For Vietnamese communist chief Nguyen Phu Trong, Minister of Public Security To Lam is a powerful tool, to the Vietnamese people, To Lam is a dangerous evil, to Germany, Mr. To Lam is a criminal. In general, if Mr. To Lam wants support of General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong, then Mr. To Lam will also be stained with stains. In fact, in his mind, the party chief is a king, standing above the law, so he also directed Mr. To Lam to step above the law and do it, both domestic and foreign laws.
High-level political cases such as Politburo members can be taken down without imprisonment (except Dinh La Thang), but if they are in lower ranks, they will be severely punished. Many times, Thoibao.de has analyzed, in the power structure of the Communist Party of Vietnam, whoever has the lowest position is guilty of the heaviest crime. So, when a case breaks down, low-ranking officials should escape. For example, in the Viet A case, dozens of low-level officials were imprisoned, but it was difficult to tak former President Mr. Nguyen Xuan Phuc in prison.
In the AIC case, not only did Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan escape, but she also arranged for 6 other subordinates to successfully escape abroad in less than 30 days. It can be said that Ms. Nhan has prepared the second plan, the most commonly used option during a deadlocked situation.
In Ms. Nguyen Thi Thanh Nhan’s group, someone was identified as being in the US. That is Mr. Nguyen Dang Thuyet – former Director of Thanh An Hanoi Company. He asked his lawyer to present the content of his petition he sent back from the US. Thus, it has been determined that one out of seven people who fled abroad in the AIC case is hiding in the US. It is unclear where the remaining six are hiding.
Perhaps, many people choose to hide in the US, because in the US, they can easily integrate, because the Vietnamese community here is very large. In 2021, the online community also identified that former Director of Dong Nai Department of Science and Technology Pham Van Sang also ran to the US when he was wanted. Maybe, there are a lot of fugitives running to America. However, America is not a place where Mr. To Lam can organize kidnapping. America is bringing Vietnam’s economy more than $50 billion a year, so Vietnamese officials can not anger the US.
On February 13, when Ms. Katherine Tai, the United States Trade Representative (USTR) arrived in Hanoi, Mr. To Lam took advantage of working with her to raise the issue of cooperation in extradition of criminals. In fact, Ms. Katherine Tai’s function is to deal with commercial issues, while on judicial issues between the two countries, Ms. Katherine Tai is only the one who brings information about the report. Mr. To Lam also met with US Ambassador Marc Knapper on October 9, 2022, also to raise this issue. To Lam’s work with the US side on legal cooperation shows that Mr. To Lam is very impatient, however, it seems that the US does not care much.
On February 14, in Hanoi, Mr. To Lam also sought to meet Mr. Baloghdi Tibor, Hungarian Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Vietnam. Mr. To Lam still raised the issue of judicial cooperation to extradite criminals. With Mr. To Lam going all the way to Berlin – a member state of the EU to kidnap, it is not known whether the Hungarian side will agree or not?
With Mr. To Lam trying to meet with representatives of European and American governments to propose legal cooperation and extradition of criminals, this shows that Mr. To Lam has “fazed” and no longer dares to use abduction tactics like 6 years ago.
If To Lam wants to cooperate in catching criminals right now, it could be said that it was impossible. In a short time, it is difficult to have legal cooperation agreements between Vietnam and the above countries. To Lam’s solution is clearly at an impasse.
Thoibao.de (Translated)
