Former Director of Dak Nong Province Department of Construction lost civil capacity

On November 5, the People's Court of Dak Nong province opened the first instance trial of a criminal case related to violations occurring at the Nhan Co Industrial Park Project.

This case has 6 defendants. Of which, 4 defendants were tried for the crime of "Lack of responsibility causing serious consequences" including: Dang Gia Dung (former Director of the Department of Construction of Dak Nong province), Ho Si Diep (former Deputy Director of the Management Board of Construction Investment Projects of Dak Nong province), Tran Quoc Dat (Head of Project Department 1, Management Board of Construction Investment Projects of Dak Nong province), Dang Thai Son (Director of the Management Board of Projects and Land Fund Development of Dak Mil district, former civil servant of the Construction Quality Management Department of the Department of Construction of Dak Nong province).

The trial is scheduled to last 3 days, from November 5 to November 7, 2024.

Two defendants were tried for the crime of "Violating construction regulations causing serious consequences" including Pham Van Cuu (former General Director of Duong Viet Construction Investment Joint Stock Company) and Nguyen Thanh Ha (former Head of Design Department 1 - Duong Viet Construction Investment Joint Stock Company).

Previously, this case was brought to trial and postponed twice (in September and October 2024) due to the absence of many related people. This time, 5/6 defendants were present at the trial.

Defendant Dang Gia Dung (former Director of Dak Nong Department of Construction) was determined to have lost civil capacity due to a record related to mental illness, as decided by the People's Court of Buon Ma Thuot City, Dak Lak Province). Defendant Dung's legal representative submitted a request to be absent from the trial.

Representatives of the contractors who received the assignment from the main contractors were not present at the trial. The panel of judges deliberated and determined that the absence of those with related rights and obligations did not affect the nature of the case. Therefore, the trial continued according to the regulations.

According to the plan of Dak Nong Provincial People's Court, the case will be tried for 3 days, from November 5 to 7, 2024.

The Technical Infrastructure Project inside and outside the fence of Nhan Co Industrial Park (Dak R'lap district, Dak Nong province) was approved in 2015 with a total investment of nearly 1,000 billion VND, expected to be completed by the end of 2020.

According to the indictment, during the survey and design process of the “Leveling and Slope Protection” item (Package 02XL) of the Project, 6 defendants committed violations. As a result, from 2018 to 2020, during the construction process, Package 02XL had 5 landslide incidents, causing damage of over 55.6 billion VND.

This problem has not been resolved yet, and the Nhan Co Industrial Park project has been suspended for many years.

Minh Hue (VOV- Tay Nguyen)

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