This morning (September 27), the trial of defendant Truong My Lan and her accomplices continued with the questioning and clarification of evidence, assets, and objects seized from the defendants and the property rights of those with related rights and obligations.

Defendant Truong My Lan stated that in phase 2, a lot of money and property was confiscated from her but she did not remember the details. However, she remembered that there were 2 albino Hermes handbags given to her by a Malaysian billionaire. Ms. Lan wanted to get these 2 bags back because they were souvenirs and she wanted to keep them for her children and grandchildren.

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Defendant Truong My Lan. Photo: VH

Defendant Lan also asked the panel of judges to release the seizure of the savings books in the names of her two daughters, so that the children could have money to spend. “There is really a lot of money and assets, what belongs to the defendant and Mr. Chu Lap Co will be confiscated, and what belongs to relatives and other defendants, please return to them,” Ms. Lan stated.

In addition, Ms. Lan added that during the arrest, the authorities seized several laptops. The defendant said that these laptops were not work-related, only contained family photos from 50 years ago, so she also wanted to get them back.

What is special about Ms. Truong My Lan's albino Hermes handbag? What is special about Ms. Truong My Lan's albino Hermes handbag?

In addition, the defendant stated that when he was arrested, he was wearing a set of diamond jewelry left by his mother, including a pair of 6-karat earrings, a 15-karat necklace, and a ring worth “a dozen or so karat.” “The defendant wants to get it back, he considers it a lucky charm,” said Ms. Lan.

In response to this presentation, the presiding judge said that the documents on the assets seized at this stage did not include the diamond jewelry set that the defendant had just declared. The presiding judge said that the defendant could ask his lawyer to check whether the records of the seizure of this jewelry set included it or not.

Defendant Ngo Thanh Nha (sister-in-law of Ms. Truong My Lan) said that up to now, she has paid 3 billion VND to remedy the consequences of the case and recently her family paid an additional 7 billion VND. Ms. Nha stated that she has two savings books frozen, worth more than 3 billion VND, which is her own savings, and she wants to get them back.

Ms. Truong My Lan 'covers up' the illegal transportation of more than 106,000 billion VND

Ms. Truong My Lan 'covers up' the illegal transportation of more than 106,000 billion VND

Ms. Truong My Lan said that the illegal transportation of currency was due to the partners lending her money and that in order to transfer money to Vietnam, it had to go through a very strict control process from state agencies.
How did Ms. Truong My Lan direct her subordinates to transfer and receive billions of dollars?

How did Ms. Truong My Lan direct her subordinates to transfer and receive billions of dollars?

Ms. Truong My Lan directed her subordinates to coordinate with senior leaders of SCB Bank to create fake contracts to illegally transport currency across the border worth more than 4.5 billion USD, equivalent to more than 106,000 billion VND.
Ms. Truong My Lan: 'My husband has mental problems'

Mrs. Truong My Lan: 'My husband has mental problems'

Before Mr. Chu Lap Co's testimony about using 3 credit cards of SCB Bank, defendant Truong My Lan said that her husband had mental problems so he could not remember accurately.