Vietnam Railway Corporation exec arrested on bribery charges

May 06, 2014 | 13:43

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According to a source from the Vietnam Railway Corporation (VRC), deputy general director Tran Quoc Dong was arrested at the company’s head office on May 3 under suspicion that he received a VND16 billion ($762,000) bribe from a Japanese partner (JTC Corporation), reported tienphong.vn. >> Vietnam railway official suspended indefinitely over alleged $780,000 Japanese bribe

Tran Quoc Dong

Related to these charges, three officials at VRC’s Railway Project Management Unit were also arrested and one official under the Vietnam Railway Administration (VNRA) faces suspension.

Dong used to work as head of the VRC’s External Relations Department before taking the post of director at the Railways Project Management Unit, under the VRC.

Tran Van Luc

On May 5, VNRA leaders confirmed with Tien Phong newspaper that they had suspended director of VNRA’s Project Management Unit Tran Van Luc.

Luc’s suspension came on the back of his suspected involvement into the JTC bribery case during the period he acted as director of VRC’s Railway Project Management Unit.

In an interview with Tien Phong newspaper, also on May 5, Deputy Minister of Transport Nguyen Hong Truong would not confirm the arrest of the officials.

“The police held independent investigations and have yet to officially inform us about the case. We will inform the media once we have news,” he said.

Tienphong

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