Deputy Minister of Education and Training Le Hai An died on October 17 after falling from a eighth-storey balcony of his office, local media quoted the ministry’s statement as saying and said Hanoi police are working to find the cause of the death.An, 48, died at 7:10am on Thursday due to what the education ministry reported in the statement as an accident, although it did not provide the exact cause, VnExpress reported. At 9:20 am, his body was taken to the national morgue.
The balcony where Deputy Minister Le Hai An allegedly fell down. Photo: TT
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VTC News quoted Colonel Nguyen Thanh Tin, deputy head of Hai Ba Trung district’s police, as saying that the police are instructing functional units to investigate and clarify the cause of the incident.
An was scheduled to attend a meeting with the National Education Council on the same morning, to be chaired by his superior, Minister Phung Xuan Nha. A day earlier, he co-chaired a national conference in the central city of Da Nang.
An was appointed deputy minister of education in 2018 while he was the rector of Hanoi University of Mining and Geology.
In February this year, he assumed the role of secretary of the Party committee of the Ministry of Education, previously held by Minister Nha. He was said to be a potential candidate for the minister post in 2021.
Le Hai An signed Decisions and Notices of recrimination of civil servants who were responsible for fraud of the 2018 National High School Exam in Ha Giang, Son La and Hoa Binh provinces.
An’s sudden death has led to speculation and conspiracy theories on social media.
