Death sentence upheld for postal employee embezzling $937,00

[TrueBlueTerrier]

http://www.thanhniennews.com/society/?c ... wsid=41480

A court of appeals in the southern province of Bac Lieu yesterday upheld the death sentence of a former treasurer of the provincial post office for skimming more than VND15 billion (US$937,000) several years ago.

Tang Thi Ba received the death penalty in May after the Court of First Instance convicted her of siphoning the money between 2003 and 2006.

The appeals court yesterday maintained the death sentence against Ba and also mandated her to pay back the stolen money.

Three other former officials of the provincial post office who lodged the appeal with the court, including ex-director Le Quang Trung, were convicted and received sentences ranging from two and a half years to five years for dereliction of duty in failing to discover Ba’s wrongdoings.

Ba was arrested in December 2006 after police discovered she had pocketed large sums of money every time she was tasked with transferring post office funds to the treasury through banks.

By forging invoices to authorize the stolen money, Ba had managed to embezzle VND15.4 billion out of the VND26 billion ($1.6 million) she was entrusted with.

Ba admitted her crime in court, saying she had spent the misappropriated money on lottery tickets, gambling and traveling.

[andy2007]

I know that we're far too soft on people like that here. But that's ridiculous! Killing her, isn't going to bring the money back. Even though she was "also mandated her to pay back the stolen money."!

I'm sorry if I sound flippant. But how exactly, is she supposed to return the money, if she's in Jail awaiting execution, or dead?
Will her Family have to raise the money?
If so, what will happen to them when they fail to do so?

What a barbaric Legal System!

[norbert]

Royal Mail isn't much better with their Kangaroo Courts - however that is Barbaric & backward :lfo :cfo