The emergency arrest by Thai Binh provincial Police of former National Assembly member Luu Binh Nhuong, Deputy Head of the National Assembly’s People’s Petitions Commission, on the evening of November 14, on the charge of “property seizure” seems unlikely to persuade public opinion.
Tuoi Tre newspaper on December 7 published a news article with the title: “Chief of the People’s Procuracy of Thai Binh province informs about the behavior of Luu Binh Nhuong.”
According to Tuoi Tre newspaper, regarding the prosecution and arrest of Mr. Luu Binh Nhuong, former member of the 14th National Assembly, Deputy Head of the People’s Petitions Commission of the 15th National Assembly Standing Committee, on the afternoon of December 7, Director of the Procuracy Thai Binh provincial People’s Council Lai Hop Manh discussed further with delegates at the 7th session of the 17th Thai Binh provincial People’s Council.
Director of the Procuracy of Thai Binh province, Lai Hop Manh, admitted that during the past 24 days, since November 14, after the emergency arrest of Luu Binh Nhuong, public opinion and voters nationwide have been very concerned this issue.
Lai Hop Manh reiterated that the initial basis for prosecuting and temporarily detaining Luu Binh Nhuong was based on the results of the investigation of the case of Pham Minh Cuong (also known as Cuong Quat), a gang specializing in raping a number of businesses licensed to exploit coastal sand mines in Thuy Duong commune, Thai Thuy district, Thai Binh province.
Luu Binh Nhuong was considered by Thai Binh Police to be an accomplice, helping Pham Minh Cuong to seize property, according to Clause 4, Article 170, Criminal Code.
According to Mr. Lai Hop Manh, “Pham Minh Cuong’s group’s business was hindered by other groups, so Pham Minh Cuong asked Luu Binh Nhuong to help intervene, because of a previous relationship. Cuong is said to recognize Nhuong as his adoptive father, and Nhuong recognizes Cuong as his nephew.”
However, public opinion found that Thai Binh Procuracy Director Lai Hop Manh did not clearly state which specific agencies Luu Binh Nhuong intervened in, how he influenced it, and what conditions he created for Pham Minh Cuong’s group, and how does this impact support the “bribe collection” activities of businesses.
Kim Van Chinh, a former lecturer at the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, in a status titled “The Luu Binh Nhuong case” commented that, it seems, the Thai Binh Police are increasingly deadlocked in their efforts finding evidence to convict Mr. Nhuong according to the law.
Initially, the evidence was believed to be the gate of the family church in Mr. Nhuong’s hometown, which was protected by the police as an evidence. But to this day, Thai Binh provincial Police still cannot prove “how is that set of gates evidence of crime?”
That’s why, authorities in Thai Binh province had to “pull” Lai Hop Manh to defend, but only announced vague suspicions about Mr. Luu Binh Nhuong’s complicity in robbing property. For the reason that “Cuong “wrong” often “boasts” that he is “Mr. Nhuong’s adopted son“, as evidence to convict him of “accomplice” in property theft, it is too inexperienced.
Public opinion sees that the story of “fox borrowing the power of a tiger” is very common in the business world, who doesn’t know it. Meanwhile, Mr. Luu Binh Nhuong is a former member of the 14th National Assembly, Deputy Head of the People’s Petitions Commission of the 15th National Assembly Standing Committee. Or in short, Mr. Nhuong is a representative of the people and must be responsible to the people according to regulations.
Experts say that, as a National Assembly delegate, if he receives feedback from the people, Mr. Luu Binh Nhuong sends a petition and asks the authorities to consider and handle behavior that shows signs of violation by social groups is a responsible exercise, which must be welcomed but that cannot be used to accuse Mr. Nhuong of being an accomplice.
Furthermore, as a National Assembly delegate, Mr. Luu Binh Nhuong has no responsibility or obligation to find out how “wrong” Cuong’s business locations are by placing stakes. Specifically, that is the responsibility of the local government to clarify.
It is mandatory for National Assembly member Nhuong to listen to people’s feedback and then submit a petition as a representative of the people, not as an individual or an enforcement agency. law.
After Nhuong’s complaint, the result belongs to the authority of the law enforcement agency to verify and conclude, Luu Binh Nhuong is not the person to make the decision.
Even if he receives information that social gangs hinder businesses to illegally collect money but he did not notify the authorities, Nhuong may be prosecuted for failed to perform properly and sufficiently in the role of a member of the National Assembly.
That is why, right from the beginning, public opinion’s reaction was that the arrest of Mr. Liu Pyongyang was a political plot to destroy factions within the Party.
In a totalitarian society like Vietnam today, governance depends entirely on the will of a few individuals leading the Communist Party of Vietnam. There, all mechanisms for regulating and monitoring state power will be disabled, including the voices of National Assembly members those who dare to criticize the current political and social situation, with the desire for a better country.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
