Tuesday, August 22, 2006

As reported by Thanh Nien Daily: "Police have completed their probe into a
multi-million dollar gambling case and concluded the director of a state
road-building agency bet away US$1.53 million on football via three
bookmakers in 2005. "The public security ministry, a central police agency,
said Bui Tien Dung - former director of the transport ministry's Project
Management Unit No 18 or PMU18 had placed 30 bets totaling $500,000 via
Nguyen Quang Hung, a policeman-turned-bookie. "Dung also gambled 10 times
amounting to $1 million through Nguyen Van Hong, who used to be the director
of a joint stock real estate company in Hanoi. ".Dung's highest bet was
$286,000. "Of the $1.53 million in wagers, Dung claims he won $430,000 and
lost $450,000. "He confessed to using gifted money and a house mortgage in
his gambling."