Former Principal's Tearful Plea for Acquittal in Vietnam's Education Fee Case
In a Hanoi court, former middle school principal Nguyen Thi Binh tearfully pleaded for acquittal in a decade-old case involving extra-curricular class fees. Prosecutors maintained their call for the overturning of the lower court's ruling and a new investigation, while the defense argued the provincial decree used as a basis for the fees was invalid.
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