Brontekst bekijken van Vietnam arrests more PetroVietnam Construction executives -ministry

HANOI, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Police in Vietnam arrested on Friday three more executives at PetroVietnam Construction JSC , a brand of state oil company PetroVietnam, on charges of economic mismanagement, widening investigations involving the company whose former chairman has also been arrested.<br><br>Probes into PetroVietnam have been in the spotlight since its former chairman Trinh Xuan [http://vanphongcongchung.vn/ công chứng ở thanh xuân] was arrested on allegations of corruption.<br><br>The latest actions were announced in a statement published on the Ministry of Public Security website. It said that police had issued arrest warrants for [http://www.travelpod.com/s/current%20chairman current chairman] Nguyen Anh Minh and two other officials of PetroVietnam's construction brand, who were accused of embezzlement and intentional breach of state rules for economic management causing serious consequences.<br><br>On Friday, a court in Vietnam sentenced to death former chairman of PetroVietnam Nguyen Xuan Son after finding him guilty in a mass trial of 51 officials and bankers accused of graft and mismanagement that led to losses of $69 million.<br><br>The death sentence was the first time in years it had been given to such a senior former official and came amid an intensifying corruption crackdown.<br><br>Son maintained his innocence and would appeal the verdict from the People's Court of Hanoi, his lawyer, Le Minh Tam, told Reuters. (Reporting by Mi Nguyend; Editing by Toni Reinhold)