The Latest: On May 4, the Supreme People’s Court in Hà Nội heard the appeal trial in a case involving the “abuse of position and power to appropriate property” linked to three former police officers.

At the hearing, the court partially accepted the appeals. The court reduced Nguyễn Huy Lợi’s sentence to seven years in prison, which is two years lower than the first-instance trial verdict, while upholding a seven-year prison sentence for Nguyễn Ngọc Hoàng.

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