HCM City (VNA), April 27 -- Truong My Lan, Chairwoman of property developer Van Thinh Phat Group, on April 26 filed an appeal against the entire first-instance verdict in the case that occurred at Van Thinh Phat Group JSC, Saigon Commercial Bank (SCB) and relevant companies, units and organisations.

In the appeal, Lan said she had joined the restructuring process of SCB but did not misappropriate its funds. She presented several objective reasons for the risks involved in the process and requested the court of appeal to reconsider the charges against her in the first-instance trial.

Many other defendants have also submitted appeals to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Court.

Earlier, on April 11, Lan was sentenced to death for "embezzlemen...