How to improve the recovery of money and assets lost in corruption cases became a hot topic for discussion among Vietnamese legislators at a National Assembly (NA) meeting on Wednesday.

Huynh Nghia, an NA deputy of Da Nang, said that the detection and settlement of corruption cases, as well as the recovery of damage caused by such scandals, have yet to meet public expectations.

Huynh Nghia (standing), a National Assembly deputy of Da Nang, speaks at a meeting in Ha Noi on October 28, 2015.

Such a low rate of recovery is worrying for people, many of whom requested that effective measures should be taken to prevent corrupt officials from getting on with what the public called “sacrificing the life of fathers to improve the life of their children.”     

Nghia suggested that the NA adopt a regulation that recovery of losses in corruption cases be the most important factor that a court is required to take into account when deciding a penalty for a corrupt official.

He also requested that courts not give suspended sentences to corrupt officials until all the damage caused by their actions had been recovered. “The less the damage is recovered, the heavier the penalty should be,” Nghia suggested.

(Source: Tuoitrenews)