On February 9 and 10, the Supreme People's Procuratorate announced that it had decided to arrest three ministerial-level "tigers" Cai Esheng, Meng Xiang, and Gan Rongkun. Among them, Cai Esheng, 71 years old, was the "old superior" of Lai Xiaomin, the former party secretary and chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd.
The Supreme People's Procuratorate decided to arrest Cai Esheng in accordance with law
The case of Cai Esheng, former member of the Party Committee and vice chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission, suspected of accepting bribes, using influence to accept bribes, and abusing his power, was investigated by the State Supervision Commission and transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. A few days ago, the Supreme People's Procuratorate made a decision to arrest Cai Esheng on suspicion of accepting bribes, using influence to accept bribes, and abusing his power in accordance with the law. The case is under further processing.
The Henan Provincial People's Procuratorate decided to arrest Meng Xiang in accordance with law
The case of Meng Xiang, former member of the Adjudication Committee of the Supreme People's Court and former director of the Executive Bureau, suspected of accepting bribes, was investigated by the State Supervision Commission and transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution. Upon designation of jurisdiction by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, the Henan procuratorial organs are to review and prosecute. Recently, the Henan Provincial People's Procuratorate made a decision to arrest Meng Xiang on suspicion of accepting bribes in accordance with the law. The case is under further processing.
Jiangsu procuratorial organs prosecuted Gan Rongkun's suspected bribery case in accordance with law
The case of Gan Rongkun, former member of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, was investigated by the State Supervision Commission and designated by the Supreme People's Procuratorate, and examined and prosecuted by the Changzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate of Jiangsu Province. Recently, the Changzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate has filed a public prosecution with the Changzhou Intermediate People's Court.
During the review and prosecution stage, the procuratorial organs informed the defendant Gan Rongkun of his procedural rights in accordance with the law, interrogated the defendant Gan Rongkun, and listened to the defender's opinions. The procuratorial organs indicted and charged: Defendant Gan Rongkun took advantage of his position as deputy director of the Financial Science and Technology Department, director of the Department of Financial Equipment, director of the Infrastructure Construction Office of the General Administration of Customs, secretary of the party leading group and director of the Beijing Customs Party Group, vice governor of the Hubei Provincial Government Party Group, member of the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial CPC Committee, secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, member of the Standing Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial CPC Committee, secretary of the Standing Committee of the Henan Provincial CPC Committee, and secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, as well as the convenience of the formation of his powers and position, to seek benefits for others and illegally accept property from others, the amount of which was particularly huge, and he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for accepting bribes according to law.
71-year-old "tiger"
Cai Esheng is a "financial veteran".
According to public information, he was born in Hubei in 1951, 71 years old this year, and has experienced many stages of development and change in China's financial industry.
In his early years, Cai Esheng joined the rural areas of DaiXian County, Shanxi Province, and later became a soldier of the 631st Regiment of the 71st Anti-Aircraft Artillery Division of the People's Liberation Army. In April 1975, Cai Esheng entered the banking system and became a cadre of the Haidian District Office of the Beijing Branch of Chinese Bank.
In February 1978, the 27-year-old Cai Esheng went to Shanxi University of Finance and Economics to study finance and finance, and after graduation, he became a cadre of the Personnel Department and the Financial Management Department of the Chinese Bank.
During his work at the central bank, Cai Esheng successively served as the deputy director and the third division of the Structural Reform Division of the Financial Management Department, the director of the Financial System Reform Division of the Comprehensive Planning Department, the director of the Planning Pilot Division of the Financial System Reform Department, and the deputy director of the Interest Rate Savings Management Department.
In January 1994, he returned to the Department of Financial Management as Director general and in May 1994 as director of the Department of Banking.
Cai Esheng once said to himself, "In May 1994, after the first reform of state institutions, the Management Department was split into the Banking Division and the Non-Banking Division, and I served as the Director Of the Banking Department, and since then I have really come into contact with financial supervision. ”
In September 1998, Cai Esheng became the assistant to the president of Chinese Min min bank, and in February 2000, he also served as the president and party secretary of the Shanghai branch.
In May 2001, he became Chairman of the Supervisory Board of a Key State-Owned Financial Institution, and four years later became Vice Chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission and Member of the Party Committee (until 2013).
Cai Esheng was the "old superior" of Lai Xiaomin, former party secretary and chairman of China Huarong Asset Management Co., Ltd.
In December 2005, Lai Xiaomin was appointed director of the General Office of the CBRC (Party Committee Office). In the same month, Cai Esheng became the vice chairman of the China Banking Regulatory Commission and a member of the party committee, and the two worked together for more than 3 years. Lai Xiaomin, who has amassed more than 1.7 billion yuan in wealth, has been executed.
After Cai Esheng's downfall, on July 30, 2021, the CBIRC held a meeting of its party committee to convey the decision of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission to conduct a disciplinary review and supervision and investigation of Cai Esheng's suspected serious violations of discipline and laws.
The meeting mentioned that it is necessary to focus on prominent problems, key areas and key positions, resolutely investigate and deal with the corruption problems behind financial risks, resolutely investigate and deal with corrupt elements who do not converge and do not accept, and do a good job in coordinating financial anti-corruption and handling financial risks.
The meeting demanded that we should conscientiously implement the provisions on the separation of public and private, the recusal of performance, non-official exchanges, zero material exchanges, and personal investment and financing behaviors, and continue to build a "pro" and "clean" health supervision relationship.
What's wrong with the "elderly tigers"?
On January 24, 2022, Cai Esheng was double-dismissed, and the Discipline Inspection Commission reported that he was extravagant and corrupt, unscrupulous, lawless, "retired without end", and defied the wind.
The circular mentioned that he engaged in duplicity and duplicity, abused the power of financial supervision, seriously disrupted the order of the financial market, and seriously polluted the political ecology of the financial sector; repeatedly entered and exited private clubs in violation of the law; engaged in trading power and money; used the convenience and influence of his position to seek profits for others in financing loans, project contracting, job promotion, and so on, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.
In 2021, there were 3 "tigers" who were over 70 years old at the time of investigation, in addition to Cai Esheng, Li Wenxi, former vice chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Liu Chuansheng, former secretary of the party committee of Beijing Normal University.
Among them, Li Wenxi, former vice chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was born in March 1950, and he was 71 years old when he was investigated last year.
Li Wenxi has served in the political and legal system for a long time, serving as an assistant to the governor of Liaoning Province and the director of the provincial public security department.
Li Wenxi was indicted in September last year. The prosecution alleged that he was suspected of accepting bribes -- taking advantage of his position as secretary and director of the Party Committee of the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department, member of the Party Group and Vice Chairman of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and the convenience of his authority or position, to provide assistance to others in evading criminal prosecution and business operations, and illegally accepting property from others, the amount of which was particularly huge, and he should be investigated for criminal responsibility for accepting bribes according to law.
Liu Chuansheng was born in December 1950 and voluntarily surrendered in July 2021, and she was not transferred to justice.
According to the State Supervision Commission of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, after Liu Chuansheng voluntarily surrendered, he was able to truthfully explain his problems, voluntarily hand over all the proceeds of violations of discipline and law, and give him a lenient and mitigated treatment in accordance with the principles of punishing those who have violated discipline and the latter, treating the sick and saving people.
In the end, Liu Chuansheng was expelled from the party and adjusted his retirement benefits according to the sixth-level staff.
In the third episode of the TV special "Zero Tolerance" broadcast in January this year, Liu Chuansheng also appeared on camera.
There is also a "tiger" who is nearly 70 years old and has been investigated.
For example, Wang Fuyu, former chairman of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (born in August 1952, 69 years old when he was investigated), and Pan Jiahua, former head of the discipline inspection team of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration and former member of the party group of the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration (born in 1952, 69 years old when he was investigated).
On January 17, 2022, Wang Fuyu was sentenced to a suspended death sentence for accepting bribes and using influence to accept bribes, and he amassed more than 430 million yuan. On January 6, 2022, Pan Jiahua was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes, and he is also the first "tiger" to be prosecuted in 2022.
On the same day, Meng Xiang was arrested
In addition to Cai Esheng, on February 10, Meng Xiang, a former member of the Adjudication Committee of the Supreme People's Court and former director of the Executive Bureau, was also arrested.
Meng Xiang was investigated on July 16, 2021, while serving as a member of the Adjudication Committee and director of the Executive Bureau of the Supreme People's Court.
The Discipline Inspection Commission reported that Meng Xiang deliberately resisted organizational review and engaged in superstitious activities; violated the spirit of the eight central regulations, accepted gifts and gifts in violation of the law, and accepted banquets that might affect the fair execution of official duties for a long time; did not report personal matters in accordance with regulations; engaged in profit-making activities in violation of regulations and obtained large returns through private lending; violated the law in law enforcement, interfered in the selection and appointment of cadres and judicial activities in violation of the law; became corrupt and degenerate in life; engaged in power and money transactions on a large scale, and used his position to facilitate the execution of case trials and the contracting of engineering projects for others. And illegally accept huge amounts of money.
On February 10, the Supreme People's Procuratorate reported that Meng Xiang's suspected bribery case was investigated by the State Supervision Commission and transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution.
Source: Liaoshi Bureau Comprehensive "Supreme People's Procuratorate" WeChat public account, Xinhua News Agency, Zhengzhi, etc