"I'm going to retire in 11 months. If you calculate the economic account, according to the current treatment income of 150,000 yuan per year after the retirement of the fourth-level researcher, assuming that the average life expectancy of people is 85 years old, then I still have 25 years of pension to receive, a total of 3.75 million, but now there is nothing, this is no way to regret..." On September 15, 2021, with the first-instance judgment of the Jiashan County People's Court, Liang Guozhong, a former member of the party group and deputy director of the Jiashan County Economic and Information Technology Bureau, was sentenced to three years and eight months in prison.
"This is a life account that belongs to 'miscalculation'. The loss of the bottom line and the loss of power will inevitably lead to an imbalance in life, and Liang Guozhong's alarm bell is particularly loud and heavy. After listening to Liang Guozhong's court trial, a grassroots cadre sighed.
Defense Line————
Collapsed under the corrosion of the "boiled frog in warm water"
Back in 1998, Liang Guozhong, who had just arrived in Xitang Town as deputy mayor, was in charge of industrial work, dared to take responsibility, did good deeds, and was a "capable soldier" in the eyes of unit leaders and colleagues. But with the merger of the three townships in 1999, the area under Liang Guozhong's jurisdiction became larger, the number of enterprises managed became more and more, and more and more people came to him to ask him to "take care", small red envelopes, shopping cards... Under the double "pinch attack" of "human feelings" and "benefits", the discipline defense line in Liang Guozhong's heart gradually began to loosen.
"At the beginning, it was to hinder face, and I was embarrassed to refuse the small gifts and small red envelopes that the management service object took the initiative to hand over, and if you sent me to receive it, you would not ask for it if you did not send me." But over time, taking a little and taking a little bit slowly becomes an inertia, even a habit. ”
In Liang Guozhong's own words, receiving some small red envelopes, shopping cards, and small gifts is just a "small problem", and it is not illegal to help people say hello and make it convenient to usually help people at work.
If the small hole is not repaired, the big hole will definitely suffer. From a few thousand shopping cards to 20,000 or 30,000 cash red envelopes, although liang Guozhong's amount of bribes each time is not large, the loosening of the defensive line has caused him to have a "warm boiled frog" type of hindsight about the risk of honest government, and also laid down many hidden dangers for him to step by step in the future.
Friendship——
It becomes flavored in the interaction of "hooking up with each other"
The appearance of "warm-hearted" soon made Liang Guozhong a "guest of honor" in the circle of bosses and business owners within his management, and more and more "friends" took the initiative to communicate with Liang Guozhong, and his friendship became more and more intimate.
In 2007, Liang Guozhong suffered a leg injury and fractured, and his long-time "old friend" and owner of a company, Xu Mou, came to visit after learning the news, which made Liang Guozhong quite moved. Coincidentally, Xu Mou himself has a leg disability, so he often asks Liang Guozhong, who has temporary mobility difficulties, to soak his feet and eat, and the "friendship" between the two has deepened day by day.
One day in 2012, Liang Guozhong took Xu to a dinner organized by the owner of a steel company, and during the staggering of fundraising, Xu learned that a large amount of scrap would be generated in the company's production process, and immediately showed a strong interest in the scrap treatment business. Liang Guozhong saw it in his eyes, so he took the opportunity to help his "friend" matchmaking. With Liang Guozhong's greeting, it did not take long for Xu to successfully start the business of acquiring and disposing of the company's scrap steel, and profited from it.
At the same time, whenever Xu's company was investigated and punished by the safety supervision, environmental protection and other departments for illegal operations, or even ordered to stop business for rectification, Liang Guozhong, who was "moralistic" to his friend, repeatedly used his power to mediate for Xu and gave him care and help in violation of the law. In the face of Liang Guozhong's "full help", Xu also understood the spirit and "Zhi En Tu Bao", and gave Liang Guozhong a total of 200,000 yuan in cash for many times.
In this way, these "good friends" put on the cloak of "friendship" the political and business relations that should have been refreshing, but secretly practiced power and money transactions, completely forgetting party discipline and state law.
Repentance --
Sigh in the lost "Gan is hunted"
The more the various boss "friends" interacted, the more the balance that was already unbalanced in Liang Guozhong's heart tilted. At work, the bosses who deal with him are also treated differently by Liang Guozhong.
"I also receive gifts selectively. Only those who can do things for me and bring me benefits will I receive..." After the defense line was lost, Liang Guozhong's view of power underwent a huge change, from "I want to serve" to "serve me", which also laid a deep root for his further sinking.
In the second half of 2012, Liang Guozhong was preparing to renovate the new house, so he specifically contacted Zhou Mou, the owner of an air conditioning purification engineering company, and ordered two air conditioners and a set of floor heating systems worth a total of 135,000 yuan from his company. Thinking that Liang Guozhong had helped his company to provide help when undertaking the air conditioning business of some offices in Xitang Town and the new office building of the County Economic and Information Bureau, Zhou took the initiative to propose that this cost be borne by him, and falsely issued two invoices to Liang Guozhong, and Liang Guozhong also gladly accepted it.
Desire is like an abyss, making people fall deeper and deeper. During his tenure as deputy director of the Jiashan County Economic and Information Bureau, Liang Guozhong actively provided assistance and benefits for Wang, the owner of a wall co., LTD., in terms of enterprise project construction, capital subsidies, energy conservation and consumption reduction, on the other hand, he "secretly du Chen Cang" lent 500,000 yuan to Wang, but agreed and obtained interest payments significantly higher than Wang's loans to others in the same period, totaling 172,500 yuan.
On December 17, 2020, the Jiashan County Discipline Inspection Commission and the County Supervision Commission conducted a review and investigation of Liang Guozhong and took measures of retention in custody. After investigation, Liang Guozhong violated political discipline by colluding with others to resist organizational scrutiny; violating the spirit of the eight provisions of the central authorities and honest discipline, accepting gifts and consumption cards that might affect the fair performance of official duties, and illegally borrowing money to obtain large returns; violating organizational discipline and not truthfully reporting personal matters; taking advantage of his position to accept other people's property and property for others to seek benefits for others, the amount of which was huge, and he was suspected of accepting bribes. In April 2021, Liang Guozhong was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office.
After trial, the court found that in the 20 years from 2000 to 2020, Liang Guozhong took advantage of his position to provide assistance to others in project construction, energy management and other aspects, and illegally accepted property from others worth more than 790,000 yuan. In September 2021, the Jiashan County People's Court sentenced Liang Guozhong to three years and eight months in prison and a fine of 250,000 yuan for accepting bribes.
Source: Zhejiang Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Provincial Supervision Commission website