EXPLAIN: THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRUONG MY LAN REMAINS UNCHANGED

WITNESS NEWS FOR SEA TODAY - ASLIVE - THT - VNM - EXPLAIN_ THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRUONG M.

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LOCATION: VIETNAM 

CORRESPONDENT NAME: TANG HUYEN TRANG

NUMBER OF FILES: TWO 

FILE NAMES: WITNESS NEWS FOR SEA TODAY - ASLIVE - THT - VNM - EXPLAIN: THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR TRUONG MY LAN REMAINS UNCHANGED 

*Pronunciation of Vietnamese names 

TRUONG MY LAN: /TRUE-NG MEE LAHN/

VAN THINH PHAT: /VAHN TINH FAT/

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AT THE BEGINNING OF DECEMBER/ THE FAMOUS GIANT FRAUD IN VIETNAM/ REGARDING THE PROPERTY GROUP VAN THINH PHAT CAME TO THE APPEAL COURT// THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE GROUP’S CHAIRWOMAN/ PROPERTY TYCOON TRUONG MY LAN/ REMAINS UNCHANGED// 

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THIS UPDATE EXPLAINS WHY THE SENTENCE WAS UPHELD/ DESPITE THE DEFENDANTS’ APPEAL FOR COMPENSATION/ AND PRINCIPLES OF LENIENCY IN THE LAW SYSTEM OF VIETNAM// 

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AFTER 1 MONTH OF THE APPEAL TRIAL OF THE VAN THINH PHAT GIANT FRAUD/ THE COURT CONFIRMED THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR THE TYCOON TRUONG MY LAN//

THE COURT ORDERED LAN TO REPAY OVER 673 TRILLION VND TO SAIGON COMMERCIAL BANK/ SCB/ AS THE COURT FEES//

IN RESPONSE/ TRUONG MY LAN REQUESTED REDUCTION WITH HER PENALTIES/ INCLUDING:

ONE/ THE REDUCTION OR EXEMPTION FOR COURT FEES BECAUSE SHE IS AN ELDERLY CITIZEN/ 68 YEARS OLD// HOWEVER/ ACCORDING TO THE LAW/ TRUONG MY LAN DOESN’T QUALIFY FOR THIS// 

TWO/ THE REDUCTION FOR HER DEATH SENTENCE WAS ALSO DENIED// HERE ARE SOME REASONS// 

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FIRST OF ALL/ THE APPELLATE COURT STATED THAT THE DEATH SENTENCE FOR LAN AT THE FIRST-INSTANCE COURT WAS CORRECT/ WITH NO MISCARRIAGE OF JUSTICE//

AT THE APPELLATE LEVEL/ ALTHOUGH TRUONG MY LAN PROPOSED HANDLING 440 ASSETS FOR DAMAGE COMPENSATION/ THE LEGAL STATUS AND VALUATION OF THESE ASSETS WERE UNCLEAR// AS A RESULT/ THEY COULD NOT BE CONSIDERED FOR THE EXTENT OF DAMAGE RECOVERY//

THE JUDGMENT STATED THAT THE CONSEQUENCES OF THE CASE WERE EXTRAORDINARILY SEVERE/ AND THE CRIMES WERE EXCEPTIONALLY SERIOUS/ LEAVING NO GROUNDS TO REDUCE THE DEATH PENALTY FOR TRUONG MY LAN ON THE CHARGE OF EMBEZZLEMENT OF ASSETS//

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NOTABLY/ THE COURT ALSO NOTED THAT/ AFTER THE RULING/ IF THE DEFENDANT CONTINUES TO ACTIVELY COOPERATE AND  PROVIDE ASSETS TO RECOVER AT LEAST THREE-FOURTHS OF THE DAMAGES CAUSED/ HER DEATH SENTENCE COULD BE COMMUTED TO LIFE IMPRISONMENT//

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THE SCALE OF TRUONG MY LAN’S AND VAN THINH PHAT’S FRAUD NOT ONLY SHOCKED THE NATION BUT THE WHOLE WORLD// 

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WHEN THE LATEST UPDATES WERE PUBLISHED/ THE INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC EXPRESSED MIXED VIEWS ON THE CASE// HOWEVER/ THE STANCE OF VIETNAM IN THIS CASE/ AS WELL AS OTHER CASES UNDER THE ANTI-CORRUPTION CAMPAIGN CALLED BURNING FURNACE/ HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT THERE ARE NO "OFF-LIMITS" AREAS/ NO EXCEPTIONS//

ON THE OTHER HAND/ VIETNAMESE LAW ALWAYS PROVIDES ROOM FOR LENIENCY// SPECIFICALLY IN THIS CASE: 

WITHIN SEVEN DAYS OF THE JUDGMENT TAKING LEGAL EFFECT/ TRƯƠNG MỸ LAN HAS THE RIGHT TO SUBMIT A CLEMENCY REQUEST TO THE STATE PRESIDENT FOR THE COMMUTATION OF THE DEATH SENTENCE//BESIDES/ 48 DEFENDANTS HAD THEIR SENTENCES REDUCED DURING THE APPEAL COURT//

WE’D CONTINUE TO REPORT THE KEY UPDATES OF THE CASE//

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TANG HUYEN TRANG/ REPORTING FOR SEA TODAY/ FROM VIETNAM//