In the dock: Thanh being led to court by police in Hanoi. — AP
Hanoi: A Vietnamese former state oil executive who was allegedly kidnapped from Germany was jailed for life for embezzlement, in the highest-profile corruption trial to target the Communist country’s business and political elite.
The blockbuster trial involving 21 other officials, including an ex-politburo member, has gripped a country where the affairs of the powerful are normally kept secret.
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