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Officials make payments in exchange for commutation of sentences
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Officials make payments in exchange for commutation of sentences

In corruption cases, the amount of compensation payments can be very large. In many cases, only at the last minute do defendants accept to pay compensation if their sentences are commuted.

Court upholds life sentence for former minister Nguyen Bac Son
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Court upholds life sentence for former minister Nguyen Bac Son

The Hanoi-based High-Level People’s Court on April 27 upheld the life imprisonment for former Minister of Information and Communications Nguyen Bac Son, who committed wrongdoings in the MobiFone-AVG deal.

HCM City court hands eight death, one life sentences to drug traffickers
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HCM City court hands eight death, one life sentences to drug traffickers

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City on October 7 sentenced eight defendants to death and another to life imprisonment for trafficking 379 heroin bricks weighing over 132kg and 55kg of methamphetamine.