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According to the WeChat public account of the Shanxi High Court, on October 29, 2021, the Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court publicly sentenced the former Standing Committee of the Luliang Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and The former deputy mayor of Luliang City, Shanxi Province, Zhang Zhongsheng, to accept bribes and huge amounts of propertyIn the case of an unknown appeal, he sentenced Zhang Zhongsheng to the death penalty. He was executed for two years, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property.Parole ; The stolen money and sources of the stolen money and sources of unknown property of Zhang Zhongsheng's bribery are recovered and paid to the state treasury, and the insufficient parts continued to recover.

The second instance of the Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court was reviewed: from 1997 to 2013, Zhang Zhongsheng used the use of the county magistrate of Zhongyang County, Shanxi Province, Secretary of the Zhongyang County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, Deputy Commissioner of Luliang District Office of Shanxi Province, and Luliang City Party Committee of the Communist Party of ChinaThe conveniences of the Standing Committee, Deputy Mayor, and other positions have seek benefits for relevant units and individuals, asking for and illegally accepting the property given by relevant units and individuals, a total of more than 1.04 billion yuan. Zhang Zhongsheng still has a huge amount of property significantly more than legal income, which cannot explain the source.

The Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court believes that as a national staff member, Zhang Zhongsheng uses the convenience of his position to seek benefits for others, ask for, and illegally accept others' property. His behavior has constituted the crime of bribery;The part that exceeds the legitimate income cannot explain the source, and the difference is particularly huge. The behavior constitutes a huge source of property for unknown crimes, and it should be punished and punished.Zhang Zhongsheng's bribes were particularly huge and had a bribe plot. Zhang Zhongsheng's bribery crime has seriously infringed the integrity of national staff. He has caused particularly significant losses to the interests of the country and the people. The social impact is extremely bad.EssenceIn view of the confession of Zhang Zhongsheng, most of the criminal facts that have not yet mastered the case handling agency after arriving at the case. Its and their families actively cooperated with the pursuit of stolen money.During the second instance, it was verified that it was true and constituted a major achievement. It has legal and decided to be sentenced to the death penalty.After the second year of the expiration of the expiration of law was reduced to life imprisonment, life imprisonment was imprisoned, and sentences must not be reduced or parole.The court made the above judgment.

The relevant person in charge of Shanxi High Court asked the reporter in the second instance of Zhang Zhongsheng's case

According to the WeChat public account of the Shanxi High Court, on October 29, the Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court publicly sentenced the former Standing Committee of the Luliang Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of China and the former deputy mayor of the Luliang City People's Government of Shanxi Province to accept bribes, and the source of the huge amount of property was unknown., Sentence Zhang Zhongsheng for death, execute two years of slow period, deprives political rights for life, and confiscates all personal property. After the second -year execution of his death sentence is reduced to life imprisonment in accordance with the law, life imprisonment shall not be reduced or parole.The stolen money and the source of the stolen money and the source of unknown property are recovered according to law, and the state treasury is paid, and the insufficient parts will continue to recover.Yang Hong, the chief of the trial and vice president of the Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court, accepted an interview with reporters and answered the attention of all sectors of society.

Reporter: The defendant Zhang Zhongsheng was sentenced to death in the first instance of the case, immediately executed, sentenced to death in the second instance, and executed for two years., Parole.What are the reasons for the second instance to change the judgment?

Judgment: The court of first instance tried to find out that Zhang Zhongsheng used his powers to seek benefits for others. He repeatedly received the property of others in violation of the law. The amount was particularly huge, equivalent to more than 1.04 billion yuan, and had a bribery plot.Although Zhang Zhongsheng has a truthful confession, and actively cooperates with the recovery work, the criminal amount is particularly huge, and the crime plot is particularly serious.Special major losses have caused extremely harsh social impacts, and crimes are extremely serious.The court of first instance was sentenced to death according to law.

Zhang Zhongsheng actively reported the major bribery clues of a provincial leader in Shanxi. It was verified during the second instance.The criminal reports have a significant impact on the province and even the country, constituting major merits. According to the relevant provisions of laws and judicial interpretations, Zhang Zhongsheng can be punished lightly.Zhang Zhongsheng's family actively cooperated with the judicial authorities to recover the real estate and parking spaces involved in the case in Hong Kong, and most of the stolen money was recovered.Zhang Zhongsheng has a legal and discretion from the lenient punishment plot.Our hospital comprehensively considered the facts and circumstances of the crime of the whole case, and the sentence was renamed as a death penalty. It was executed for two years, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property.Lifetime imprisonment must not be reduced or parole.

Reporter: Lai Xiaomin, former party secretary and chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd., was sentenced to death. Zhang Zhongsheng was sentenced to death. What is the main difference between this case and Lai Xiaomin's case?

Judgment Chief: There are many differences between Zhang Zhongsheng's case and Lai Xiaomin's case. Zhang Zhongsheng received more than 1.04 billion yuan, and the amount of crime was particularly huge, but less than Lai Xiaomin's bribery . Zhang Zhongsheng actively reported the major bribery criminal clues of a provincial leader in Shanxi. It has a significant impact in the province and even nationwide. It is verified that it is true.The situation stipulated that the situation of "reporting and exposing the major criminal acts of others" constitutes a major achievement. According to the opinions of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on the case of surrender and meritorious circumstances such as surrender crime cases: "For criminals with merit plots, they shouldThe degree of harm of society, combined with the size of the performance of the performance, the severity of the crimes that cracked cases, the legal punishment that the suspects that the criminal suspects may be judged, and the timing of the merits."From the magnitude of light and reduction of punishment", Zhang Zhongsheng's reports revealed that the source of the clues was properly, the effect was large, and the crime of cracked cases was heavier, and he could punish him lightly.Zhang Zhongsheng and his family members actively cooperated with the stolen money to recover the work, and most of the stolen goods involved in the case were recovered.Zhang Zhongsheng pleaded guilty and took the initiative to explain most of the criminal facts that the case handling agency had not yet mastered.Our hospital comprehensively considered the facts and circumstances of the crime of the whole case, and the sentence was renamed as a death penalty. It was executed for two years, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property.Lifetime imprisonment must not be reduced or parole.

It is necessary to specifically point out that the amount of crime is an important torture factor for corruption and bribery crimes, but it is not the only factor. In order to comprehensively evaluate the severity of the crime, the impact of the plot on sentencing results must be fully considered.

Reporter: Please explain what Zhang Zhongsheng was sentenced to life imprisonment?

Judgment: Lifetime imprisonment is a brief statement.Criminal Law Amendment (9) increased the provisions of the crime of corruption and bribery after being sentenced to death to life imprisonment. It refers to the death penalty.After the second -year execution of the death penalty period was reduced to life imprisonment in accordance with the law, life imprisonment was imprisoned, and sentences must not be reduced or parole.Lifetime imprisonment is a kind of punishment execution measures between the execution of the death penalty immediately and the general dying, and it is mainly suitable for the pastSentences are immediately implemented. According to the criminal policy of using the death penalty, the application of life imprisonment can also be punished as a crime.Lifetime prison is not applicable to the general rules of the criminal law. During the period of death, major achievements have been reduced to 25 years in prison.In other words, no matter whether it is in prison during the period of death or the expiration of the period, it is not allowed to be sentenced to imprisonment due to major merit performance.Zhang Zhongsheng was sentenced to life imprisonment means that he would "sit through the prison", which reflected the principle of adaptation of crime and punishment, and ensured the seriousness and justice of the execution of punishment.

Reporter: What is the handling of the property involved?

Judgment: The number of property involved in this case is huge. After the active work of relevant agencies, most of the property involved in the case has been pursued in place and will be paid in accordance with law.In the insufficient part, our hospital will continue to recover.

Reporter: Why is the second instance of the second instance in this case longer?

Judgment: During the second instance, Zhang Zhongsheng reported the criminal facts of others, and the relevant departments carried out a lot of verification work.At the same time, the relevant authorities also carried out the recovery of Hong Kong property.Therefore, the second trial cycle is longer.

Zhang Zhongsheng was born in November 1952. He has been working in Luliang, Shanxi. He used to be the deputy county chief of Zhongyang County, deputy county head of the Standing Committee, county head, and county party secretary.In 2004, he served as Deputy Mayor Luliang. In 2009, he was the member of the Standing Committee of the Luliang Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor. He was removed from office in March 2013.

Previously

May 29, 2014 , according to the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Zhang Zhongsheng, the former deputy mayor of Luliang City, Shanxi Province, is suspected of serious disciplinary violations.

December 26, 2015 , according to the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, with the approval of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection has serious violations of disciplinary violations of the former member of the Luliang Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor The case was filed for review.

After investigation, Zhang Zhongsheng seriously violated political discipline and political rules. In order to cover up the facts of disciplinary violations, colluded illegal merchants, forged evidence, ordered an offensive and defensive alliance to fight against organizational review;Ten times to leave the country without permission; seriously violate the discipline of integrity, receive gifts, and use the convenience of the position to seek benefits for others in terms of corporate operations, ask for, and receive huge amounts of property;The illegal merchants collude with each other to act as a protective umbrella for illegal merchants and their affiliated enterprises; seriously violate their daily discipline.Among them, the use of the convenience of the job to seek benefits for others, and asking for problems such as obtaining and accepting property is suspected of crime.

As a leading cadre of party members, Zhang Zhongsheng has no party discipline and fearlessness. He seriously violates party discipline. He has a bad nature and a particularly serious plot.According to relevant regulations such as the Communist Party of China Disciplinary Actions, etc., after studying and reporting to the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee for approval by the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection, Zhang Zhongsheng was expelled from the party to cancel its retirement benefits; the disciplinary income was collected;Candidates are sent to judicial organs to handle according to law.

On March 28, 2018, According to Xinhua News Agency, the Linfen Intermediate People's Court of Shanxi Province, Zhang Zhongsheng, the former deputy mayor of the People's Government of Luliang City, Shanxi Province, received bribery, and the source of huge amounts of property in the first instancePublic sentences, The death penalty was sentenced to the defendant Zhang Zhongsheng, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property.And confiscate all personal property.

The first instance scene

The court also judged at the same time to recover the property and source of the income from Zhang Zhongsheng's bribery and its source of unknown and their interests, and paid the state treasury, insufficient parts, and continued to recover.The defendants of the same case Li Lanjun and Liu Niansheng were also sentenced to corresponding punishment for money laundering.

After hearing, From 1997 to 2013, the defendant Zhang Zhongsheng used the county head of Zhongyang County, Shanxi Province, Secretary of the Zhongyang County Party Committee of the Communist Party of China, Deputy Commissioner of the Luliang District Office of Shanxi Province, Standing Committee Member of the Luliang Municipal Party Committee of the Communist Party of ChinaThe mayor and other positions are convenient to help others provide help in the integration of coal resources and project approval.Zhang Zhongsheng's family property and expenditure significantly exceeded legitimate income, and the property that was equivalent to more than 130 million yuan could not be explained.

Linfen Intermediate People's Court believes that the defendant Zhang Zhongsheng's behavior constitutes a crime of bribery and the sources of huge amounts of property. Zhang Zhongsheng's crime of bribery is particularly huge. Among the eighteen facts of bribery crimes, the amount of bribery crimes is more than 200 million yuan, and they also actively ask others to bribe more than 88.68 million yuan.Zhang Zhongsheng used leading cadres to seek improper benefits for others, which seriously affected the healthy development of the local economy. After the incident, there was still more than 300 million yuan in stolen money. The crime was particularly serious.Zhang Zhongsheng was unable to be disciplined and extremely greedy. He still did not converge and did not stop after the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. He caused particularly major losses to the interests of the country and the people. The crimes were extremely serious .judgment.

On the morning of October 19, 2021, the Shanxi Provincial Higher People's Court opened the trial of the former Standing Committee of the Luliang Municipal Party Committee and the former deputy mayor of the Luliang City People's Government of the Communist Party of China, Zhang Zhongsheng, the former deputy mayor of Luliang City, Shanxi Province, and the case of unknown appeal.Will be pronounced.