HANOI: The High-level People's Court in Hanoi rejected the appeal and upheld the sentence of life imprisonment handed down at the first-instance trial for three defendants in the “repatriation flights” case on Wednesday (Dec 27) during an appeal trial that began this week.
The three defendants – Phạm Trung Kien, a former official at the Ministry of Health; Nguyen Thị Huong Lan, former director of the Consular Department at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and Vu Anh Tuan, former officer of the Immigration Department at the Ministry of Public Security – were imprisoned for life on the charge of taking bribes.
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