Trinh Xuan Thanh (Source: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Trinh Xuan
Thanh, former Chairman of the PetroVietnam Construction Corporation (PVC), gave
himself up to the Investigation Security Agency under the Ministry of Public Security after
nearly one year of evading international arrest warrant, the ministry reported
on July 31.
On September 16, 2016, the
Ministry of Public Security’s Investigation Police Agency decided to launch criminal
proceedings against Thanh, born in 1966 and residing at House No 24 – C2 Ciputra
in Hanoi’s Tay Ho district, for alleged violations of State regulations on economic
management resulting in losses of nearly 3.3 trillion VND (142 million USD) for
the PVC during his leadership.
After finding that Thanh had fled
abroad, the ministry decided to issue an arrest warrant domestically and
internationally for him.
Earlier, members of the Secretariat of the Party Central
Committee agreed to expel Thanh from the Party with 100 percent of approval
votes.
According to the Secretariat, between 2007-2013, in his
positions as Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Director General of the
PVC, and later as Secretary of the PVC’s Party Committee and Chairman of the
Board of Directors, Thanh showed irresponsibility and negligence in the
leadership and management of the corporation’s operation, and violated legal
regulations on business administration, resulting in many wrongdoings and losses
of nearly 3.3 trillion VND (142 million USD).
As the top official of the
corporation, Thanh must bear the main responsibility for the mistakes and
wrongdoings, but he was not serious and honest in acknowledging them.
After being transferred to Hau
Giang province, while serving as a member of the provincial Party Committee and
Vice Chairman of the provincial People’s Committee, Thanh used an official
plate on his private-owned luxury Lexus car, which was illegal.
As Thanh was responsible for the
wrongdoings, law violations and losses at the PVC, leaders of the Vietnam
National Oil and Gas Group assessed that he had not fulfilled his duty and
removed him from the position of Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman
of the Board of Directors of the PVC. This meant he was not eligible for any
promotion or transfer, but Thanh himself proposed for his transfer and let
relevant agencies conduct procedures to appoint him to leading positions at the
Ministry of Industry and Trade and Hau Giang province, which showed his dishonesty
and irresponsibility.
Furthermore, he was dishonest and
unrepentant during the self-criticism process, the Secretariat said.-VNA