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Vietnam sentences former official to 13 years jail amid corruption crackdown: state media

Dinh La Thang, a former chairman of state oil and gas group PetroVietnam, is the most senior politician to be charged in decades.

January 22, 2018 09:32 am | Updated 09:32 am IST - HANOI:

In this Jan. 8, 2018, file photo, Dinh La Thang is led to court by police in Hanoi, Vietnam. Prosecutors on Thursday recommended 14-15 years in prison for former Politburo member Dinh La Thang, an ex-chairman of state-owned energy giant PetroVietnam, on charges of violating management regulations.

In this Jan. 8, 2018, file photo, Dinh La Thang is led to court by police in Hanoi, Vietnam. Prosecutors on Thursday recommended 14-15 years in prison for former Politburo member Dinh La Thang, an ex-chairman of state-owned energy giant PetroVietnam, on charges of violating management regulations.

A court in Vietnam sentenced a former politburo member to 13 years in prison on Thursday for violating state regulations amid a widespread corruption crackdown, the state-run Voice of Vietnam reported.

Dinh La Thang, a former chairman of state oil and gas group PetroVietnam, is the most senior politician to be charged in decades.

The court also sentenced high-profile official Trinh Xuan Thanh, whom Germany said Vietnamese agents kidnapped in a Berlin park, to life in prison. They were among a group of more than 20 oil executives facing trial.

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