Dung, who was sentenced to death in December following a trial in Vietnam, fled the country in 2012 when charges of embezzlement were brought against him.

Now he has told the trial of his brother, former senior police officer Duong Tu Trong, that he paid bribes to senior communist party officials to try to evade arrest, state media reported.

Trong was sentenced on Wednesday to 18 years in jail for aiding his escape.

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