Trial of former head of State Bank of Vietnam, Dong Nai branch postponed

On the morning of November 8, the People's Court of Dong Nai province continued to announce the postponement of the second trial of defendant Tran Quoc Tuan (former Director) and defendant Vo Khac Hien (former Deputy Director and Chief Inspector and Supervisor of the State Bank of Vietnam, Dong Nai branch) on the grounds that the prosecutor of the Dong Nai Provincial People's Procuracy was on an urgent business trip and could not attend the trial. Previously, the first trial on October 25 was also postponed because defendant Vo Khac Hien and his defense lawyer were absent.

Hoãn phiên Toà xét xử hai cựu lãnh đạo ngân hàng nhà nước chi nhánh Đồng Nai - Ảnh 1. — Defendant Tran Quoc Tuan (former Director of the State Bank of Vietnam, Dong Nai branch) at the trial on October 25.

According to the indictment, defendant Tran Quoc Tuan (62 years old) was the Director of the State Bank of Vietnam Dong Nai branch from 2014 to 2017. During the performance of his duties, defendant Tuan did not properly perform inspection and supervision work; interfered with the inspection results of the inspection team, did not conduct inspections according to the direction of the State Bank of Vietnam; and approved the proposed election of Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thanh Binh People's Credit Fund (Bien Hoa City) when he did not meet the conditions.

Defendant Vo Khac Hien (55 years old) was Deputy Director and Chief Inspector and Supervisor of the State Bank of Vietnam, Dong Nai branch from 2014 to 2017. During the performance of his duties, defendant Hien did not properly perform his functions and duties in inspection and supervision; did not resolutely inspect people's credit funds when there were signs of violations; did not conduct inspections according to the direction of the State Bank of Vietnam; did not resolutely handle violations of credit funds according to the results of inspection and supervision.

The above acts of defendants Tuan and Hien led to the failure to promptly detect violations of people's credit funds, allowing people's credit funds to create fake credit records, inflate credit limits when customers borrow capital to appropriate money; deposit mobilized money at other credit institutions under the names of individuals to appropriate, leave it out of the deposit books, and not include it in the accounting according to regulations.

The consequence was that the people's credit funds: Thai Binh, Tan Tien, Quang Tien, Dau Giay, Thanh Binh and Gia Kiem in Dong Nai province went bankrupt, lost their ability to pay, causing a loss of more than 1,352 billion VND. The above actions of the defendants Tuan and Hien committed the crime of "lack of responsibility causing serious consequences".

According to the announcement of Dong Nai Provincial People's Court, the trial is expected to reopen on November 27.

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