October 14, 2024
Intermediate People's Court of Xiangyang City, Hubei Province
The verdict was publicly announced in the first instance
Former member of the Party Leadership Group and Vice Governor of Liaoning Provincial Government
Former Secretary of the Party Committee of the Provincial Public Security Department,
The case of Wang Dawei, the director of the department, taking bribes
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The defendant Wang Dawei was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated of all personal property for the crime of accepting bribes; After the two-year suspension of their death sentence is completed and their sentence is commuted to life imprisonment in accordance with law, they are to be imprisoned for life without commutation or parole.
The property and fruits obtained by Wang Dawei from taking bribes shall be recovered in accordance with law and turned over to the state treasury. The shortfall continues to be recovered.
After trial, it was ascertained that from 2008 to 2022, defendant Wang Dawei took advantage of his position as a member of the Standing Committee of the Harbin Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Committee of Heilongjiang Province, Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director of the Party Committee of the Heilongjiang Provincial Public Security Department, Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Liaoning Provincial Public Security Department, Member of the Party Leadership Group, Assistant to the Governor, and Vice Governor of the Liaoning Provincial People's Government, as well as the convenience formed by the use of his authority or position, to provide Liaoning Zhongwang Group Co., Ltd., Liaoning Hongyun Investment (Group) Co., Ltd., Meng Bing and other units and individuals in business operations, provided assistance in handling cases, job promotions, adjustments, and other matters, and illegally accepted money, cars, and other property from the above-mentioned units and individuals, directly or through others, totaling more than 555 million yuan.
The Xiangyang City Intermediate People's Court held that defendant Wang Dawei's conduct constituted the crime of accepting bribes. After accepting bribes, Wang Dawei sought promotions and adjustments for many people, and used his authority to meddle in cases, and the amount of bribes accepted was particularly huge, the circumstances of the crime were particularly serious, and the social impact was particularly vile, causing particularly heavy losses to the interests of the state and the people.
In view of Wang Dawei's major meritorious service, he truthfully confessed his crimes after being brought into the case, took the initiative to confess most of the facts of accepting bribes that the case-handling organs had not yet grasped, pleaded guilty and repented, actively returned the stolen goods, and most of the proceeds and fruits of bribery have been recovered from the case, and there are statutory and discretionary mitigating circumstances, and he is sentenced to death in accordance with law, and may not be immediately executed.
On the basis of the facts and circumstances of his crime, it was decided that after the two-year suspension of his death sentence was completed and commuted to life imprisonment in accordance with law, he would be sentenced to life imprisonment without commutation or parole. The Court accordingly rendered the judgment.
Source: Newsroom Comprehensive CCTV News Client
Editor: Xu Lulu