Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Safety has arrested Pham Tai Ha, deputy head of the nation’s Nationwide Meeting workplace and assistant to the meeting chairman, state media reported Monday.
The ministry’s Police Investigation Company stated it had ordered Ha’s short-term detention for “abusing his place and energy to affect others for private acquire,” in reference to the bidding for building tasks in Bac Giang province.
It stated the order to prosecute him was issued on Sunday and authorised by the Supreme Individuals’s Procuracy the next day. On Monday, the Investigation Company searched his residence and office.
Ha was appointed deputy head of the Nationwide Meeting Workplace and assistant to Nationwide Meeting Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue in Could 2022.
An company spokesperson stated his detention is available in reference to an expanded investigation into the Hanoi-based Thuan An Group Joint Inventory Firm, whose chairman Nguyen Duy Hung was arrested on April 15.
Hung is being investigated for bribery and violating bidding laws.
Thuan An Joint Inventory Firm’s basic director Tran Anh Quang has already been charged with bribery in reference to the case. Thuan An Group deputy basic director Nguyen Khac Man can also be being held and investigated for bribery and violating bidding laws.
Nguyen Van Thao and Dam Van Cuong, members of the Administration Board of Building Funding Tasks for Transport and Agricultural Works in Bac Giang province are additionally underneath investigation, each accused of violating bidding laws and Thao additionally being investigated for taking bribes, state media stated.
Thuan An Group is an infrastructure funding and building firm concerned in street, bridge and agricultural works tasks in Bac Giang province and elsethe place in Vietnam.
Translated by RFA Vietnamese. Edited by Mike Firn and Taejun Kang.
