Nguyen Duc Van and Vu Nhu Khang, officials of the Hai Duong Province Construction Investment Project Management Board, took advantage of their duties as supervisors and constructors of the Huu Rang dike renovation and upgrade project to receive bribes.
The People's Court of Hai Duong province has just held a first-instance trial of Nguyen Duc Van (born in 1974, residing in Ngoc Chau ward), Vu Nhu Khang (born in 1990, residing in Thanh Binh ward, both in Hai Duong city) for accepting bribes; Van Sy Trung (born in 1973, residing in Quynh Thien ward, Hoang Mai town, Nghe An) for giving bribes.
According to the indictment, on October 18, 2023, the Hai Duong Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board and the Joint Venture of Corporation 319 (Ministry of National Defense), Dai An Construction Joint Stock Company signed an economic contract on the construction of package No. 8 - the package to renovate and supplement the dike system of Hai Duong province in the period of 2021 - 2025.
The Provincial Construction Investment Project Management Board assigned Nguyen Duc Van, an officer of Project Management Department 3, to manage and supervise package 8, section K0+815 to K8+170; Vu Nhu Khang, an officer of Project Management Department 3, to manage and supervise package 8, section K9+600 to K13+000.
From November 7, 2023 to April 25, 2024, Van and Khang took advantage of their duties as supervisors and construction workers of the Huu Rang dike renovation and upgrade project under package No. 8 to receive money from Van Sy Trung, director of Trung An Khang Company (the unit that sold land to Enterprise 9, Company 319 for construction purposes) and Nguyen Dinh Dat (born in 1992, residing in Na Sam town, Van Lang district, Lang Son, manager of Dai An Construction Joint Stock Company) to prepare payment documents for Trung and Dat in violation of regulations.
Khang received more than 184 million VND from Trung 4 times. Khang divided 92 million VND for Van. Van received more than 36 million VND from Dat 3 times.
The total amount of money Van received from accepting bribes was more than 128 million VND; Khang received more than 92 million VND.
The trial panel sentenced Nguyen Duc Van to 3 years and 6 months in prison, Vu Nhu Khang to 3 years and 3 months in prison for accepting bribes; Van Sy Trung to 24 months in prison with a suspended sentence for giving bribes.
Regarding Dat's behavior of giving bribes to Van three times with a total amount of more than 36 million VND, on July 24, 2024, Dat went to the Investigation Police Agency (Hai Duong Provincial Police) to confess to transferring money to Van to create a quality management file, accept the project for Dai An Construction Joint Stock Company and provide documents and evidence to serve the investigation before being discovered.
Dat's behavior showed signs of bribery, but he proactively reported and provided information to serve the investigation, so he was not considered or handled.
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