On May 22, the High People's Court in Hanoi opened a hearing to consider the appeal of Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan (former Chairwoman of AIC Company) and 14 other defendants in the case that occurred at AIC Company, Dong Nai General Hospital and related units.
The panel of judges consists of 3 judges, chaired by Mr. Mai Anh Tai.
Among the defendants appealing, in addition to Ms. Nhan (whose lawyer appealed on her behalf), there are also two former AIC Deputy General Directors Tran Manh Ha and Hoang Thi Thuy Nga, and former Director of Dong Nai General Hospital Phan Huy Anh Vu. Among them, Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan and Tran Manh Ha along with 6 other defendants are wanted.
The civil defendant in the appeal case is Tien Bo Quoc Te Joint Stock Company (AIC). Mr. Tran Dinh Thanh (former Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee) and Mr. Dinh Quoc Thai (former Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee) did not appeal, but accepted the first instance sentence.
The defendants in the first instance trial.
In the sentencing on January 4, the Hanoi People's Court stated that defendant Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan contacted Dong Nai leaders to ask for help, allowing AIC Company to participate and win the bid at Dong Nai General Hospital even though she knew she did not have the financial capacity to participate.
Ms. Nhan then directed her staff to collude with the investor and other units to prepare bidding documents in a way that helped AIC Company win the bid. Through this, AIC participated in and won 16 bid packages at Dong Nai General Hospital, causing a loss of 152 billion VND.
While working in Dong Nai, defendant Nhan and his subordinates bribed the then Secretary of Dong Nai, Mr. Tran Dinh Thanh, with 14.5 billion VND; Dinh Quoc Thai with 14.5 billion VND and Phan Huy Anh Vu with 14.8 billion VND. Defendant Bo Ngoc Thu was also "thanked" with 1 billion VND.
The court determined that defendant Nhan committed the crimes of bribery and bidding violations as the leader and mastermind, and suffered the aggravating circumstance of absconding.
Former employees at AIC said they acted under the highest orders of Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan. Former Deputy General Director Hoang Thi Thuy Nga said she was authorized by Nhan to carry out bid rigging at the project, contact provincial leaders, direct subordinates and connect with "blue forces".
With the above conclusions, the panel sentenced Mr. Thanh to 11 years in prison, Mr. Thai to 9 years in prison, both for the crime of Accepting bribes. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan was sentenced to a total of 30 years in prison. Mr. Vu received a total sentence of 19 years in prison. Ms. Hoang Thi Thuy Nga received 12 years in prison for the crime of Violating bidding regulations causing serious consequences. The remaining 29 defendants received sentences ranging from 30 months of suspended imprisonment to 6 years and 6 months in prison.
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