The Director and former Director of the Registry Department directly receive monthly and quarterly bribes from the directors of the registration center to ignore the mistakes of their subordinates.
On January 17, the Ho Chi Minh City Public Security Investigation Police Agency prosecuted the accused and detained Mr. Tran Ky Hinh (former Director of the Registry Department) for the crime of accepting bribes under Article 354 of the Penal Code.
Before Mr. Hinh, the investigating agency prosecuted and detained Mr. Dang Viet Ha, Director of the Vietnam Registry Department for the same crime. Thus, two generations of the head of the registry are “indigo” regarding the act of taking bribes.
Former Director receives monthly payment
Mr. Tran Ky Hinh worked as the Director of the Vietnam Register from January 1, 2014 to August 2021, when he retired according to the regime. During this time, Mr. Hinh once answered the press regarding the negative situation at the registration centers.
At that time, the head of the registry said that this unit would handle it very seriously, closing a series of centers, indefinitely suspending many centers, center leaders, and registrars across the country.
Mr. Hinh said that the opinion of the Department if there is a violation in the registration industry, it will be dealt with strictly, without respect and tolerance. He also confirmed that he would dismiss and fire the leader of the negative registration center.
| Tran Ky Hinh was prosecuted on January 17. Photo: provided by the police. |
However, the Ho Chi Minh City Public Security Investigation Agency determined that in the period from 2014 to August 2021, Mr. Tran Ky Hinh, in the role of Director of the Registry Department, directly or through the accused Tran Anh Quan (acting head of Department of Motor Vehicle Inspection) received bribes from some directors of the Registration Center to sign and approve the issuance of registration codes and certificates of eligibility for registration activities, even though these registration centers were not fully qualified. prescribed conditions.
On the other hand, during his tenure as the Director of the Vietnam Register, Mr. Tran Ky Hinh loosened his management, lacked inspection and supervision, directly received monthly and quarterly bribes from directors. The registration center aims to ignore the violations of the registration centers in accepting bribes from vehicle owners and brokers to issue registration certificates for motor vehicles that do not meet safety standards. engineering and environmental protection.
Systematic, cross-cutting mistakes
After Mr. Tran Ky Hinh retired, Mr. Dang Viet Ha was appointed as Director of the Registry Department from August 1, 2021.
During his time as Director of the Department, Mr. Ha received bribes to license the establishment of a registration center. In addition, monthly and quarterly, the registration centers all pay for Mr. Ha and the leaders of the departments.
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| Director General Dang Viet Ha was prosecuted and detained on January 12. Photo: provided by the police. |
The Ho Chi Minh City Police said that the violations at the registration centers were systematic, throughout, took place over a long period of time, related to the employees, the directors of the registration centers and the leaders and officials of the registration centers. Register Department.
Therefore, in addition to Mr. Hinh and Mr. Ha, the investigating agency also prosecuted and detained the defendants Tran Anh Quan (acting head of the Motor Vehicle Inspection Department), Dang Tran Khanh (Deputy Head of Motor Vehicle Inspection Department). ), Pham Duc Ngoc (specialist in the Department of Motor Vehicle Inspection).
According to the police, these three officers also received money from the registration centers to help set up the center as well as ignore the errors of the vehicles to issue inspection certificates. “The criminal behavior of the officers and leaders of the Registry Department is the same, but the extent and amount of bribes are different,” an investigator said.