The prosecutor's office responded to the defense statements of the lawyers and the self-defense statements of the defendants in the Viet A Company case, stating that the fraud of former Deputy Director of the Military Medical Research Institute Ho Anh Son in the first acceptance of the project was the prerequisite for Viet A Company to be licensed by the Ministry of Health for the test kit.
On the afternoon of December 28, the trial of four former officers of the Military Medical Academy and three accomplices who aided Viet A Company continued with the debate. The representative of the prosecutor's office presented his views in response to the defense lawyers.
Accordingly, in the view of the defendant Ho Anh Son, is there an element of profiteering in the case? The representative of the prosecutor's office said that the amount of money the defendant was directly assigned to research the topic was 2.8 billion VND. After that, Son asked many scientists to stand in his name but did not conduct the research but transferred the money to the defendant. When other people transferred the money, the defendant Son used it for many different purposes, including personal purposes.
At the same time, during the licensing process, the defendant also helped Viet A Company by signing the handover minutes. In addition, regarding the test kit products, the defendant also took advantage of his position and authority to buy and sell cotton swabs and environmental tubes. The representative of the prosecutor's office alleged that the above actions of defendant Son showed that his role was not to assist, but to practice.
Previously, in his self-defense, defendant Ho Anh Son asked himself the question, "If we were in such a situation with the quality of two kits like that, which option would we choose?" In response, the representative of the prosecutor's office said that as a manager, the defendant must be responsible for considering and evaluating whether he could do it himself or not for the proposed research topic of the test kit. Therefore, when he agreed with the Ministry of Science and Technology to have a product within a month, the defendant himself must be responsible for whether he could fulfill this content or not to accept the offer. "The offer here is not just words but also uses a large amount of budget money, the defendant must be responsible", the prosecutor's accusation against defendant Son.
The prosecutor also said that, as a scientist, defendant Ho Anh Son must respect himself and respect the scientific products of others. He cannot consider the research results of Ho Thi Thanh Thuy (Phan Quoc Viet's wife) as his own research results to promote his name, gain profit, and comment that this is his product.
Regarding the opinions of the lawyers and the defendants that the defendants committed the crime in cases beyond the urgent situation, in epidemic prevention there was no other choice, obeying the orders of superiors... However, the Procuracy believes that the purchase and sale of test kits between Viet A Company and the Military Medical Academy for epidemic prevention took place with many contracts, over a long period of time, so it was no longer an urgent situation.
Regarding the opinions of the lawyers and defendants on the request to merge the Viet A Company case for trial by military court, separating the case is disadvantageous for the defendants, the representative of the prosecutor's office responded, the defendants caused property damage to the army and the authority to resolve the case belongs to the military prosecution agencies, so the army's investigation, prosecution and trial of the defendants is in accordance with the law.
Therefore, the Procuracy assessed that there was no basis to accept the defendants' request to consider reducing the sentences for the defendants due to the urgent need to prevent the epidemic.
At the end of the day, after the debate ended, the Hanoi Military Court allowed the 7 defendants to have the final say.
Defendant Trinh Thanh Hung (former Deputy Director of the Department of Economic and Technical Sectors, Ministry of Science and Technology) said that his biggest goal in the case was to get the test kit as soon as possible to prevent the epidemic. "The biggest goal is to get the test kit as quickly as possible, the second goal is to increase research results for the State, saving the budget. The defendant did not know that what he did was wrong.
Having the last word, defendant Phan Quoc Viet asked the court to reduce his sentence and explained that, personally, he wanted the jury to consider the merits, context, and nature of the crime. Because the defendant was completely for the common good of the country.
Defendant Ho Anh Son said that his actions had affected the image of the army and the image of the Military Medical Academy. Defendant Son repeatedly emphasized that he was "very sorry" for his wrongdoings. "If I could turn back time, I would have to go in a different direction to be fair, so that there would not be trials like this," defendant Son said.
The court announced the verdict on the afternoon of December 29.
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