PetroVietnam Construction's former chairman Trinh Xuan Thanh is escorted by police officers from a court to prison after verdict session in Hanoi, Vietnam Jan 22, 2018. (VNA/Doan Tan via Reuters photo)HANOI: A high-profile former Vietnamese oil executive was sentenced to life in jail for embezzlement on Monday, two weeks after was also imprisoned for life on similar charges in a separate case, state media reported. Both companies are units of Vietnam's state oil and gas group PetroVietnam, among the biggest firms in the Southeast Asian nation. Judges in the Hanoi court also sentenced another energy official, Dinh Manh Thang, to nine years in jail for embezzlement. Six others were also sentenced to jail terms of between 10 years and life, Voice of Vietnam reported.

Source: Bangkok Post February 05, 2018 05:26 UTC