Police in Vietnam arrested four executives of state oil firm PetroVietnam’s subsidiaries on suspicion of embezzlement on Thursday as the communist-led government widens a crackdown on corruption.

Dinh Van Ngoc, deputy chief executive officer of Nghi Son Refinery and Petrochemical LLC, and three others were accused of “abusing power to appropriate property”, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement.

Ngoc was arrested for alleged wrongdoing committed when he previously served as general director of Binh Son Refining and Petrochemical, according to the statement.

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