Lieutenant General To An Xo: In the Viet A case, the rescue flight will have more defendants, the inspection director is illiterate.

Lieutenant General To An Xo - Photo: DANH KHANG

At the regular Government press conference on the afternoon of January 3, answering press questions about General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong's request to focus on removing difficulties and obstacles, and thoroughly handling the Viet A case and the "rescue flight" case in 2022, Lieutenant General To An Xo, Chief of Office and spokesman of the Ministry of Public Security, said that the investigation agency is striving to complete the investigation in the first quarter of 2023.

Accordingly, in the Viet A case, 29 cases were prosecuted with 102 defendants, and in the rescue flight case, 39 defendants were prosecuted. Regarding the amount of money that was seized and frozen, the defendants paid to remedy the consequences in the Viet A case 1,670 billion VND, and in the rescue flight case 80 billion VND.

"It is very likely that the number of defendants will increase in the coming time," Lieutenant General Xo said.

At the meeting, the press also mentioned that recently the police nationwide have been continuously investigating violations in vehicle registration, especially in the southern provinces, dozens of people have been prosecuted for being involved in a ring that accepted "bribes" to ignore vehicle errors, and asked the representative of the Ministry of Public Security to provide detailed information on the investigation results.

Responding to this content, Lieutenant General To An Xo stated that Ho Chi Minh City Police and professional departments of the Ministry of Public Security have discovered, fought against, and clarified violations and negative acts in the process of granting certificates and inspections at a number of inspection stations in the city.Ho Chi Minh, Long An, Tien Giang, Soc Trang, Ben Tre, Bac Giang, Bac Ninh... and certainly more.

Accordingly, City PoliceHo Chi Minhordered searches of 12 testing centers, prosecuted 6 cases with 43 defendants on charges of bribery, bribery brokerage, and forgery in work.

Specifically, the violations of the inspection centers include ignoring violations; renting spare parts, for example, renting tires for replacement when a vehicle is inspected for worn tires; using software to interfere with the inspection system, for example, if there are 2 filters, only one is plugged in, while the other end of the vehicle still meets emission standards...

It is estimated that more than 70,000 motor vehicles were inspected under the law, and the inspection centers issued 52,300 inspection certificates, illegally profiting tens of billions of dong.

Notably, according to the spokesperson of the Ministry of Public Security, some inspection centers do not meet the standards but still create a list of virtual inspectors, legalizing the Government's regulations when establishing an inspection center such as having 3 inspectors and 1 senior inspector.

“During the investigation, it was discovered that the director of the inspection center was illiterate. When the investigator asked him, he could not write or read.

This person said he was only in 3rd grade 50 years ago but became the director of the 50-17D Vehicle Inspection Center in Nha Be District (City).Ho Chi Minh). This is the first time such reckless behavior has been discovered. There are many more in the investigation process,” General Xo added.

The above acts have violated public management order, caused insecurity for drivers, and negatively affected public opinion...

"This is a Viet A virus in vehicle inspection. The Ministry of Public Security is continuing to expand the investigation. The number of suspects will continue to increase in the coming time," General Xo affirmed.

According to Tuoi Tre