HÀ NỘI — The Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has taken legal action against 14 people for alleged involvement in legal violations in Phase 2 of the production expansion project at the Thái Nguyên Iron and Steel Joint Stock Corporation (TISCO).

The MPS said the move had been made during a probe into violations of construction investment regulations that caused serious consequences and infringements of rules on State asset management and use that caused losses and wastefulness in Phase 2 of the company’s production expansion project.

Those under investigation include former Standing Deputy Director of the project management board at TISCO Đặng Văn Tập, former Deputy Director and project secretary Đồng Quang Duong, former Chief Accountant at TISCO Đỗ Xuân Hoà, former deputy heads of the statistical accounting and finance division at TISCO Lê Thị Tuyết Lan and Uông Sỹ Bính, former member of the control board at the State-run Việt Nam Steel Corporation (VNS) Nguyễn Văn Tráng, and former member of the Board of Directors and head of the control board at VNS Dang Thuc Khang.

They were charged with “violating regulations on the management and use of State assets that caused losses and wastefulness” under Article 219 of the 2015 Penal Code.

Police also took legal action against five others for “lacking responsibility that caused serious consequences” under Article 360 of the 2015 Penal Code: Lê Phú Hưng and Nguyễn Minh Xuân – former members of the VNS Board of Directors, along with Nguyễn Chí Dũng, Hoàng Ngọc Diệp, and Đoàn Thu Trang – former members of the TISCO Board of Directors.

The MPS is working to finalise the investigation in line with regulations of the Central Steering Committee for Anti-Corruption. — VNS