Trịnh Xuân Thanh, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Trịnh Xuân Thanh

politician

Date of Birth: 13-Feb-1966

Place of Birth: Hanoi, Vietnam

Profession: businessperson, politician

Nationality: Vietnam

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Tr?nh Xuân Thanh (born 13 February 1966 in Hanoi) is a former Vietnamese politician and businessman.
He is the former head of the state-owned Petrovietnam Construction Joint Stock Corporation (a subsidiary of Petrovietnam), and the former Deputy-Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee of H?u Giang.
In 2016, he was accused of causing massive losses at the state-owned company and fled the country.
While in Berlin, as an asylum-seeker, he was allegedly kidnapped and repatriated to Vietnam on 23 July 2017.
This led to diplomatic scandal resulting in Germany to expel a Vietnamese diplomat.
He later announced on Vietnam television that he had decided to turn himself in to Vietnamese authorities.
However, there have been suggestions that his statement was possibly made under duress.
On 22 January 2018 he was sentenced to life imprisonment.