越南加大反腐力度一前政治局委員落馬

Vietnam's first move to prosecute a former politburo member widens the country's crackdown against graft to appease a restless public and protect fast economic growth.

Police arrested former lawmaker and Communist Party official Dinh La Thang earlier this month over crimes he is suspected of committing as board chairman of the giant state-run oil firm PetroVietnam, Vietnamese news media say.

The man who was voted out of the ruling Communist Party’s politburo in May joins a list of other officials in state firms who authorities are targeting in an extensive 2017 anti-graft campaign. The campaign is aimed at easing public criticism of corruption and protecting economic growth of about 6 percent per year since 2012, experts say.

Thang, 57, is Vietnam’s most high-profile “political casualty” in a broader anti-corruption effort. He is charged with “deliberate violation of state regulations on economic management, causing serious consequences” over suspected violations and mismanagement at the oil firm.越南第一次逮捕一位前政治局委員的行動顯示打擊腐敗的力度加大，一方面是對日益不滿的民衆一個交代，同時也爲了保護快速經濟增長。

越南媒體說，警方12月初逮捕了前越南共產黨中央政治局委員丁羅升，罪名是他在越南國家油氣集團（PetroVietnam）擔任黨委書記期間涉嫌犯罪。

今年5月被落選政治局委員的丁羅升成爲越南當局在2017年打擊腐敗的行動中又一個落馬的國有公司高管。專家說，這是當局對公衆有關腐敗提出批評的迴應，同時也是爲了保護2012年以來的6%年增長率。

57歲的丁羅升是越南“政治犧牲品”中級別最高的官員。他被指控故意違反有關經濟管理的國家規定，造成嚴重後果。他還涉嫌對油氣集團管理不善。