The former chairman of Vietnam National Shipping Lines (Vinalines) received his salary from the company during the two-year imprisonment before he was sentenced to death.
Duong Chi Dung at the trial on June 9.
According to a representative of the Ministry of Transport, during the period between his arrest in September 2012 and his sentencing, Dung had still been collecting his pay. His monthly salary was more than VND5 million.
The salary was in line with the government’s regulation, which say that suspended officials could still collect half their pay if they are suspended, pending investigation.
Recently, the Ministry of Transport decided to officially fire Duong Chi Dung after the court announced his death sentence.
Minister of Transport, Dinh La Thang, commented that the ministry’s decision for dismissal was too cautious, going so far as to say it was a bit “ridiculous“.
National Assembly Deputy, Nguyen Sy Cuong, former Chief Inspector of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said that there are still no clear regulations about when to dismiss an official who is accused of violations, causing agencies to wait for the court’s final verdict.
Cuong, however, said that the case of Dung, who fled abroad and arrested, was grounds for immediate dismissal.
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