Vietnam jails officials over rescue flight bribes
HANOI: A Vietnamese court on Friday gave lengthy sentences to high-ranking officials and businesspeople facing bribery and corruption charges over repatriation flights during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Four former senior officials at the ministries of foreign affairs, health and public security were sentenced to life in jail.The total amount of bribes in this case reached US$9.5 million, reports said. Kien was jailed for life under the charge of receiving 253 bribes over 11 months totalling US$1.8 million.
The move"badly undermined the prestige of state agencies and sectors ... causing anger in society and undermining people's trust".During the trial, Hoang Dieu Mo, a businesswoman who allegedly gave bribes to eight officials said:"At , no one asked me to give them money".
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