According to the website of the Dalian Intermediate People's Court, on the afternoon of December 27, 2018, the Intermediate People's Court of Dalian City, Liaoning Province publicly sentenced Ma Jian, the former deputy minister of the Ministry of State Security, to bribery, forced trading, and insider trading in the first instance, and sentenced the defendant Ma Jian to bribery.Life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property; four years in prison for the crime of forced trading and a fine of RMB 500,000; five years in prison for the crime of insider trading and a fine of RMB 5,00010,000 yuan, decided to implement life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property.

The property obtained by Ma Jian from bribery and its fruits and illegal income from insider trading shall be recovered and turned over to the state treasury.After the verdict was pronounced, the defendant Ma Jian expressed his obedience to the verdict in court and would not appeal.

In view of the fact that the criminal facts and evidence of the Ma Jian case involved state secrets, the Dalian Intermediate People's Court held a private trial of the case on August 16, 2018.by

The trial found that: From 1999 to 2014, the defendant Ma Jian took advantage of his position as the deputy minister of the Ministry of State Security and the convenience formed by his powers to provide for Guo Wengui (at large) and Beijing Zhengquan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (later)Renamed as Beijing Zhengquan Holdings Co., Ltd.) and other units and individuals provided assistance in the company's operations and other matters, and illegally received property directly or through their relatives, totaling more than 109 million yuan.

From 2008 to 2014, the defendants Ma Jian and Guo Wengui conspired and respectively assigned personnel to take threats and other means to force others to transfer the company's shares, waive the right of first refusal, and withdraw from specific business activities, so that Zhengquan Company could hold China Minzu Securities Co., Ltd.responsible company.

In 2013, after defendant Ma Jian illegally obtained insider information on the major asset reorganization of Founder Securities Co., Ltd. and Minzu Securities, he instructed his relatives to buy shares in Founder Securities, and then sold them for a total profit of more than 49.29 million yuan.

The Dalian Intermediate People's Court held that the actions of the defendant Ma Jian constituted the crimes of accepting bribes, forced trading and insider trading.The amount of bribes accepted by the defendant, Ma Jian, was particularly huge, and caused a particularly heavy loss to the interests of the country and the people, seriously infringing on the integrity of state functionaries in their duties; helping companies actually controlled by Guo Wengui to force transactions, the circumstances were particularly serious, and the impact was particularly bad; using illegalAnyone who obtains insider information to engage in securities trading, if the circumstances are particularly serious, should be punished according to law.

In view of the fact that Ma Jian was able to truthfully confess his crimes after arriving at the case, and voluntarily explained most of the facts of bribery crimes that have not yet been grasped by the case-handling authorities;According to the circumstances of the punishment, he can be given a lighter punishment in accordance with the law.The court then made the above judgment.

More than 50 people including close relatives of the defendant Ma Jian, 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 public trial.

Previously, on January 16, 2015, Ma Jian, vice minister of the Ministry of State Security and member of the party committee, was investigated by the organization for suspected serious violations of discipline and law.

In February 2015, the 25th Chairman's Meeting of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference deliberated and approved the decision to disqualify Ma Jian as a member of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and submitted it to the Ninth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference for ratification.

In December 2016, Ma Jian was expelled from the party and public office.

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After investigation, Ma Jian seriously violated political discipline and rules, resisted organizational review, transferred and hid property involved in the case; violated organizational discipline, failed to report personal real estate and other related matters in accordance with regulations, and violated regulations to apply for exit documents for family members; violated integrity and discipline, using the convenience of the position to seek huge benefits for relatives' business activities; violating work discipline, abusing power to interfere in law enforcement and judicial activities; using the convenience of the position to seek benefits for others and accept huge amounts of property, suspected of accepting bribes.

As a senior party cadre, Ma Jian lost his ideals and beliefs, seriously violated the party's discipline, and caused serious consequences. He still did not restrain himself after the 18th National Congress of the party.

On February 6, 2017, the Supreme People's Procuratorate decided after review that Ma Jian, a former member of the Party Committee and Deputy Minister of the Ministry of State Security, was investigated for suspected bribery and took compulsory measures in accordance with the law.Case investigation is in progress.

Materials | Xinhua News Agency, China Central Radio and Television Station, Dalian Intermediate People's Court website