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31 lawyers to protect 12 defendants involved in the Ethanol Phu Tho case

Thirty-one lawyers have registered to protect 12 defendants involved in the case of violations of regulations on investment in construction works, causing serious consequences, at an ethanol plant in the northern province of Phu Tho, for which a 10-day trial will be opened by the People’s Court of Hanoi on March 8.
31 lawyers to protect 12 defendants involved in the Ethanol Phu Tho case ảnh 1Former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) Dinh La Thang at a court on January 22 (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Thirty-one lawyers have registered to protect 12 defendants involved in the case of violations of regulations oninvestment in construction works, causing serious consequences, at an ethanolplant in the northern province of Phu Tho, for which a 10-day trial will beopened by the People’s Court of Hanoi on March 8.

Prominent among the 12 defendants are former Chairman of the Board ofDirectors of the Vietnam National Oil and Gas Group (PetroVietnam) Dinh LaThang; former Chairman of the Board of Directors and former General Director ofthe PetroVietnam Construction JSC (PVC) Trinh Xuan Thanh; and former GeneralDirector of the PetroVietnam  PetroChemicalsand Biofuel JSC (PVB) Vu Thanh Ha

Trinh Xuan Thanh has been charged with “violatingregulations on investment in construction works, causing serious consequences”,under Article 224, Clause 3 of the Criminal Code 2015, and “abusing positionand power while performing duties” under Article 356, Clause 3.

Thang will have three lawyers to protect him, Thanh four, and Ha six. One defendanthas not asked any lawyer to defend him at the court.

The court will summon six inspectors and a number ofwitnesses as well as those having relevant obligations and rights.

According to the indictment, Thang signed a resolution to approve theinvestment in the project in October 2007. With Thanh’s support, PVC/AlfaLaval/Delta-T joint contractors, who had no previous experience in carrying outethanol projects, were assigned to be in charge of the project.

As a result, the project was continuously behind schedule and stopped inMarch 2013 with no construction items done.

Wrongdoings of the defendants were said to cause a loss of more than 543billion VND (23.49 million USD)./. 
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