A bird's-eye view of the Thu Thiem new urban area project in HCM City (Photo: VNA)Trac, who isalso Chairman of the Party Central Committee’s Commission for Internal Affairs and Standing Deputy Head of the Central Steering Committee for Corruption Prevention and Control, asked municipalauthorities to promptly revoke 1.13 billion USD appropriated in Thu Thienurban area project and use the sum to invest in the new urban area.
Covering657ha, the Thu Thiem new urban area is located on Thu Thiem Peninsula in HCMCity’s District 2, which faces downtown district 1 across the Sai Gon River.
According tothe Government Inspectorate, the city's administration illegally took the land ofnearly 200 households who lived on a 4.3ha area outside the originallyplanned Thu Thiem new urban area. The households have received compensation inexchange for their land.
At theworking session, Trac also asked the city to speed up investigations andsettlement of other corruption cases at the request of the Government Inspectorate,including the case at the Vietnam Southern Food Corporation, the Saigon Agriculture Corporation (SAGRI), and the Saigon RealEstate Corporation (RESCO).
During the investigations of the cases, if there are any violations related toofficials under the management of the Politburo or Party Central Committee’s Secretariat,the city should report and hand over relevant information anddocuments to the Party Central Committee’s Inspection Commission for settlementin line with the Party's regulations, he stressed./.
VNA
