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On June 3, the resident of Kien Giang
province issued a Buddhist sentence to 

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defendant Pham Minh Thanh, born in 1965,
residing in Dong Rien district, Kien 

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Giang province, for 14 years in prison
for the crime of abusing the 

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responsibility of appropriating property. 

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According to the indictment, before
2019, Thanh was the chairman of a 

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cooperative in Hoa Thuong commune, operating separately. 

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During this time, the defendant
represented farming households and 

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signed contracts to assign rice-seed
communes to Southern seedling companies and red flag branches. 

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But Thanh later quit his job and no longer held the position of chairman. 

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In the spring rice crop of 1922-1923,
the company continued to sign a contract 

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with Thanh to carry out rice seed
production, this time as its reputation. 

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Thanh has mobilized 42 households to
participate in rice seed production on 

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an area of over 80 hectares in Hoa
Thuong commune, Dong Rien district and 

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Vinh Ho Huong Bac commune, Pho Quao district. 

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During the harvest, the company
transferred a total of more than 5 

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billion VND to Thanh to pay for rice to households. 

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However, Thanh only paid a part, then
took the remaining amount to repay the debt and spend for personal expenses. 

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Due to their inability to pay, the
defendant at the scene impersonated a 

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thief of more than VND 715 million to
appropriate from 14 households, an 

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amount of nearly VND 941 million.