In the early 80s of the last century, smuggling crimes were becoming more and more rampant in the southern coastal areas of the mainland, and it is unbelievable that a small number of leading cadres actually abandoned their principles, colluded with smugglers, and wantonly harmed the interests of the state.
Wang Zhong is a native of Jixian County, Hebei Province, born in poverty, joined the People's Liberation Army in 1947, became a revolutionary soldier, in the later stage of the Liberation War, Wang Zhong followed the troops all the way south, to the Guangdong region.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, Wang Zhong transferred from the army to work in Haifeng County, and successively served as a member of the district party committee and deputy secretary. In 1976, Wang Zhong was promoted to secretary of the county party committee and became the leader of Haifeng County.
After the reform and opening up, the number of people visiting relatives and doing business in Hong Kong and Macao in many parts of the mainland has been increasing, and Haifeng County, which is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macao, is no exception. However, at that time, the approval procedures for going to Hong Kong and Macao were quite strict, which led to many people not being able to do so, so relying on the relationship and finding a way became the best choice for these people.
In October 1979, a staff member from Haifeng County approached Wang Zhong, hoping that Wang Zhong would approve his application to go to Hong Kong. Soon after, the news spread in Haifeng County.
As soon as the news spread, more and more people came to the door with gifts to ask Wang Zhong to do things, and Wang Zhong accepted all the orders and opened the door for convenience.
Wang Zhong tasted the sweetness of receiving gifts, and he was surprised to find that the power in his hands could be exchanged for wealth. As time passed, Wang Zhong's appetite grew, and he was no longer satisfied with receiving gifts, but set his greedy eyes on smuggling and confiscated items.
In the early days of reform and opening up, the crime of smuggling in Haifeng County was very serious, and the higher authorities attached great importance to it, set up a special anti-smuggling headquarters, and appointed Wang Zhong as the commander-in-chief.
After the establishment of the anti-smuggling command, fruitful work was carried out and a large number of smuggled goods were confiscated, most of which were household appliances. Looking at these smuggled goods, Wang Zhong was like a hungry wolf staring at a fat sheep, and his saliva flowed.
In order to satisfy his own selfish desires, Wang Zhong embezzled a large amount of smuggled goods in various names, and then sold these items, and all the proceeds were put into his personal pocket.
Led by Wang Zhong, his wife and son also participated in criminal activities and became his accomplices. In addition, under Wang Zhong's instigation and connivance, many cadres in Haifeng County have become the protective umbrella of smugglers, and Wang Zhong himself has even accepted bribes on a large scale. For a time, Haifeng County's anti-smuggling work fell into a passive situation.
Wang Zhong's actions have caused a very bad impact in Haifeng County, and many people and some cadres with a sense of justice have reported them in various forms, and these reports have been reported layer by layer, and finally fed back to the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection immediately dispatched a working group to Haifeng. After investigation, the working group obtained evidence of the crimes committed by some anti-smuggling personnel in Haifeng County and brought them to justice. When Wang Zhong learned the news, he was very panicked and hurriedly transferred and hid the stolen money.
Since the evidence of Wang Zhong's crime was not in the possession of the relevant departments for the time being, the superiors only made a decision to suspend him for reflection. Just when Wang Zhong was glad that he was about to escape the catastrophe, something unexpected happened to him: Wang, the custodian of the anti-smuggling warehouse in Haifeng County, was indignant and provided a large amount of facts and evidence of Wang Zhong's crime to the working group of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Subsequently, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection continued to investigate on the basis of this evidence, gradually grasped the facts of Wang Zhong's crime, and seized the stolen money and goods he had hidden. According to statistics, Wang Zhong embezzled and accepted bribes as much as 69,000 yuan, which was definitely an astronomical amount at that time.
In August 1982, Wang Zhong was expelled from the party, removed from all positions, and arrested in accordance with the law. In January of the following year, a report on Wang Zhong's corruption and bribery was sent to Chen Yun, then secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
After learning about Wang Zhong's crime, Chen Yun was furious and took the case. However, at this time, a few people interceded with Wang Zhong, believing that Wang Zhong had made contributions to the revolution and should be treated lightly.
Chen Yun immediately rejected the claims of these people, saying that Wang Zhong, as a leading cadre of the party, knew the law and violated the law, wantonly embezzled and took bribes, which caused an extremely bad impact on society, and that not killing was not enough to anger the people, and must be severely punished!
In January 1983, a public judgment meeting was held in Shantou and Wang Zhong was sentenced to death on the spot. After the meeting, Wang Zhong was escorted to the execution ground, and with the sound of a gunshot, Wang Zhong's criminal life came to an end......