Truong My Lan’s death sentence could reportedly be commuted to life in prison if she repays three-quarters of the $12 billion she was convicted of embezzling.

Summary

Vietnam’s High People’s Court upheld the death sentence for real estate tycoon Truong My Lan, convicted of embezzlement and bribery in a record $12 billion fraud case.

Lan can avoid execution by returning $9 billion (three-quarters of the stolen funds), potentially reducing her sentence to life imprisonment.

Her crimes caused widespread economic harm, including a bank run and $24 billion in government intervention to stabilize the financial system.

Lan has admitted guilt but prosecutors deemed her actions unprecedentedly damaging. She retains limited legal recourse through retrial procedures.

  • 100_kg_90_de_belin English
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    21 hours ago

    Because we’ve always said that we won’t make any excuses for the terror when our turn comes.

    • NotAnotherLemmyUser@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      21 hours ago

      Can you expand on this?
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      • 100_kg_90_de_belin English
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        4 hours ago

        It’s a quote from the article Marx wrote after his Rheinische Zeitung got closed by Prussian censorship