2023-05-24 17:50:10
Recently (May 24), Nguoi Lao Dong newspaper reported that the People’s Procuracy of Nghe An province had an appeal once morest the case. Teacher sentenced to 5 years in prison Ms. Le Thi Dung, former director of Continuing Education Center (GDTX) in Hung Nguyen district.
Cancel the first instance judgment
Accordingly, the People’s Procuracy of Nghe An province requested the People’s Court of Nghe An province to conduct an appellate trial in the direction of annulling the first-instance judgment for investigation and retrial.
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The Procuracy protested to cancel the first-instance sentence of teacher Le Thi Dung who was sentenced to 5 years in prison. |
“Mr. Pham Le Tuyen, her son Le Thi Dung, said his family received the above information this morning of May 24. However, the family has not been able to access this protest document.” – Thanh Nien newspaper quoted.
In other related developments, Mr. Lam Quoc Tu – Chief Justice of the People’s Court of Hung Nguyen district, Nghe An province replied on Dan Viet Newspaper: “Currently, the case is under the jurisdiction of the superior, the district People’s Court. Hung Nguyen has run out of authority to speak.”
Previously, in response to a question from a reporter of Ho Chi Minh City Law Newspaper regarding the information on social networks that the court officer had personally met with defendant Dung to apologize and said that he was “under pressure”. Mr. Lam Quoc Tu, Chief Justice of Hung Nguyen District People’s Court, said: “There is no such thing. There was no pressure from the trial court.”
“Actually (the jury) is tired because of the large number of records (in the case file), the pressure of public opinion, anyway, the trial of the case is also stressful regarding not eating, not being able to swallow rice. We did the right thing by law. For example, later on, the appellate court affirmed that the first instance court unfairly tried and declared innocent, then we are required to apologize and compensate. Now there’s nothing to apologize for.
No one is allowed to direct the trial panel for several years, not even the Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee can intervene. The law already stipulates that no agency, organization or individual can interfere in the trial or infringe on judicial activities. If you ask us to handle it seriously, if we ask to handle the right person and the right crime, we will listen, but if we ask for a trial for a few years, we will not listen but have the independent right to judge the judge,” Mr. Tu said.
“This is a complicated case”
Doctor, lawyer Dang Van Cuong, chief representative of the Legal Law Office, said that this is a complicated criminal case, and the defendant has complained, so the appellate court will carefully consider the whole assessment. identify the circumstances of the case to identify signs of crime, clarify the responsibilities of relevant organizations and individuals for handling in accordance with law.
According to lawyer Cuong, the authorities also clarified public information regarding internal conflicts and the causes of the incident to solve it thoroughly, ensuring fairness, objectivity and lawfulness. This is a complicated case, public opinion has a lot of conflicting information, the accused himself is angry and appeals once morest his claim. Therefore, lawyer Cuong said that the appellate court should be careful in considering and evaluating all the circumstances related to the case, clarifying the signs that constitute a crime, especially the provisions of law. legislation on the development of internal spending regulations of public non-business units to determine whether the defendant’s behavior violates the law and how to handle it in accordance with the provisions of the law. .
“In case there are not enough grounds to convict, the first-instance judgment must be amended to declare the defendant not guilty and restore the defendant’s civil rights in accordance with the law, lawyer Cuong commented.
According to the case file “the teacher was sentenced to 5 years in prison”, during her work, Ms. Le Thi Dung, as the director of the center, presided over the development of internal spending regulations.
This regulation has not been approved by the Department of Education and Training of Nghe An in accordance with the regulations and applying this regulation leads to incorrect spending and benefits of nearly 45 million VND.
Ms. Dung was prosecuted and detained since March 28, 2022 until now.
On April 24, 2023, the People’s Court of Hung Nguyen district sentenced Ms. Le Thi Dung to 5 years in prison for “abusing her position and power while on duty”. The court also forced the arrears of nearly 45 million VND from the defendant Dung to return to the Center for Vocational Education – Continuing Education of Hung Nguyen district.
In addition, the court also sentenced defendant Nguyen Thi Huong – former central accountant – to a suspended sentence of 24 months in prison.
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