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What is it like to be born into a family of corrupt officials?
The "Arctic Catfish" finally pulled Grandpa into the water.
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After more than seven months of waiting, the results of the "Arctic Catfish" survey by a netizen flaunting assets have been announced.
On October 10, 2023, the Shenzhen Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a notice to expelle Zhong Gengci, the former director of the Freight Management Department of the Municipal Transportation Bureau, from the party, determine his pension benefits for second-level cadres, and confiscate his personal information. Discipline and illegal income.
According to reports, Zhong Gengci is the grandfather of the "Arctic Catfish".
In March of this year, "Arctic Catfish" angrily criticized the network on social media: "I have 9 characters in my family", "I can live in any country I want", "all this money comes from leeks", and he also used "China".
Now after this study is exposed, some netizens complained: "If the descendants of officials were not so ruthless, Zhong Gengci might not have appeared." On the other hand, some people commented that Zhong Gengci was "disloyal and dishonest to the party" in the report. It's understandable that the "Arctic Catfish" so blatantly flaunts their assets – that's the family tradition.
Since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the anti-corruption struggle with no forbidden areas, full coverage and zero tolerance has been carried out across the country. News reports about fallen officials often reveal their descendants. Among them, there are playboy types who live luxuriously, there are noble and mysterious businessmen in Ariko's pen, and there are also playboys who are arrogant and domineering like "Arctic Catfish".
The "sons and daughters" of corrupt official families have their own fates.
Father will lead you to corruption
In the story of domestic corruption cases, enjoying wealth, luxury cars, and famous watches are only one aspect of the children of civil servants. When the Legal Evening News sorted out nearly 30 corruption cases, I found that nearly 60 percent of the cases were caused by father-son cooperation.
Among the fallen officials, many have used their political connections and children to build political and business empires. According to Caijing and other media reports, the "mysterious businessman" Zhou Bin once relied on the power of his father, Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Political Bureau of the 17th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and a member of the Standing Committee, to build a political and business empire that extended from Beijing to Sichuan and overseas.
The courtyard of the "mysterious rich businessman" Zhou Bin's house. (IC image)
After returning from studying in the United States, Zhou Bin worked in the petroleum system for a period of time before starting his entrepreneurial career. He relied on his father's connections and enjoyed the benefits of monopolizing resources. His business includes hydropower, oil, tourism, investment, etc., relying on the oil system of the "Zhongxu Clan" and the Sichuan merchant Wu Bing, his business empire is worth hundreds of millions.
Zhou Bin's business scope also includes Jiang Feng, Guo Lianxing and others. According to Chinanews.com, they are the sons of Jiang Jiemin, former director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission of the State Council, and Guo Yongxiang, former chairman of the Sichuan Provincial Association of Literary and Art Districts. In addition, Shen Juncheng, the son of Shen Changfu, former party secretary and general manager of China Mobile Communications Group Chongqing Co., Ltd., and his father's friend Liu Wei founded Sichuan Guanda Communication Engineering Co., Ltd., and then contracted Chongqing mobile base station maintenance pilot project Wanzhou and other engineering projects; Zhao Jin, the son of Zhao Shaolin, a former member of the Standing Committee of Jiangsu Province, was once called "the greatest developer" by the outside world. He was responsible for the development of many projects in Tianjin, including the unauthorized addition of floors to buildings. He made huge profits by expanding the floor space without limits.
In addition to political and business cooperation, selling official positions is also a common trick of the "greedy second generation". According to the anti-corruption film "Always on the Road", Su Rong, the former vice chairman of the 12th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, introduced some officials to his son Su Tiezhi, who helped his friend get the project through officials and authorities. Got a good payoff. In addition, he also interfered in the appointment and dismissal of cadres in Jiangxi many times, and was called the "Minister of Underground Organization".
"In the family power structure, 'father and son' are often the main thread, and all grey transactions are connected to this thread." "Half Moon Talk" once commented that the "economy in the ya" is essentially the consolidation of power and the product of privatization. Families benefit in the short term, but in the end, many innocent people are victimized.
Travel abroad with luxury cars and watches
As "Arctic Catfish" reveals, a life of luxury is the standard for the descendants of many corrupt officials. When the masks of fallen officials are torn off, the details of their children's lives forever become a topic of discussion.
A well-known case is the embezzlement case of singer Qu Wanting's mother, Zhang Mingjie. As the former director of the Harbin Urbanization Leading Group Office, he took advantage of the convenience of being in charge of land acquisition work to illegally obtain 350 million yuan in land acquisition funds, causing 566 workers to lose their jobs. In 2014, Zhang Mingjie was investigated for corruption, bribery, and abuse of power. The amount involved is 3 billion yuan, of which 11 million yuan is the employee settlement fee.
Singer Qu Wanting and her mother Zhang Mingjie. (IC image)
After Zhang Mingjie divorced her ex-husband, she raised Qu Wanting alone, and sent 16-year-old Qu Wanting to Seneca College in Canada to study music in 1999. The annual tuition fee there even exceeded 200,000 yuan, and Qu Wanting studied there for 9 years. On Qu Wanting's social media, you can often see photos of him playing the piano, playing music, and traveling everywhere, including many luxury cars and mansions.
On November 17, 2021, the Harbin Municipal People's Court in Heilongjiang Province publicly convicted Zhang Mingjie of accepting bribes and abusing power. Zhang Mingjie was sentenced to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property. Zhang Mingjie appealed, and the court of second instance upheld the original verdict.
After Zhang Mingjie was examined, Qu Wanting once said in an interview with the University of British Columbia: "My mother is my hero, she is a hardworking person who gave me the best life she has ever experienced. "These statements caused a lot of controversy.
According to the publication of the China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily, public opinion is concerned about this matter precisely because people hate corrupt elements for endangering the interests of the state and the people and grabbing a large amount of ill-gotten wealth to satisfy their own luxurious life. Relatives and children . . . In fact, in some cases as well. In some cases, spouses, children and even emigrated abroad, and their property was also transferred abroad, ready to "change jobs" at any time. Such leading cadres are divorced from the party and the people and run counter to the original aspiration and mission of the communists. The party must discipline them. They are severely punished by the laws of the country and must pay a price for violating the law.
Almost at the same time as Zhang Mingjie, Liu Tienan, former deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, was investigated. The luxurious life of his son Liu Decheng has also attracted a lot of attention. As far as Liu Tienan knows, he gave Liu Decheng tens of millions of yuan worth of shares and received a symbolic salary of 1 million yuan, a Porsche car and a villa in Yutangshan, Beijing.
In 2013, Liu Decheng's freedom was restricted, and Liu Tienan was investigated. Prosecutors' charges show that Mr. Liu's son, Mr. Liu, was also involved in the corruption process and played the most important role. Liu Tienan confessed in court: "It's all her father's fault for not educating her." I bear full and fundamental responsibility for her crime, because it is an ordinary crime. More specifically, it was I who led her down this path. ”
Arrogant and domineering, after all, "deception"
"Arctic Catfish" is not the first offspring of civil servants with eccentric attitudes. In 2010, when social media was not yet developed, the phrase "My father is Li Gang" became popular all over the country and became a label used by Baidu to mock the arrogant and domineering "second generation of officials".
On April 5, 2019, in Xinyu City, Jiangxi Province, a group of primary school students read out their family motto and family motto next to the word "integrity" among the flowers. (@视觉中国图片)
This person's name is Li Qiming, and his father, Li Gang, is the deputy director of the North District of the Public Security Bureau of Baoding City, Hebei Province. Li Qiming is the only son in the family and has been pampered since he was a child. He has a domineering and perverted personality, is addicted to entertainment venues, and is greedy for indulgence and pleasure.
On the evening of October 16, 2010, Li Qiming drove a black sedan and knocked down two female students on the campus of Hebei University, killing one and injuring the other. After the incident, he did not slow down and ran over the girl. He was kidnapped by students and guards on campus, behaving arrogantly and coldly, shouting: "You can sue me, my father is Li Gang!" ”
The pressure of public opinion was enormous, and the governor of Hebei Province announced that the case of "my father is Li Gang" would be seriously dealt with in accordance with the law. Under the criticism and pressure of public opinion, Li Gang agreed to be interviewed by CCTV and publicly apologized. In the end, Li Qiming was sentenced to six years in prison on suspicion of a traffic accident.
In fact, his father, Li Gang, was also criticized for this and was involved in the fraud case. Although there is no evidence that Li Gang was involved in corruption, Li Gang took office shortly after Li Qiming was imprisoned, resigned and disappeared from public view.
In recent years, the farce "My Dad is Li Gang" has been frequently staged in Shenzhen, Nanning, Guangzhou and other places. The scene is on a campus, at an airport, in an airplane, or on a highway, and the characters also include "mayor", "director", "director", etc.
Descendants of civil servants who were "betrayed by their fathers".
There are also many children of civil servants who were "betrayed" by their fathers. They have no choice but to pay for their parents' greed. In 2008, Ge Baowei, former deputy director of a development zone in Huainan City, Anhui Province, absconded from New Zealand with his wife and daughter on suspicion of accepting bribes. Due to limited funds, language barriers, and no source of income, the family of three had no choice but to take refuge with his ex-wife Ge Baowei's son.
My son is already working, and he has to work two jobs to support four people. He had a stressful life and never started a family of his own. Finally, in 2015, Ge Baowei returned to China and surrendered.
Wang Guoqiang, former party secretary of Fengcheng City, Liaoning Province, also had a similar experience to Ge Baowei. At the beginning of 2012, after receiving a report of bribery, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection asked the Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to assist in the investigation and found a major bribery case involving Wang Guoqiang. In April of the same year, the kingdom fled to the United States.
A few months after he went to the United States, he called his daughter for the first time, who was studying in Boston. In order not to burden his daughter, he did not tell his daughter where he lived in the United States for more than two years, and the whole family did not see him.
In 2014, Wang Guoqiang returned to China and surrendered. In an interview with the media, he said: "The girl asked me why, you and your mother are both civil servants, the unit is good, and you are a manager, are you short of money?" I can't answer my child. "I felt like I wasn't at that moment, I was a father, I felt like I was going to be interrogated in front of the prosecutor, my heart ached."
Despite the painful lesson, many officials are still reckless in the lure of money. In March this year, Li Jirong, the former manager of a daily necessities company in Liuzhi Special Economic Zone, Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, was placed on file for investigation on suspicion of serious violations.
He said: "I'm sorry for my relatives, my parents have high expectations for me, and if my son wants to enter the society after graduation, he will inevitably face criticism behind the backs of others, and he always thinks that I am a more straightforward person." In her confession, she mentioned that her son was about to enter society: "My heart is broken. How does he deal with other people? ”
*Source: The Paper, CCTV, People's Daily, Zheng Twelve, etc
Is the "Arctic Catfish" the wrong name?
Typing trivia - the good granddaughter of this official misspelled the word "catfish" and should have changed it to "catfish".
Among the top ten language mistakes in 2019, it is clearly mentioned that the words used in economic and trade news are not standardized: "catfish" is mistaken for "catfish". In 2013, the "General Standard Chinese Character List" was published and adopted, and "catfish" was designated as the standard character, while its variant "catfish" was not included in the table. From then on, it became irregular to spell "catfish" as "catfish".
However, in order to ensure the accuracy of the information, this article will continue to use the screen name of the person concerned "Arctic Catfish".
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