Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI – The People’s Court of Hà Nội on Wednesday sentenced Phan Văn Anh Vũ, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bắc Nam 79 Construction Company and former Chairman of the Nova Bắc Nam 79 Company, to 15 years in jail for “abusing position and power while performing duties”. Vũ, born in 1975, is a former Senior Lieutenant Colonel and deputy head of a division at the General Department V of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). His accomplices, Nguyễn Hữu Bách (born 1963, former Colonel and deputy head of Department B61 under the General Department V) and Phan Hữu Tuấn (born 1955, former Lieutenant General and Deputy General Director of the General Department V), each received five years imprisonment for the same charge. For the charge of “deliberately disclosing State secrets”, the total sentences given to Bách and Tuấn are 11 years … [Read more...] about Former top cop sentenced to 15 years in jail
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Phan Van Anh Vu sentenced to 15 years in jail
Phan Van Anh Vu was sentenced to to 15 years in jail for “abusing position and power while performing duties” (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – The People’s Court of Hanoi on January 30 sentenced Phan Van Anh Vu, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Bac Nam 79 Construction Company and former Chairman of the Nova Bac Nam 79 Company, to 15 years in jail for “abusing position and power while performing duties” under Article 356 of the 2015 Penal Code. Vu, born in 1975, is a former Senior Lieutenant Colonel and deputy head of a division at the General Department V of the Ministry of Public Security (MPS). His accomplices, Nguyen Huu Bach (born in 1963, former Colonel and deputy head of Department B61 under the General Department V) and Phan Huu Tuan (born in 1955, former Lieutenant General and Deputy General Director of the General Department V), each received five years imprisonment for the same charge. Agreeing with the previous judge on the … [Read more...] about Phan Van Anh Vu sentenced to 15 years in jail
South Korea ex president Lee appeals 15 year jail term
Former South Korean President Lee Myung-bak will appeal a court verdict that last week sentenced him to 15 years in prison for corruption, his lawyer said Friday (Oct 12). Lee is the latest of South Korea's former leaders to be jailed after leaving office. (Photo: AFP/Jung Yeon-je) Lee was found guilty of bribery and embezzlement charges - becoming the latest of the country's former leaders to be jailed after leaving office. The conservative politician, who helmed Hyundai Construction before his election to the presidency, was separately ordered to pay a fine of 13 billion won (US$11.5 million) by the Seoul Central District Court. The court found that Lee, 76, was the de-facto owner of DAS - a controversial auto parts company which he claimed belonged to his brother - which he used to create a slush fund worth around 24 billion won. He was also found guilty of accepting nearly six billion won from Samsung Electronics in return for a presidential pardon for its chairman, who … [Read more...] about South Korea ex president Lee appeals 15 year jail term
Hoàn Kiếm metro station still debated after 15 years
Viet Nam News HÀ NỘI—It has been 15 long years since the debate over the location of a single metro station beside the historic Hoàn Kiếm (Returned Sword) Lake broke out, and the dispute seems unlikely to end soon. The station in question is the underground station coded C9 on Hà Nội’s urban railway line No 2, connecting the outlying district of Bắc Từ Liêm and the city centre. When complete, the project will include the first metro trains running through the historic and tourist-favourite Old Quarter area. Exactly where to locate the C9 station has become one of the projects’ major stumbling blocks. Many people have protested its proposed location on the walking path around the lake. The National Assembly’s Committee for Education, Youth, Adolescents and Children recently expressed to the NA and Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc their disagreement with the location, saying that the station and … [Read more...] about Hoàn Kiếm metro station still debated after 15 years
Taiwan sends Vietnamese man to 15 years in jail for murder
By Minh Nga  August 8, 2018 | 04:24 pm GMT+7 A Vietnamese man who fatally stabbed a compatriot in Taiwan was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday. Bui Tien Dung was convicted of killing another Vietnamese man, whose surname is Pham, in a knife attack in June 2017 after quarreling with the deceased and several others at a restaurant in New Taipei, Focus Taiwan reported. Although the two sides seemed to have patched up their quarrel, Bui's cousin went out and bought five knives soon after, and gave one of them to Dung. Dung then stabbed Pham and injured two other men, the court heard. Pham died before he was brought to the hospital, while the other two victims suffered stab wounds to the back and arm, the court said. After Dung has served his 15-year prison sentence, he will be deported, local authorities said. Ever since Taiwan lifted a 10-year ban on certain categories of Vietnamese workers in 2015, the territory has been the leading destination for Vietnamese … [Read more...] about Taiwan sends Vietnamese man to 15 years in jail for murder