On October 25, 2018, the Intermediate People's Court of Jinan City, Shandong Province held a public hearing of the first instance on the case of Zhou Chunyu, the former deputy governor of the People's Government of Anhui Province, who accepted bribes, concealed overseas deposits, abused power, and insider trading.
According to the client of People’s Daily, the People’s Procuratorate of Jinan City, Shandong Province sued and accused: From 1996 to 2017, the defendant Zhou Chunyu used his positions as Secretary of the General Office of the Anhui Provincial Party Committee, Deputy Director of the Anhui Provincial Department of Finance, Mayor of the People’s Government of Ma’anshan City,The mayor of the Bengbu Municipal People's Government and the Secretary of the Bengbu Municipal Party Committee provided assistance to relevant units in matters such as enterprise acquisitions and project contracting, and illegally accepted other people's property directly or through their relatives, equivalent to a total of more than 13.65 million yuan.
During Zhou Chunyu’s tenure as mayor of the Bengbu Municipal People’s Government, he violated regulations and decided to return land transfer fees to relevant companies, resulting in a loss of more than 665 million yuan in state property;Deposited in overseas banks, did not report as required until the incident;
As an insider of stock trading insider information, he bought relevant stocks during the sensitive period of insider information, accumulatively buying more than 270 million yuan, and made illegal profits of more than 350 million yuan.
During the trial, the public prosecution agency presented relevant evidence, Zhou Chunyu and his defenders cross-examined, the prosecution and the defense fully expressed their opinions under the auspices of the court, Zhou Chunyu also made a final statement, and pleaded guilty and repented in court.More than 90 people, including deputies to the National People's Congress, members of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, journalists and people from all walks of life, attended the trial.
After the trial, the court announced an adjournment, and sentencing at an optional date.(over) Chen Xu, the former Chief Procurator of the Haishi Procuratorate, was sentenced to life imprisonment for accepting bribes exceeding 74.23 million.
On October 25, 2018, the Intermediate People's Court of Nanning City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region publicly pronounced the case of Chen Xu, the former party secretary and chief prosecutor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Procuratorate, and sentenced the defendant Chen Xu to life imprisonment for accepting bribes, deprivation of political rights for life, andThe Department confiscated all personal property; the detained defendant Chen Xu received bribes and their fruits, and turned them over to the state treasury according to law.
According to the People's Daily client news, it was found through trial that: from 2003 to 2014, the defendant Chen Xu successively used his position as deputy secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, deputy secretary-general of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, and chief prosecutor of the Shanghai Municipal People's Procuratorate.Convenience and convenient conditions for the formation of authority status provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in handling cases, contracting projects, and recruiting civil servants.
From 2000 to 2015, Chen Xu, directly or through his relatives, illegally accepted property from others, amounting to RMB 74,236,979,090.
The Nanning Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant, Chen Xu, as a state functionary, took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others, or took advantage of the convenient conditions formed by his power and status to seek unjust benefits for others through the duties of other state functionaries.For legitimate interests, illegally accepting property from others constitutes the crime of accepting bribes.
Chen Xu, as a leading cadre of the judiciary, abused judicial power, accepted huge amounts of bribes, had a bad social impact, and caused particularly heavy losses to the interests of the country and the people. He should be punished according to law.
In view of the fact that Chen Xu truthfully confessed his crimes after arriving at the case, voluntarily confessed some bribery facts that the case-handling authorities have not yet grasped, pleaded guilty and repented, actively returned the stolen goods, and recovered all the stolen money and goods, etc., he can be given a lighter punishment according to law.The court then made the above judgment.(End)
