Le Courrier du Vietnam reports here on the military court trial of several civilian officials on fraud and land management charges involving the former Nha Trang airport. Excerpt:
According to the Judgment Council, this is a criminal case of particular gravity. Defendants holding positions within the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa Province and agencies under the Ministry of Defense failed to properly fulfill their responsibilities in the recovery, handover of land and allocation of the project, allowing Nguyen Van Hau (former chairman of the Phuc Son Group), Tran Huu Dinh and Nguyen Thi Hang to conclude land transfer contracts and illegally mobilize funds to fraudulently appropriate the property of others.
For violating land management rules, the court sentenced Nguyen Chien Thang, former chairman of the People's Committee of Khanh Hoa Province, to four years in prison; Le Duc Vinh, former chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, and Dao Cong Thien, former vice-chairman, to three years and six months in prison each; Vo Tan Thai, former director of the Khanh Hoa Department of Natural Resources and Environment, to three years and six months in prison; Hoang Viet Quang, former brigadier general, former deputy director of the Operations Department (Ministry of National Defence), and Nguyen Duy Cuong, former brigadier general, former rector of the Aviation Officers' School, to two years and six months in prison each.
For fraud, the court sentenced Nguyen Van Hau, former chairman of the Phuc Son group, to 11 years in prison; Tran Huu Dinh, former director of the Nam A investment company, to eight years and six months in prison; Nguyen Thi Hang, former deputy general manager of the Phuc Son group, to seven years and six months in prison.
Only two of the defendants appear to have had military status -- and it seems that they were retirees.
Human rights jurisprudence strongly disfavors the exercise of court-martial jurisdiction over civilians.
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