The Vietnamese Communist Party (VCP) Expelled Former Parliamentary Official Luu Binh Nhuong 

Luu Binh Nhuong, a former parliamentary official, has been expelled from the VCP due to his alleged “violation of the party’s regulations and state laws” and “taking advantage of position and powers for personal gain,” according to state media. The decision to deprive Nhuong of party membership was announced during the 34th meeting session of the VCP Central Inspection Committee in Hanoi, held between Dec. 18 and 20.

Nhuong was a head deputy of the People’s Aspirations Committee of the National Assembly, which handled petitions from citizens claiming they were the victims of miscarriages of justice. The inspection committee claimed that Nhuong’s “political ideology had degraded” and he was on the path of “self-evolving” and “self-transforming,” terms used by the Communist Party to describe party members who get entangled in corruption cases.