Nguyễn Bá Thanh

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Nguyễn Bá Thanh (18 April 1953 – 13 February 2015[1]) was a Vietnamese politician.

He was party secretary and people's council president in Da Nang (two of the three top leadership positions), member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam and head of the PCC Internal Affairs Commission, a central committee consulting agency for internal policies and strategies.[2] He formerly served as President of the People's Committee of Da Nang City. [citation needed]

Early life

Nguyễn Bá Thanh was born on April 8, 1953, from

Đà Nẵng. He was the 14th generation of the Nguyễn Bá family in Hòa Tiến. His father was Nguyễn Bá Tùng. He had an older sister that was four years older than him named Nguyễn Thị Hoa. In 1954, after the Geneve Agreement, his father assembled in the North, his mother, his sister and him stayed in Đà Nẵng. Then his sister died at age 10 due to lack of financial ability to treat her illness. He also had a younger brother named Nguyễn Bá Bình. Nguyễn Bá Bình married Thái Thủy, Nguyễn Bá Bình and Thái Thủy has three children including Nguyễn Bá Trung, Nguyễn Thị Hiếu, and Nguyễn Bá Hậu.[3]

After graduating from Hanoi University of Agriculture, he was assigned to work as an agricultural officer, gradually being promoted to Manager of Hòa Nhơn Cooperative and was admitted to the Communist Party of Vietnam on 13 February. 1980.

Global Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act

According to

blacklist to be blocked from entering the United States or making transactions in all property.[4]

Controversies

Da Nang has been planned and expanded during the last 10 years resulting in the relocation of almost one-third of the city's former inhabitants for urban planning. Thanh was sued by some of these but he was acquitted by official investigations which purportedly showed that all his actions were in accordance with the law. Thanh was elected to the National Assembly. [citation needed]

Nguyễn Bá Thanh was also accused of involvement in a major

Danang.[5] However, the case was eventually dropped. Vietnamese mass media (which, according to Human Rights Watch, are all strictly controlled by the government[6]) were censored and even praised Thanh for his "many contributions" in the development of Da Nang City.[5]

The article alleges that recent reports from the

Police Department of Da Nang City have not charged Nguyễn Bá Thanh with any offense to date.[5]

In 2009, several high-ranking Vietnamese police officers, including

Lieutenant Colonel Dương Ngọc Tiến (Chief Representative of Hồ Chí Minh City's Police's Newspaper in Hanoi), and a former police major were arrested and sentenced to jail.[7][8] All were accused of "abusing democratic freedoms of association, expression, assembly to infringe on the interests of the state".[9][10] According to an article from Radio Free Asia, general Trần Văn Thanh was fighting against corruption and trying to expose Nguyễn Bá Thanh, albeit without success.[5]

Legal scholar

People's Committee of Da Nang City)". Vũ claimed the court case was an instrument of revenge by Nguyễn Bá Thanh.[11]

Talking to

VND as compensation, while having demanded 150,000 VND per m² for himself from contractors, try asking a how many times fold! Thus is it corruption, bribery or not?"[12] According to an annual report of Human Rights Watch, land seizures and local corruption are the main grievances in Vietnam recently.[6]

Death

On 13 February 2015, Nguyễn Bá Thanh died at his home at age 61 after going to Singapore and United States for cancer treatment.

References

  1. ^ Nhóm Phóng Viên. "Ông Nguyễn Bá Thanh qua đời". VnExpress. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Politburo appoints commission heads". Viet Nam News. 4 January 2013. Archived from the original on 21 August 2018. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
  3. ^ Hà Kiều (2015-02-17). "Nơi an táng ông Nguyễn Bá Thanh đã chuẩn bị xong". Báo điện tử Kiến thức. Archived from the original on 2017-10-29.
  4. ^ RFA. Công bố danh sách chế tài theo luật Magnitsky đợt 2. RFA. 2017-04-28. URL:http://www.rfa.org/vietnamese/vietnamnews/another-list-of-vnese-officials-addressed-by-us-magnistky-04272017092132.html. Accessed: 2017-04-28. (Archived by WebCite® at https://www.webcitation.org/6q3QeCRER Archived 2017-12-26 at the Wayback Machine)
  5. ^ a b c d e f "Two men of the same name and stories about anti-corruption - Part II". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  6. ^ a b "Vietnam: Events of 2008". Human Rights Watch. 12 January 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  7. ^ "Two men of the same name and stories about anti-corruption - Part I". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  8. ^ "Updated on the court of appeal for former general Trần Văn Thanh in Da Nang". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  9. ^ "The court of corruption and anti-corruption in Danang City". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  10. ^ "Vietnam: Stop Muzzling the Messengers". Human Rights Watch. 8 January 2009. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  11. ^ "Absentee got eighteen month suspended sentence in the so-called illegal court". Radio Free Asia. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
  12. ^ "Corruptions and anti-corruption in vietnam". Radio Free Asia. Retrieved 16 February 2015.
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