On March 20, the trial of Tan Hoang Minh continued with the questioning session. The panel of judges gave time for the representative of the People's Procuracy and the lawyers to question the defendants.
According to the accusation, defendant Tran Hong Son, Chairman of the Board of Directors, legal representative of Soleil Company, carried out the direction of Chairman Tan Hoang Minh to sign the financial report, meeting minutes, resolution of Soleil Company on the policy of issuing bonds; investment cooperation contract for land lots at Hoang Hai Complex Project in Phu Quoc to prepare documents for the issuance plan of 3 SOL 1-2-3 bond packages of Soleil Company, helping Mr. Do Anh Dung to appropriate the amount of 1,891 billion VND of investors.
Answering the interrogation in court, Mr. Son stated that many people in his family also spent money to buy bonds of Tan Hoang Minh.
"The defendant's son and daughter-in-law bought more than 1 billion VND worth of Tan Hoang Minh bonds, the defendant's nephew bought more than 1.2 billion VND worth of Tan Hoang Minh bonds," defendant Son's testimony.
The indictment also stated that Mr. Nguyen Manh Hung, Chairman of the Board of Directors and legal representative of Ngoi Sao Viet Real Estate Investment Company Limited, carried out the instructions of Mr. Do Anh Dung and his son to legally sign the financial report, meeting minutes, and resolution of Ngoi Sao Viet Company on the policy of issuing bonds.
Mr. Hung also signed a cooperation contract to buy shares of Viet Tien Company and a cooperation contract to invest in the Nam Dai Co Viet project to prepare documents for the plan to issue 2 bond packages. The People's Procuracy said that Mr. Hung helped Do Anh Dung to appropriate 2,671 billion VND from the victim.
According to Mr. Hung's testimony, Chairman Do Anh Dung appointed the defendant as Chairman of Ngoi Sao Viet Company, all activities of the company were decided by Mr. Dung. The defendant was not allowed to participate in meetings to discuss work and financial issues of the enterprise.
When working, the defendant was only entitled to receive salary and bonuses of employees, and was not allowed to negotiate any other benefits.
In response to the panel of judges’ questions about why the defendant signed the contracts without being allowed to discuss, Mr. Hung stated that he trusted Mr. Dung so he signed the documents. Furthermore, at that time the company was in a difficult period, and the defendant thought that issuing bonds was a channel to mobilize cash flow to serve production and business activities and benefit investors.
The defendant himself also bought Tan Hoang Minh bonds. Many people in the defendant's family, such as his parents, younger brother, mother-in-law, relatives, and close friends, also participated in buying Tan Hoang Minh bonds.
In response to the testimony of his subordinates, defendant Do Anh Dung admitted that he was the one who decided to appoint Mr. Hung as Chairman of Ngoi Sao Viet Company. Regarding the work of this company, some parts were decided by Mr. Dung, and some parts were authorized by defendant Hung to handle.
According to the testimony of Chairman Tan Hoang Minh, the issuance of bonds is the responsibility of the Chairman of the Group, but members and departments also have responsibilities. The issuance of bonds is a normal business activity, when the work is completed well, the business is effective, then it can be enjoyed according to the effectiveness, by month, by year.
At court, the victims' lawyer asked defendant Do Anh Dung: Regarding the amount of 8,644 billion VND that is being temporarily held, do you request the panel of judges to immediately return it to the investors and guarantee that you will not appeal or file any complaints?
While defendant Do Anh Dung was about to answer the lawyer's question, the Judge, the presiding judge of the trial, interrupted, saying: The panel of judges is the one to consider and decide, and asked the lawyer to ask another question.
This morning, the panel of judges adjourned the trial at 9:53 a.m. to give the newly arrived victims time to review the information and the amount of money embezzled. This list was shown to the panel of judges throughout the trial.
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