Businessman accuses Binh Duong Chair of breaking rules On October 21, Huynh Uy Dung – the owner of Binh Duong-based Dai Nam Tourist Site lodged accusations against Mr. Le Thanh Cung, Chairman of Binh Duong to Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung and competent bodies of violating the law related to the approval of the 1/500 detailed planning of the Song Than 3 Industrial Park.   Huynh Uy Dung – the owner of Binh Duong-based Dai Nam Tourist Site, a famous businessman. According to Dung’s denunciations, in 2004 Binh Duong faced debt of VND1 trillion of the Ministry of Finance. "According to the proposal and encouragement of the provincial officials at that time, I had to borrow huge capital from several banks to buy the province’s land in the Binh Duong Industry - Services - Urban Development Complex. Initially, everything went fast and smooth as the province's call. However, since Mr. Le Thanh Cung (Thuan An District’s Party Secretary) was appointed Vice Chair of Binh Duong People's Committee and Chief Manager of the Vietnam - Singapore IZ Management Board, the Dai Nam Joint Stock Company has faced a lot of difficulties," Dung denounced. It has been seven years since the investor of the Song Than 3 Industrial Park submitted the 1/500 detailed plan to the competent authorities for consideration and approval, but Binh Duong province has not approved it although the investor has met all the requirements set by the authorities. According to Dan Viet online newspaper, its reporter registered to meet with Cung on the case on October 21 but Cung was absent. Dan Tri met with Mr. Vo Van Luong - Deputy Chief of the Binh Duong People's Committee Office, who said that nobody had submitted that detailed plan to the local government. Luong then promised to report to Cung and would have an answer to the press as soon as possible. However, according to Dan Viet’s investigation, since 2006, the investor of Song Than 3 Industrial Park has several times asked the Binh Duong province and related agencies to approve the 1/500 detailed planning of Song Than 3. The Binh Duong Department of Construction and the Binh Duong IZs Management Board have also repeatedly sent written petitions to the People's Committee on this issue. In an interview with Nong Thon Ngay Nay Newspaper, Dung confirmed to have sufficient evidence for Cung’s violation. “In 2004, I decided to purchase 533.84 hectares of land in the Binh Duong Industry - Services - Urban Development Complex. At that time, the province had to pay VND1 trillion debt to the Ministry of Finance, so they asked me to buy that land to ‘save’ the province’s prestige. At that time, I was building the Dai Nam Tourist Site so my financial situation was quite difficult. Therefore, I had to mortgage all of my assets to borrow capital from banks to buy that land, in order to help the province,” Dung said in the interview. Dung told Nong Than Ngay Nay that he did not want to buy that land, but to help Binh Duong, he had to buy it. “With an area of 533ha, I planed to build the Song Than 3 Industrial Park. About 61ha was divided into small pieces to sell to Dai Nam’s employees because at that time I had over 2,000 workers and most of them lived in hired rooms. I sold the land for them at low prices and helped them borrow bank loans to build houses,” he said. According to Dung, everything began difficult for his company since Cung was assigned as Binh Duong’s Vice Chair. “Everything related to the Dai Nam Van Hien tourist site and other projects of mines were paid special attention by the local authorities. The proof is document No. 3184/UBND-KTTH dated October 21, 2009, of the Binh Duong People’s Committee, which said "not allow land transfer in the industrial park (Song Than 3) in any form". The document was stamped and signed by Mr. Le Thanh Cung (permanent vice chair). “I used to be a member of the National Assembly so I understand the law and am always in compliance with the law. So my company and myself can exist today. And I officially denounce Mr. Le Thanh Cung to the highest authorities of his abuse of power to “oppress” investors of the Binh Duong Industry-Services-Urban Development Complex,” Dung said. Mr. Mai The Trung, member of the Central Party Committee, Party Secretary of Binh Duong province, chief of the National Assembly delegation of Binh Duong, told Dan Viet on October 23 that the case would be investigated and the conclusion would be officially announced. Compiled by Tran Cham From Dan Viet and NTNN