According to C03, Mr. Mai Tien Dung was not assigned to be in charge of the inspection and handling of petitions. However, following the leader's opinion and due to his acquaintance with Nguyen Cao Tri - General Director of Saigon Dai Ninh Company, Mr. Dung accepted the petition of Saigon Dai Ninh Company.
Mr. Dung then assigned Tran Bich Ngoc to advise, seek opinions and convey the opinions of the Permanent Deputy Prime Minister of the Government on transferring the petition and assigning the Government Inspectorate to inspect, review and resolve the reflections and recommendations of Saigon Dai Ninh Company. Mr. Dung was thanked by Tri with 200 million VND.
In the case of Saigon Dai Ninh Company related to Nguyen Cao Tri, Mr. Mai Tien Dung received the least amount of money. Compared to the amount of money received by former Lam Dong Secretary Tran Duc Quan and former Lam Dong Chairman Tran Van Hiep, it was "far" less. And this amount of money is considered a thank you gift from Nguyen Cao Tri.
The case of 200 million VND in gratitude money from Mr. Mai Tien Dung is similar to the case of Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh - former Chairman of Hanoi City receiving more than 200,000 USD in gratitude money from Phan Quoc Viet in the Viet A case. Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh innocently said "thank you" after receiving the gift.
What is behind this is that many officials consider receiving money and valuable assets from businesses as a matter of course, as gifts that they deserve. They deserve it because they are "big officials", have positions and power, so many people worship and "offer".
Just recently, former Secretary of Bac Ninh Nguyen Nhan Chien said in court that when the prosecution agency analyzed the money received from Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan AIC related to the projects, "he realized it was a bribe."
Leaders, not fully aware of the law, not able to distinguish the boundary between gifts and bribes, are formed from the "habit" of receiving gifts. Receiving them many times, it becomes a habit, a "habit", regardless of the danger in those gifts. Therefore, Mr. Mai Tien Dung could not have imagined that his "disgrace" today started when he received 200 million VND as a thank you from Nguyen Cao Tri three years ago.
Recent cases involving corruption, giving and receiving bribes, with specific cases such as Mr. Chu Ngoc Anh, Mr. Mai Tien Dung and many other officials, have shown lessons about receiving gifts for "officials".
That is, if you cannot control your greed, money will blind you and you will no longer realize that it is an illegal act, then one day you will have to pay the price.
