Accepting bribes of more than 58 million yuan, Zhang Mingming, secretary of the Jiang'anyuan County Party Committee in Sichuan Province, was sentenced to 14 years in prison in the first instance

Beijing News Express According to the official micro-news of the Yibin Intermediate Court, recently, the Yibin Intermediate People's Court publicly pronounced a verdict on the bribery case of the defendant Zhang Mingming in the first instance, and the defendant Zhang Mingming committed the crime of accepting bribes and was sentenced to 14 years' imprisonment and fined 3 million yuan in accordance with the law.

The court tried and ascertained

Between December 2007 and December 2018, defendant Zhang Mingming took advantage of his position as deputy secretary of the Nanxi County (District) Cpc Committee, deputy county magistrate, county magistrate of Jiang'an County, and secretary of the county party committee to accept the entrustment of 57 people, including Cao XX, Liu XX, and Xue XX, in the setting of investment conditions, project bidding, project promotion, project fund allocation, and job adjustment, to provide help and support to relevant enterprises and individuals, and accepted RMB55.119783 million and US$407,000 from the above-mentioned persons. HK$100,000, 1 Lexus off-road vehicle, 2 gold bars of 1,000 grams, a total of RMB58,765,212,400. Among them, Cao Moumou issued several "IOUs" with a total amount of 24.5 million yuan to Zhang Mingming, and promised to cash in and pay Zhang Mingming afterwards. Until the occurrence of the case, Cao Moumou did not pay Zhang Mingming for the "IOU" he played.

The court held

Defendant Zhang Mingming, as a state functionary, took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others, and accepted property sent by others totaling RMB58,765,212,400, an amount of which was particularly huge, and his conduct constituted the crime of accepting bribes. Among the above-mentioned bribes, he accepted 24.5 million yuan from Cao X by issuing an "IOU", and if he failed to succeed due to reasons other than his will, it was an attempted crime, and he could be given a mitigated punishment for this part of the crime compared to the completed crime; If they truthfully confess the facts of their crime after arriving at the case, they may be given a lenient punishment in accordance with law; If all the stolen funds have been returned, and they voluntarily admit guilt in court, they may be given a lenient punishment in accordance with law. Based on the facts, nature, and circumstances of the case and the defendant's attitude of admitting guilt and repentance, the Yibin Intermediate People's Court made the above judgment in accordance with law.

Edited by Jiani Liu

Source: Yibin Intermediate Court Official Wei