Ex-mayor of Hanoi prosecuted for abusing position, power
Former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and two company executives have been prosecuted for their wrongdoings in the purchase of water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C for purifying lakes in the city.
Former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Former Chairman of the HanoiPeople’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung and two company executives have beenprosecuted for their wrongdoings in the purchase of water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C forpurifying lakes in the city.
The Supreme People’s Procuracy prosecuted Chung, Vo TienHung (General Director of the State-owned Hanoi Water Drainage One Member Co. Ltd), and NguyenTruong Giang (Director of the Arktic Trading Service Co. Ltd) on the charge of “abusingposition, power while performing duties”, regulated in Clause 3 ofArticle 356 in the 2015 Penal Code (revised and supplemented in 2017).
Accordingto the indictment, in 2016, the Hanoi People’s Committee requestedrelevant units to deal with water pollution in local rivers and lakes byseeking suitable advanced technologies.
Chung, then Chairman of the committee, chose the treatmenttechnology of Germany’s Watch Water company and placed orders on this firm for Redoxy 3C for the work.
He told Hung to buy this agent via Arktic - an intermediary company where Giang acted as the Director - attempting personal profit.
Arktic is wholly invested by Chung’s wife,Nguyen Thi Truc Chi Hoa, and has their son, Nguyen Duc Hanh, represented in thebusiness registration certificate. Hoa asked another person to represent herfamily in the ownership of 40 percent of this firm’s charter capital, whileGiang acted as the owner of the remaining 60 percent. Hoa repeatedly falsifiedpapers to change contributors to this company’s capital.
The procuracy held that the actions by Chung and the othershave caused “serious losses”, totaling over 36 billion VND (nearly 1.6 millionUSD), to the State.
In December 2020, the Hanoi People’s Court found Chung guilty of “appropriating confidential state documents” and decided to sentence him to five years in prison./.
The Investigation Police Agency under the Ministry of Public Security on March 17 took legal action against Nguyen Duc Chung, former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee, citing his involvement in the purchase of the water cleaning agent Redoxy 3C to purify lakes in the city that ran counter to regulations and caused losses to the State.
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Former Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung (Photo: VNA) 
