On the afternoon of July 17, defendant Tran Minh Tuan (Director of Thai Hoa Construction Joint Stock Company) was proposed to be sentenced to 15-17 years in prison for two crimes of Fraudulent appropriation of property and Bribery.
On the afternoon of July 17, after the People's Procuracy proposed a sentence, the panel of judges of the rescue flight trial allowed the defendants to defend themselves.
Testifying in court, defendant Tran Minh Tuan (Director of Thai Hoa Construction Joint Stock Company) admitted that he was not a state official and had no function or duty in licensing rescue flights.
"But I have sympathy, empathy and enthusiasm to rescue my compatriots. That's why I agreed to cooperate and request procedures to rescue as many compatriots as possible," the Director of Thai Hoa Construction Joint Stock Company defended himself in court.
Defendant Tuan argued that, according to the People's Procuracy's point of view, if there is no function or duty, then people cannot be "rescued", " so when we go out on the street and see someone in trouble, do we have to wait for someone with the function or duty to come and rescue them?"
Tran Minh Tuan affirmed that this was the defendant's effort and determination in contributing to helping people in the epidemic area return home.
Defendant Tran Minh Tuan was proposed to be sentenced to 15-17 years in prison for the crimes of Fraudulent appropriation of property and Bribery.
In the indictment, the prosecutor said that Tran Minh Tuan "did not do anything" in applying for flight permits. Tuan denied this accusation and said that many people said they met Tuan, went to his house to eat or received bribes from the defendant.
Tran Minh Tuan also affirmed that he did not defraud Pham Bich Hang (Director of Vinamichi Company) but wanted Hang to stop urging him to give bribes and help Hang avoid bribery, so that Hang could feel secure in cooperating with Tuan.
Regarding the money flow between Tuan and Hang, the defendant planned to do it during the settlement phase, but then Hang avoided and did not do this settlement.
Defendant Tran Minh Tuan did not admit to the charges of Fraudulent Appropriation of Property and Bribery.
Tuan also said that Pham Ba Son - an employee of Thai Hoa Construction Joint Stock Company confessed to receiving money from the defendant and then giving it to Chu Xuan Dung (former Vice Chairman of Hanoi) to take revenge on Tuan.
This stems from the fact that Tuan used to consider Son as his own brother, but Son relied on Tuan's trust to do shady things behind his back.
In the beginning of the second quarter of 2022, Tuan stopped subsidizing Son with 15-20 million VND/month as a warning. Pham Ba Son was very upset, because Son's family's main source of income was from Thai Hoa Company.
"Before that, I borrowed money from my brothers and asked Son to receive the money. When I was arrested, they were afraid that I wouldn't be able to pay, so they turned around and asked Son for it. Son had to mortgage his house to pay, and from then on Son turned around and took revenge on me," Tuan confessed.
The indictment determined that Tran Minh Tuan had bribed more than 700 million VND and defrauded and appropriated more than 5.6 billion VND. Defendant Pham Bich Hang was determined to have bribed more than 1.1 billion VND.
Specifically, in June 2021, Pham Bich Hang gave 1 billion VND to Tran Minh Tuan to ask for flight permits and medical quarantine for employees of Hanoi Events and Sky Company. After receiving the money, Tran Minh Tuan did not give it to any individual, and Hanoi Events and Sky Company was not granted flight permits.
When Hang asked for the money back, defendant Tran Minh Tuan only returned 400 million VND. Tuan said he had spent the remaining amount on Group 5 of the Ministry to appropriate this money.
In August 2021, Pham Bich Hang agreed with Tran Minh Tuan to apply for flight licenses through the legal entity of International Tourism Company (which Hang borrowed as a legal entity).
At this time, Tran Minh Tuan proposed an agreement for Hang to pay 3.5 million VND/guest for flight permits and 1.5 million VND/guest for quarantine.
Since the end of October 2021, Tran Minh Tuan has raised the quarantine fee to 2.5 million VND/passenger. Hang is responsible for completing the flight permit application, quarantine and preparing the money, while Tran Minh Tuan is the one who submits the application and gives the money to the members of Group 5 of the Ministry and locality.
According to the agreement, Tuan was paid 300 million VND for each successful trip. To carry out the agreement, defendant Hang transferred more than 12 billion VND to Tran Minh Tuan.
Defendant Tuan used this money to pay for the plane rental of more than 4.3 billion VND and to bribe more than 799 million VND to individuals.
In particular, Tuan confessed to giving former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs To Anh Dung 200 million VND, Do Hoang Tung (former Deputy Director of the Consular Department, Ministry of Foreign Affairs) 2,000 USD; former Vice Chairman of Hanoi People's Committee Chu Xuan Dung 500 million VND and other individuals.
Defendant Tran Minh Tuan returned 1.3 billion VND to Pham Bich Hang and was paid 1.2 billion VND by Hang according to the agreement.
In addition, Tran Minh Tuan also spent 100 million VND when applying for a quarantine permit. The remaining amount, more than 5 billion VND, was appropriated by Tran Minh Tuan from Pham Bich Hang.
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