“Therefore, a lawyer acting as a defense can only appeal to protect the interests of the person under the age of 18, who has a mental or physical disadvantage that he or she defends. These are the cases. The defendants are subjects who do not know the provisions of the law, so it is difficult to know the errors and unreasonable points in the judgment that has been pronounced by the trial panel,” – lawyer Tien stated.
According to this legal expert, for the case where defendant Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan is hiding, the defendant’s lawyer cannot appeal on behalf of the defendant. The acceptance of the appeal, consideration of the appealed contents and the application of law provisions belong to the Appellate Trial Panel.
With the same opinion, lawyer Bui Phan Anh of the Golden Lotus Law Firm, said that in the case of defendant Nhan according to current regulations, the lawyer has no right to appeal. An attorney may appeal on behalf of the client unless authorized in writing by the client.
Previously, on January 4, the Hanoi People’s Court sentenced defendant Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan to 14 years in prison for giving bribes and 16 years in prison for violating bidding regulations, causing serious consequences. The total penalty the president of AIC has to receive is 30 years in prison.
Along with that, the first-instance court sentenced former Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee Tran Dinh Thanh to 11 years in prison, former Chairman of the Provincial People’s Committee Dinh Quoc Thai to 9 years in prison for the same crime of accepting bribes; Former director of Dong Nai Provincial General Hospital Phan Huy Anh Vu was sentenced to 9 years in prison for accepting bribes, 10 years in prison for violating bidding regulations, causing serious consequences. The total penalty forced defendant Vu to serve 19 years in prison. Bo Ngoc Thu, former director of Dong Nai Department of Planning and Investment, was sentenced to 3 years and 6 months in prison for abusing positions and powers while on official duty.
AIC Deputy General Director Tran Manh Ha (wanted) received a total sentence of 25 years in prison. Defendant Hoang Thi Thuy Nga, deputy general director of AIC Company, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for violating regulations on bidding, causing serious consequences. The remaining 29 defendants received sentences ranging from 30 months in prison to 6 years in prison.
The first-instance judgment determined and determined that Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, President and General Director of AIC Company, wanted to win the contract to provide medical equipment at Dong Nai Hospital, should meet, thanks to defendant Tran Dinh Thanh, at that’s the Secretary of the Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee, helping. Through Mr. Thanh, defendant Nhan and AIC insiders contacted other leaders including: Dinh Quoc Thai; Phan Huy Anh Vu; Bo Ngoc Thu to ask for favorable conditions to help win the bid.
After that, AIC Company won 16 bidding packages at Dong Nai Hospital at a higher price than the market, causing a loss of 152 billion VND. During the bidding process, the AIC group bribed the defendants Thanh and Thai with 14.5 billion VND each; Vu 14.8 billion dong.
After the trial, the Hanoi People’s Court received an appeal from 16 defendants and AIC Company. Among the 16 defendants are Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan, Phan Huy Anh Vu, former director of Dong Nai General Hospital, former director of Dong Nai Department of Health, and Bo Ngoc Thu former director of Dong Nai Province’s Department of Planning and Investment. … Particularly, former Secretary of Dong Nai Provincial Party Committee Tran Dinh Thanh and former Chairman of Dong Nai Provincial People’s Committee Dinh Quoc Thai did not appeal.