During his tenure as vice mayor of Shenzhen from 2010 to 2015, Lu Ruifeng was in charge of urban management, land planning, and production safety.(Internet)
(Shanghai Comprehensive News) The procuratorate of Guangdong Province recently publicly released news that Lu Ruifeng, former member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China and executive deputy mayor, has been prosecuted for alleged bribery and abuse of power.
Chinese media pointed out that Lu Ruifeng was identified as the main leader in the investigation of the 2015 Shenzhen landslide accident that killed at least 73 people.Based on The Paper, Jiemian News and other reports the day before yesterday, Lu Ruifeng (63 years old) was charged with one more crime of abuse of power than when he was sacked more than a year ago.
The indictment of the Jiangmen Municipal People's Procuratorate that prosecuted Lu Ruifeng shows that from 1991 to 2017, Lu Ruifeng used him in Shenzhen as the deputy director of the Personnel Bureau, the deputy director of the Organization Department of the CPC Municipal Committee, the head of Yantian District, the head of Futian District, and the secretary of the District Party Committee., deputy mayor, executive deputy mayor and other positions are convenient, respectively accept other people's property and seek benefits for others, the amount is particularly huge.
Lu Ruifeng, who is a staff member of a state agency, was also accused of abusing his power, causing particularly heavy losses to public property and the interests of the country and the people.
The leader responsible for the landslide accident at the muck receiving site was dismissed
According to public information, Lu Ruifeng was born in 1955 and his ancestral home is Huidong, Guangdong. He entered Shenzhen political circles in 1983.He was promoted to vice mayor of Shenzhen in 2004, served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China the following year, and served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Shenzhen Municipal Committee and executive deputy mayor from 2010 until his retirement in June 2015.
On the other hand, on December 20, 2015, a huge landslide occurred at the muck receiving site in Guangming New District, Shenzhen, killing at least 73 people and causing direct economic losses of up to 880 million yuan (RMB, the same below, SGD 176 million).
The investigation team of the State Council of China issued an accident investigation report in July 2016, pointing out that when Lu Ruifeng served as the deputy mayor from 2010 to 2015, he was in charge of urban management, land planning, and production safety, but he did not conscientiously implement relevant aspects of production safety.The relevant laws and regulations failed to promptly supervise and urge the relevant departments to effectively rectify and eliminate the safety hazards existing in the muck storage site, and they bear the main leadership responsibility for the accident.
The investigation team suggested that he be given two years of party probation and be dismissed.
In addition, in November last year, Zhu Tingfeng, the former deputy secretary-general of the Shenzhen Municipal Government, was suspected of abusing his power and accepting bribes.
Caixin pointed out that Zhu Tingfeng took the initiative to report his former colleagues and superiors, including Lu Ruifeng, in order to make meritorious service during the investigation stage of the case.
