects on agricultural land that are then advertised widely, luring customers to deposit to appropriate them.

In the fields of finance, banking and securities, there are acts of taking advantage of management and supervision to commit crimes, falsify documents and certificates for personal gain; or publish false information in securities activities...

In the tax field, illegal trading of value-added invoices has emerged, taking advantage of the openness and conditions of businesses to register to establish businesses but not to conduct production or business activities but only to trade value-added invoices.

Never before has anti-corruption been as systematic and effective as it has been recently.

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