(Shenyang Comprehensive News) Ma Jian, the former vice minister of the Ministry of State Security of China, was involved in the case of Guo Wengui, an exiled American businessman. He was charged with bribery, forced trading, and insider trading. He was sentenced to life imprisonment and deprivation of political rights for life in the first instance in Dalian yesterday afternoon (27th).All personal property shall be confiscated.
Based on reports from Xinhua News Agency, China News Agency, etc., the Intermediate People's Court of Dalian City, Liaoning Province made the above-mentioned judgment, and at the same time decided to recover the property obtained by Ma Jian from bribery, its fruits and illegal income from insider trading, and turn it over to the state treasury.Ma Jian said in court that he would obey the judgment and not appeal.
According to reports, in view of the criminal facts and evidence of Ma Jian's case involving China's state secrets, the Dalian Intermediate People's Court heard the case in private on August 16.After investigation, from 1999 to 2014, Ma Jian took advantage of the convenience of serving as the deputy minister of the Ministry of State Security, as well as the convenient conditions for the formation of powers, for Guo Wengui and Beijing Zhengquan Real Estate Co., Ltd. (later renamed Beijing Zhengquan Real Estate Co., Ltd.)Spring Holdings Co., Ltd.) and other units and individuals provided assistance in company operations and other matters, and directly or through their relatives illegally received property equivalent to more than 109 million yuan (RMB, the same below, more than 22 million Singapore dollars).
Instruct relatives to buy shares of Founder Securities
Ma Jian was accused of colluding with Guo Wengui from 2008 to 2014, respectively assigning personnel to take threats and other means to force others to transfer company shares, give up the right of first refusal, and withdraw from specific business activities, so that Zhengquan Company can control the Chinese nation.Securities LLC.
In addition, in 2013, after 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 Founder Securities stocks, and then sold them for a total profit of more than 49.29 million yuan.
The court held that the circumstances of Ma Jian’s crimes were particularly serious, but given that he truthfully confessed his crimes, voluntarily confessed the facts of the crimes that were not grasped by the case-handling agency, pleaded guilty and repented, and actively returned all stolen goods to recover, he could be given a lighter punishment according to law, so he made the above judgment.
