Gasoline smugglers pay Coast Guard officials $86,000 per month in bribes

Colonel Nguyen The Anh (R), who used to work as head of the Border Guard in the southern province of Kien Giang, stands trial in Hanoi for taking bribes from a gasoline smuggling ring. Photo by VnExpress

Later, Huu struck a deal to give Major General Le Van Minh, 57, commander of the Coast Guard Zone 4, which oversees the waters in southern Vietnam, VND300-450 million per month.

Later, Huu raised the sum to VND500 million per month.

Within September 2019, Huu traveled to southern Tra Vinh Province to meet with Colonel Nguyen Van Hung, head of the Truong Long Hoa Port Border Guard, Colonel Pham Van Tren, head of Tra Vinh Border Guard, Lieutenant Colonel Le Van Phuong, deputy head of Tra Vinh’s Traffic Police Department, and Pham Ho Hai, chief representative of Can Tho Port Authority based in Tra Vinh.

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