Tran Thi Van and Nguyen Thi Khuong confessed to violations due to pressure to meet deadlines.

Defendant Nguyen Thi Khuong admitted her wrongdoings at the interrogation session on the afternoon of August 2.

During the interrogation, the defendants presented the entire process and behavior of their crimes. For the act of "Abusing positions and powers while performing official duties", the defendants : Tran Thi Van, Nguyen Thi Khuong , Tran Thi Hoa made illegal payments of salaries and internal and external benefits, causing a loss of over 241 million VND to the State budget. In addition, they created 2 fake contracts to rent machinery and vehicles for a group of workers with an amount of 26 million VND to spend outside of regulations.

Regarding the act of "Violating regulations on compensation, support, and resettlement when the State acquires land" , the defendants: Tran Thi Van , Nguyen Thi Khuong , Pham Trung Kien , and Tran Xuan Manh mostly admitted to the crimes prosecuted according to the indictment of the Provincial People's Procuracy . In which, they admitted that implementing the 31st compensation and support plan violated the law on land in compensation for crops and policies to support stabilizing life and production. Defendants Van and Khuong stated that because Nguyen Tuan Anh pressured them to meet the schedule and threatened to terminate the contract with Khuong if the plan was not submitted on time, the defendants did not have time to collect any additional documents related to determining the investment costs for the remaining land.

The defendants also admitted that they did not check and verify whether the subjects whose land was recovered were directly engaged in agricultural production and had a stable source of income on the recovered land area. They did not publicly post the estimated plan and did not organize to collect opinions from the people whose land was recovered but still re-established the compensation and support plan. Defendant Pham Trung Kien said that the order of documents, procedures, compensation support, posting and declaration were not ensured according to the provisions of law.

Defendant Nguyen Tuan Anh said he was wrongly convicted and did not agree with the indictment of the Provincial People's Procuracy .

Tomorrow (August 3), the Trial Panel will continue questioning the remaining defendants.

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