Today (June 4th), the China Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision News published an article on the commentary page. After 8 years of retirement, if you are still sacked, you will certainly be arrested. The case described in it is thought-provoking.
The article mentioned: According to reports, Liu Zechen, the former Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Changchun High-tech Industrial Development Zone in Jilin Province, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation.It is reported that Liu Zechen served as Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Changchun High-tech Industrial Development Zone in October 2005 and retired in October 2010.It is worth noting that Liu Zechen was investigated 8 years after his retirement. Compared with those officials who were investigated in office or shortly after retirement, such cases are also worthy of analysis.
Officials cannot have the idea of landing safely, and cannot take chances on violations of discipline and law.In the face of strict party discipline and state laws, any leading cadre should strictly abide by the norms, and must not think that retirement is equal to insurance.
In October 2014, the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision News also published an article discussing similar phenomena.In an article titled "Official Retirement Equals Safe Landing, It's Time to Wake Up", the Zhao Shaolin case was specifically mentioned.
Zhao Shaolin on trial (picture from news)
In October 2014, Zhao Shaolin, former member of the Standing Committee and Secretary-General of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee, was investigated for serious violations of discipline and law.Then he resigned from his post as member of the Standing Committee and Secretary General of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee. During these 8 years, he spent seemingly peaceful years.
In May 2017, the Zhao Shaolin case was sentenced in the first instance.Zhao Shaolin was sentenced to three years in prison for the crime of bribery by the unit; two years in prison and a fine of RMB 15 million for the crime of fraudulently purchasing foreign exchange. It was decided to implement four years in prison and a fine of RMB 15 million.
Many people may be curious, what did the retired Zhao Shaolin do?It is understood that from 2007 to 2014, when Zhao Shaolin served as the general counsel of the company actually controlled by his son Zhao Jin, he and Zhao Jin entrusted others to provide help for the company's illegal real estate projects, and bribed 4,448,950 yuan worth of property.Moreover, he helped Zhao Jin to defraud the approval documents of relevant authorities by forging foreign trade contracts and fabricating overseas payment methods to fraudulently purchase foreign exchange and remit it overseas, totaling more than 41.7 million U.S. dollars.
The China Disciplinary Inspection and Supervision News has severely criticized this phenomenon of officials being investigated after many years of retirement: I don’t know when, a mentality has become popular in official circles: retirement means a safe landing.However, since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, both the central government and the local government have frequently investigated and dealt with retired corrupt officials, shattering the dreams of these people.
In fact, there are still many officials who have had their dreams shattered.It is understood that some of these officials used their power to commit violations of discipline and law before retirement, and some used their influence to engage in shadow corruption after retirement.However, just like the well-known truth that you will be caught if you reach out, there is zero tolerance for this kind of post-retirement corruption in the process of cracking down on tigers and flies from the central government to the local government.
Sources: People.cn, China Discipline Inspection and Supervision News, Legal Evening News, etc.
