The eight defendantsare being prosecuted by the Supreme People’s Procuracy for “organisingand brokering illegal emigration” under Article 349 of the Penal Code.
The indictment said that, in 2018, taking advantage of the need ofcertain people who wished to travel to the RoK for work and the State’s policy ofcreating the necessary conditions for businesses to connect and promote investmentand business with foreign partners through participating in the working delegationsof leaders abroad, the defendants organised for six people to travel to the RoKto earn illicit profits.
Four of these people have returned to Vietnam, while two others are still in hidingin the RoK.
The Procuracy said the defendants’ actions violated regulations on administrativemanagement regarding entry and exit and adversely affected the country’s foreignrelations.
The Ministry of Public Security has sent a document to the NA Office and the Ministryof Planning and Investment demanding that loopholes be closed and shortcomingsaddressed in the organisation and management of business delegations abroad./.