The $7 million aircraft owned by the chairman of Hoang Anh Gia Lai group, Doan Nguyen Duc, has been offered for sale by a stranger and police have been asked to investigate.

Doan Nguyen Duc (R) and his aircraft.

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Doan Nguyen Duc and US $7 million “toy”

A man named Ha advertised the aircraft on a local shopping website with the title: “Selling the aircraft of Mr Duc”.

Underneath it reads: “The aircraft is luxurious and convenient but the weather is bad so it cannot fly and my young girlfriend is sulky all the time. If anyone who wants it, I will sell it cheaply. Ha 0983206658”.

This advertisement appeared on classified ad website raovat123 on November 4 and has been read by hundreds of people. However, calls to Ha are unanswered.

Meanwhile, Duc has confirmed he is not about to sell his aircraft which he describes as very useful for his job and that he asked police to investigate.

Last year Duc asked police to investigate and protect him and his group from rumors related to finance.

Duc bought this Beechcraft King Air 350 from Germany in May 2008 at a cost of $7 million and it remains the only personal craft in Vietnam.

After a local newspaper reported this case, the advertisement disappeared from the raovat123 site. The website says they assisted police officers who are now looking for the person who posted the ad on the site.

Website representatives say that this advertisement was originally posted on another website and raovat123 copied it.

This is not the first time personal assets have been offered for sale by strangers on websites. One week ago, a man named Pham Le from Hanoi received hundreds of calls to ask for information about his motorbike, which was advertised for sale cheaply on a website including Le’s mobile phone details.

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