(PLO)- Muoi Tuong smuggling boss said she was not the mastermind, hoping the jury would consider it because the defendant had already committed too many crimes.
On February 21, the People’s Court of An Giang province continued the first-instance trial of smuggling tycoon Nguyen Thi Kim Hanh (also known as Muoi Tuong) and 24 accomplices in the case of smuggling 51kg of gold and illegally transporting currency across the border. .
The indictment accuses Hanh of being the mastermind and leader of all operations of transporting USD and gold across the Vietnam-Cambodia border for smugglers.
Specifically, at noon on October 30, 2020, the functional forces discovered Nguyen Hoang Ut controlling the shell from Cambodia to the area of group 07, Vinh Chanh 1 cluster, Vinh Nguon ward, Chau Doc city, pairing with Tuyen road. Record.
At the same time, four people walking to the shell tried to take three plastic bags inside containing more than 50.9 kg of 99.99% raw gold and bring it to two parked motorbikes, when the inter-agency force arrested.
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The amount of gold caught in the case |
The investigation results show that some gold shops and Duong Cong Cuong have an agreement to transfer USD from Vietnam to Cambodia and buy gold from Tuot, Hía, and Pha Na (who are living in Cambodia) to transfer back to Vietnam.
Tuot, Hia, and Pha Na hire Hanh to transport USD and gold. Shipping fee per 100,000 USD is 70 USD, each kg of gold is 15 USD.
To transport USD and gold across the Vietnam – Cambodia border, Hanh hires and assigns subjects to directly contact to receive USD money, deliver gold and receive transportation fees.
The subjects transported USD to Cambodia and received gold transported to Hanh’s house to deliver to the gold shops.
At today’s trial, the court continued to question defendants Hanh, Duong Cong Cuong and Truong Thanh Liem (Truong Liem gold shop).
Defendant Liem agreed with the indictment, admitted that he had given $200,000 to Loc to bring to Cambodia to deliver Tuot, but only at Tuot’s request, Liem had no business relationship with Muoi Tuong.
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Defendant Truong Thanh Liem |
And defendant Duong Cong Cuong said that while going to the doctor, he knew Tuat. “Tut saw that the defendant was old, so he suggested that the defendant hand over the gold to the defendant to make a profit, only to pay following selling the gold. Each time Tuot sent the defendant 1-2kg of gold through Hanh’s juniors in which Chanh and Lead went directly to the defendant’s house to deliver and receive the money. Shipping fee is calculated by Tuot for them.
After receiving the gold, the defendant brought it to Ho Chi Minh City and delivered it to a gold shop of a man named Trang in District 5, Ho Chi Minh City, but the defendant had never met Trang, but only handed it to Trang’s soldiers. The process of delivering money – gold takes place in the toilet “- Cuong declared.
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Defendant Duong Cong Cuong |
Talking regarding his relationship with Hanh, Cuong said Hanh was the wife of the defendant. The accused and his wife often lend Hanh business money with an interest rate of 1%/month. Hanh let his juniors go to receive gold from Tot and deliver it to defendant Cuong, in return Hanh benefited from borrowing money from defendant Cuong.
Muoi Tuong smuggling tycoon also admitted to having a financial relationship with Cuong, but Hanh said that he did not master, directly transport or benefit from this transportation.
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Defendant Hanh admitted to only sponsoring his juniors, but Hanh did not participate |
“The defendant only sponsored Loc to participate in transporting Cuong to benefit from borrowing money from Cuong and his wife. The defendant did not know Tuot, did not know the gold shop owners, and the defendant Loc’s transport to the gold shops did not know. The defendant has already committed too many crimes, now I just hope the jury will consider it, in this case, the defendant is only helping,” Hanh said, crying.
Trial of ‘boss’ Muoi Tuong and 24 accomplices to smuggle 51kg of gold
(PLO)- Trafficking boss Muoi Tuong and 24 accomplices were brought to trial in the case of smuggling 51kg of gold and illegally transporting currency.
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