On May 10, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency issued a wanted notice for suspect Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of International Progress Joint Stock Company (AIC).
Defendant Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan. Photo: VNA
The investigation agency determined that by the time the indictment and temporary detention order was served (April 29) on Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, she had already fled. According to the wanted notice, the defendant Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan was prosecuted for the crime of "Violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences" as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 222 of the 2015 Penal Code (amended and supplemented in 2017). She fled on June 19, 2021.
The residence of defendant Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan before hiding was at Pacific Place apartment building, 83B Ly Thuong Kiet street, Tran Hung Dao ward, Hoan Kiem district, Hanoi city.
The investigation agency informs that any person has the right to arrest and immediately take a wanted person to the nearest police agency, prosecutor's office or People's Committee. After arresting or receiving a wanted person, it is necessary to immediately notify the Investigation Police Agency of the Ministry of Public Security, No. 47 Pham Van Dong, Mai Dich Ward, Cau Giay District, Hanoi City; Phone: 0916777767.
Previously, the Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency issued a decision to prosecute the criminal case of "Violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences" occurring at Dong Nai General Hospital, Tien Bo Quoc Te Joint Stock Company and related units. The investigation agency issued a decision to prosecute the accused and execute the order to temporarily detain Mr. Phan Huy Anh Vu (Director of the Department of Health, former Director of Dong Nai General Hospital).
The investigation agency also prosecuted and issued an arrest warrant for Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan (Chairwoman of the Board of Directors and General Director of AIC Company), a number of employees of this company and a number of people from the New Generation Construction Investment Consulting and Valuation Joint Stock Company.
The investigation results so far have determined: The Dong Nai General Hospital construction investment project was approved by the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee for investment adjustment in Decision No. 1872/QD-UBND dated July 21, 2010 with a total investment of 1,904 billion VND, assigning Dong Nai General Hospital as the Investor. During the process of preparing the Project adjustment dossier, bidding dossiers for 12 medical equipment procurement packages under the Project in the period from 2013 to 2015, officials from: the Investor, AIC International Progress Joint Stock Company; the consulting unit for project preparation, bidding dossier preparation, bid evaluation; The Valuation Unit colluded, inflated the value of equipment in adjusting the total investment and bid package price, colluded in bidding fraud, seriously violated the Bidding Law so that AIC International Progress Joint Stock Company won 12 bid packages with a total value of 470.87 billion VND, causing damage to state assets, initially determined to be 152 billion VND.
The Ministry of Public Security's Investigation Police Agency said it is continuing to thoroughly investigate, expand the case and apply legal measures to thoroughly recover assets for the State.
According to Tin Tuc Newspaper