On December 22, 2023, the Hainan Provincial No. 1 Intermediate People's Court publicly pronounced a verdict in the first instance of the case of Liu Hongwu, former member of the leading party group and vice chairman of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, for accepting bribes, and sentenced Liu Hongwu to 15 years in prison and a fine of RMB 6 million for accepting bribes.
After trial, it was ascertained that from 2005 to 2022, defendant Liu Hongwu took advantage of his position as director of the Construction Committee, assistant to the mayor and deputy mayor of Beihai City, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, member of the Standing Committee of the Hezhou Municipal Party Committee and deputy mayor, deputy director and director of the Development and Reform Commission of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, and vice chairman of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. provided assistance in obtaining special subsidy funds and other matters, and illegally accepted property from the above-mentioned units and individuals directly or through others, totaling more than 83.73 million yuan.
The Hainan Provincial No. 1 Intermediate People's Court held that defendant Liu Hongwu's conduct constituted the crime of accepting bribes, and that the amount of bribes accepted was particularly huge, and should be punished in accordance with law. In view of the fact that some of Liu Hongwu's bribery crimes were attempted, he truthfully confessed his crimes after arriving at the case, took the initiative to confess most of the facts of the bribery crimes that the supervision organs had not yet grasped, pleaded guilty and repented, reported the illegal and criminal acts of others, had meritorious service, actively returned the stolen goods, and most of the stolen money and goods had been recovered, and could be given a lighter punishment in accordance with law. The Court accordingly rendered the judgment.
(Source: CCTV News Client)