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 spokesperson 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 combating corruption and negativity continues to be maintained and does not weaken.
Second, in recent times, we have focused on detecting and handling a number of corruption cases in specialized fields such as securities, bonds, vehicle registration, etc.
Third, the work of preventing and combating corruption and bribery has improved both at the central and local levels.
Fourth, the results of the work to prevent and combat 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, even 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 the assets to prevent the dissipation of assets.
These results continue to affirm the spirit of fighting against corruption and negativity, there are no forbidden areas, 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 sense of deterrence and warning.
I temporarily divide the businesses operating today 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, etc.
However, businesses in the third group often learn from each other to do things.
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 line with the motto that General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong has repeatedly mentioned: "Handling one case is a warning to the whole region and the whole 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, etc. 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, it shows that many violations are systematic, have local interests, and have the appearance of an organized network, with a very high degree of 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 errors and allowing violations below to be negative, and there is collusion, collusion, and agreement with each other.
What is your comment 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 were handled 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 areas or exceptions, regardless of who that 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 strict, but the bottom 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 is always at the forefront, fighting corruption internally first and then externally.
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 dismantled 213 gangs, with over 40,000 subjects.
There were 370 cases of corruption and official crimes, with the most prominent being crimes in public procurement bidding and public asset management. The subjects' modus operandi was to take advantage of their positions and powers to collude between investors, contractors, and price appraisal units to commit corruption, profiteering, and property appropriation.
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, and site clearance support, 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, enticing customers to deposit money 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 field of tax, 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 and 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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