Defendant Tran Xuan Gia, former ACB chairman, is now waiting for an operation after being hospitalised with high blood pressure and an enlarged prostate, a representative of the capital’s Friendship Hospital told the court.
The postponement decision is pursuant to Article 187, Point 1 of the Criminal Procedure Code.
The trial opened on the morning of April 16. Kien and his accomplices are charged with four offences – swindling for appropriation of assets, intentional violations of the State’s economic management regulations causing serious consequences, tax evasion and illegal trading.-VNA