Former deputy FM, 17 others may face death sentences
HCMC – The Supreme People’s Procuracy of Vietnam has released its indictments against 54 suspects in the Covid-19 repatriation flight scandal, with former Deputy Foreign Minister To Anh Dung and 17 others likely to be sentenced to between 20 years in prison and death. The country’s top prosecution
Former deputy foreign minister accused of taking VND21.5-billion in bribes
HCMC – To Anh Dung, former deputy minister of Foreign Affairs, has been charged with accepting VND21.5 billion in bribes from the businesses he handpicked to join the Covid-19 repatriation flight plan. Dung, 58, was in charge of approving the flights that brought Vietnamese nationals back home
Nine more prosecuted over Covid-19 repatriation flights
HCMC – A former official at the Vietnamese Embassy in Malaysia and eight other individuals, including seven business leaders, have been prosecuted over their alleged involvement in repatriation flights conducted during the height of the Covid-19 pandemic. The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) said