On February 5, information from the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of Dak Lak province said that the unit had issued a disciplinary warning decision to Mr. Nguyen Nhu Hoang, Head of the Department; Nguyen Cao The, forest ranger of the Ea Sup District Forest Protection Department.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuan, Deputy Head of Ea Sup District Forest Protection Department, was disciplined with a reprimand.
Previously, in December 2024, the Head of the Dak Lak Provincial Forest Protection Department issued a conclusion on the accusations against the three forest rangers mentioned above.
Accordingly, on the morning of October 3, 2024, Mr. Nguyen Van Quyen, Deputy General Director of Dak Lak Food and Forestry Processing Company Limited, discovered car 24C-059.10 pulling trailer 14R-012.86 carrying 34 rosewood trees with intact roots and roots showing signs of abnormality. The driver of the car was Mr. Phung Van Truc (residing in Phu Tho province).
At the time of inspection, driver Truc could not present documents proving the legal origin of the wood.
Then, Mr. Quyen called and asked Mr. Nguyen Nhu Hoang - Head of Ea Sup District Forest Protection Department to coordinate in checking the car.
The inspection team agreed to make a record of the initial working session of Dak Lak Food Processing and Forestry Company Limited. In which, Mr. Nguyen Cao The - a forest ranger of Ea Sup District Forest Protection Department also signed this record.
However, when bringing the evidence and vehicles to the headquarters of the Ea Sup District Forest Protection Department, Mr. Nguyen Cao The made another working record. This re-made record did not measure or list the forest products of 34 rosewood trees.
The process of drawing up a record of administrative violations at the headquarters of the Ea Sup District Forest Protection Department was not based on the initial working minutes, and did not show the content related to the transportation of 34 rosewood trees, but only showed the transportation of 8 rosewood trees of unknown origin...
Dak Lak Provincial Forest Protection Department identified Mr. Nguyen Nhu Hoang as the person directly in charge of handling the case. However, Mr. Hoang did not inspect, urge, supervise, or direct civil servants to perform their duties, so the case did not establish a file to handle the violation.
Mr. Hoang did not comply with regulations, allowing subjects to make false declarations and supplement documents to legalize the origin of forest products, leading to violations not being handled and not being handled according to the nature of the case.
Mr. Nguyen Thanh Tuan - Deputy Head of Ea Sup District Forest Protection Department directed the measurement and comparison of forest product records without checking and examining the legality of the records and forest products.
Mr. Tuan also did not direct specialized departments to inspect and verify the legality of the documents of 26 rosewood trees for handling.
This led to Mr. Nguyen Cao The creating a case file that was not guaranteed and not in accordance with regulations. Thereby, creating loopholes for subjects to make false declarations and supplement the legalization of the forest product origin records.
Mr. Nguyen Cao The's actions violated the Law on Handling of Administrative Violations and the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants of 2008.
