In order to carry out in-depth warning education, release a strong signal of resolutely investigating and punishing bribery, and advocate the concept of honesty and law-abiding in the whole society, the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision recently issued a public briefing on 8 typical cases of bribery investigated and handled since the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China. The details are as follows:
1. The bribery case of Pan Quansheng, a staff member of Chenzhou Urban Construction Comprehensive Development Industrial Corporation. In 2009, in order to seek improper benefits, Pan Quansheng proposed to Liu Zhiwei, then chairman of Chenzhou Urban Construction Investment and Operation Co., Ltd., who took advantage of his position to illegally arrange for the company affiliated with Pan Quansheng to be selected into the list of supervision business qualifications of Chenzhou Urban Construction Investment and Operation Co., Ltd. by greeting the relevant person in charge, etc., to provide assistance for Pan Quansheng to undertake road construction project supervision business. From 2012 to 2017, in order to thank Liu Zhiwei (during which he successively served as the director of the management committee of Chenzhou High-tech Industrial Park, the vice mayor of Chenzhou, the standing committee of the Chenzhou Municipal Party Committee, the secretary of the Political and Legal Committee, etc.), Pan Quansheng sent Liu Zhiwei more than 1.2 million yuan through Liu Zhiwei's family and relatives through cash, car purchase, and project profit dividends. In November 2020, Pan Quansheng was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 100,000 yuan for bribery; sentenced to six months in prison and fined 50,000 yuan for colluding in bidding; decided to carry out a fixed-term imprisonment of five years and two months and fined 150,000 yuan; and recovered illegal gains according to law. In August 2019, Liu Zhiwei was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office; in April 2020, Liu Zhiwei was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison and fined 1 million yuan for accepting bribes.
2. The bribery case of Chen Jianlu, the legal representative of Hunan Lucheng Construction Engineering Co., Ltd. From 2008 to 2017, in order to seek improper benefits, Chen Jianlu asked Tan Yuansheng, who had successively served as the president of the First Affiliated Hospital of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and the president of Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Tan Yuansheng took advantage of his position to provide assistance for Chen Jianlu to undertake the maintenance and renovation of buildings related to the First Affiliated Hospital of Chinese Medicine, and the construction and security projects of Chen Jianlu by agreeing to and supporting the bidding agency company recommended by Chen Jianlu, expressing tendentious opinions during bidding review, and violating the rules of approval. From 2008 to 2017, in order to seek and thank Tan Yuansheng for his help, Chen Jianlu sent more than one million yuan of property directly or through Tan Yuansheng's family by sending cash, sending houses, paying home appliances and decoration payments. In September 2020, Chen Jianlu was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 300,000 yuan for bribery; one year in prison and fined 200,000 yuan for colluding in bidding; and decided to carry out the sentence of two years and six months in prison and fined 500,000 yuan. In December 2018, Tan Yuansheng was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office; in June 2020, Tan Yuansheng was sentenced to nine years in prison and fined 1 million yuan for accepting bribes.
3. Zhang Shiqin, the legal representative of Zhangjiajie Shiqin Tourism and Culture Co., Ltd., and Mao Yongjun, the project partner, paid bribes. In 2012, Zhang Shiqin and Mao Yongjun jointly raised funds to sign a contract with a neighborhood committee in Yongding District, Zhangjiajie City, in the name of Zhangjiajie Shiqin Tourism and Culture Co., Ltd., to transfer land use rights for the construction of the land for the construction of the elderly service center. From 2014 to 2017, in order to seek improper benefits, Zhang Shiqin proposed and asked Zhang Gongmin and Deng Dayuan, who were then members of the party group and deputy directors of the Standing Committee of the Zhangjiajie Municipal People's Congress, to provide help and promise benefits. Zhang Gongmin and Deng Dayuan took advantage of the conveniences or positions formed by their powers and positions to provide assistance to Zhang Shiqin and Mao Yongjun in handling land replacement, collection, storage, and payment of compensation in the elderly service center project by greeting relevant responsible persons and organizing coordination meetings. In 2017, in order to thank Zhang Gongmin and Deng Dayuan for their help, Zhang Shiqin and Mao Yongjun gave Zhang Gongmin and Deng Dayuan half a million yuan in cash each. In June 2020, Zhang Shiqin was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for four years, and fined 200,000 yuan for the crime of bribery; Mao Yongjun was sentenced to two years and six months in prison, suspended for three years, and fined 150,000 yuan for the crime of bribery; and Zhang Shiqin and Mao Yongjun's illegal gains were recovered according to law. In February 2019, Zhang Gongmin was expelled from the party and his treatment was revoked according to regulations; Deng Dayuan was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office. In June 2019, Zhang Gongmin was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined 500,000 yuan for accepting bribes; four years in prison and fined 300,000 yuan for embezzlement; and 10 years in prison and fined 800,000 yuan. Deng Dayuan was sentenced to five years in prison and fined 300,000 yuan for accepting bribes.
4. The bribery case of Tian Chunhua, deputy manager of Hunan Chaoda Construction Co., Ltd. From 2008 to 2013, in order to seek improper benefits, Tian Chunhua asked Zhang Gongmin, who had successively served as secretary of the party group and director of the Zhangjiajie Civil Affairs Bureau, and vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, and promised to give benefits. Zhang Gongmin took advantage of his position to provide assistance to Tian Chunhua in obtaining the right to contract and manage lottery sales projects in violation of the law by holding a party group meeting of the bureau, making decisions in violation of regulations, and arranging for subordinates to handle them. From 2008 to 2017, in order to seek and thank Zhang Gongmin for his help, Tian Chunhua sent Zhang Gongmin a total of more than 1.2 million yuan in cash and bank transfers. In July 2019, Tian Chunhua was sentenced to three years in prison, suspended for three years, and fined 100,000 yuan for bribery; the illegal gains were recovered according to law.
5. The bribery case of Tian Sishun, a director of Huayuan Shangxin Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. From 2006 to 2017, in order to seek improper interests, Tian Sishunxiang successively served as the director of the management committee of the Xiangxi Jifeng Industrial Park, the director of the management committee of the Xiangxi Jifeng Economic Development Zone, the director of the management committee of the Xiangxi Economic Development Zone, the vice chairman of the Xiangxi Prefecture CPPCC Committee and the secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Xiangxi Economic Development Zone, and other positions of Xiang Shunrong, and took advantage of his position to provide assistance to Tian Sishun in contracting projects and allocating project funds by signing approvals, holding meetings, and arranging for subordinates to handle them. From 2006 to 2018, in order to seek and thank Xiang Shunrong for his help, Tian Sishun sent a total of three million yuan to Shunrong, either directly or through xiang Shunrong's relatives, by sending cash and dividends to the project profits. In June 2019, Tian Sishun was transferred to the procuratorate for handling according to law on suspicion of bribery. In August 2019, Xiang Shunrong was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office; in September 2020, Xiang Shunrong was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 1 million yuan for accepting bribes.
6. The bribery case of Yuan Donghong, the legal representative of Guangzhou Saimu Technology Information Co., Ltd. From 2014 to 2015, in order to seek improper benefits, Yuan Donghong asked Bai Guiquan, then a member of the party group and deputy procurator general of the Provincial People's Procuratorate, and He Yanfang, director of the Provincial People's Procuratorate's Planning and Financial Equipment Division, to entrust Bai Guiquan and He Yanfang, who took advantage of their positions to provide assistance to Yuan Donghong in contracting relevant projects of the Provincial People's Procuratorate and coordinating payments by disclosing bidding information, setting bidding conditions, and coordinating payments. From 2015 to 2017, in order to thank Bai Guiquan and He Yanfang (who served as deputy inspectors of the Provincial People's Procuratorate in September 2015), Yuan Donghong sent a total of more than 7.6 million yuan to Bai Guiquan and a total of 280,000 yuan to He Yanfang by sending cash, bank transfers, etc. directly or through Bai Guiquan's relatives. In December 2020, Guangzhou Saimu Technology Information Co., Ltd. was fined 2 million yuan for the crime of bribery by the unit; Yuan Donghong was sentenced to two years in prison and fined 1 million yuan for the crime of bribery by the unit; the illegal gains were recovered according to law. In August 2019, Bai Guiquan and He Yanfang were both expelled from the party and their benefits were cancelled according to regulations. In March 2021, Bai Guiquan was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment and fined 3 million yuan for accepting bribes; he was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 200,000 yuan for the crime of using influence to accept bribes; and it was decided to carry out the sentence of 13 years and six months and a fine of 3.2 million yuan. He Yanfang was sentenced to eight years in prison and fined 500,000 yuan for accepting bribes.
7. The bribery case of Liu Guanghui, the legal representative of Changsha Bidding Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. From 2005 to 2012, in order to seek improper benefits, Liu Guanghui asked Sun Min, who successively served as the director of the Construction Land Division of the Provincial Land and Resources Department, the chief of the Law Enforcement Supervision Corps, the member of the party group, and the chief economist, and Sun Min took advantage of his position to provide assistance in the approval of construction land, handling land degeneration procedures, and underpaying land transfer fees for an affordable housing project in Yuhua District of Changsha City developed by Changsha Bidding real estate development co., Ltd. by greeting the relevant responsible persons. From 2008 to 2011, in order to seek and thank Sun Min for his help, Liu Guanghui sent more than one million yuan of property to Sun Min directly or through sun Min's specific related persons by sending cash and real estate. In December 2020, Changsha Shen'ao Real Estate Development Co., Ltd. was fined 4 million yuan for committing the crime of bribery by the unit; the unrepaid land transfer price should be recovered in accordance with the law, and the illegal gains should be recovered according to law. Liu Guanghui was sentenced to two years and six months in prison for the crime of bribery by his employer. In March 2019, Sun Min was expelled from the party and his treatment revoked according to regulations; in April 2020, Sun Min was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined 1 million yuan for accepting bribes.
8. The bribery case of Yan Hanbing, the legal representative of Jiageng Ecological Agriculture Development Co., Ltd. in Hengyang City, Hunan Province. From 2012 to 2013, in order to seek improper benefits, Yan Hanbing asked Sun Min, then a member of the party group and chief economist of the Provincial Land and Resources Department, to entrust him, and Sun Min took advantage of his position to provide assistance for the confirmation of cultivated land indicators, the transaction of indicators, and the payment of the balance of the final payment of a certain cultivated land project developed by Jiageng Ecological Agriculture Development Co., Ltd. in Hengyang City, Hunan Province, by greeting the relevant responsible persons. In 2014, in order to thank Sun Min for his help, Yan Hanbing gave Sun Min 900,000 yuan by sending a bank savings card. Because Jiageng Ecological Agriculture Development Co., Ltd. in Hengyang City, Hunan Province has been cancelled, it will no longer be prosecuted. In July 2019, Yan Hanbing was sentenced to one year in prison for the crime of bribery by his unit; he recovered the illegal gains in accordance with the law.
The circular pointed out that in the above 8 typical cases, the bribe-givers were all private business owners, and the profit-seeking matters of bribery mainly occurred in key links in the field of project construction such as project contracting, project bidding, project supervision, project payment, land use approval, and land compensation. The targets of bribery include responsible persons of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, procuratorates, land resources, civil affairs, and other units, as well as responsible persons of enterprises, public institutions, economic development zones, and so on, and all of them are leading cadres at the deputy department level or above when they are investigated and punished. The bribery plot is bad, the time span is long, the amount is huge, and the phenomenon of multiple bribes by multiple heads is prominent. There are various ways to pay bribes and concealed means, some are sent directly to the person, some are sent through specific related persons of public officials, some are directly sent cash, bank cards, real estate, vehicles, and some are transferred in the name of project profit dividends, purchase of home appliances, and undertaking renovations. It can be seen that there must be illegal businessmen "behind" corrupt leading cadres, and there must be corrupt leading cadres "above" illegal businessmen. Especially in key areas and links such as infrastructure construction, project approval, and public resource transactions, where policy support is strong, investment is intensive, and resources are concentrated, bribers are unscrupulous in order to seek their own interests, and accurately "hunt" and enter everywhere. The struggle against corrosion and anti-corrosion has existed for a long time, and a little slack may lead to the abandonment of previous achievements, and there is no choice in fighting corruption. Strictly investigating the above-mentioned bribery cases in accordance with the law has made the bribe-givers pay a heavy price, dispelled the briber's lucky mentality and speculative mentality, and fully embodied the discipline inspection and supervision organs' mission and firm determination to persist in investigating bribery and bribery together.
The circular stressed: Discipline inspection and supervision organs at all levels throughout the province should enhance their position and ability to "comprehensively and strictly administer the party, first of all, from a political point of view," consciously compare themselves with the spirit of the party Central Committee in upholding the main tone of strictness for a long time, conscientiously implement the important policy decision and deployment of the Nineteenth National Congress of the CPC on persisting in investigating bribery and bribery together, persist in having no forbidden areas, full coverage, and zero tolerance, persist in heavy containment, strong high pressure, and long deterrence, persist in promoting as a whole that they do not dare to be corrupt, cannot be corrupt, and do not want to be corrupt, unswervingly deepen the anti-corruption struggle, give full play to their functions and roles, and resolutely cut off "Hunting" and being willing to be "hunted" in the chain of interests, breaking the relationship network of power and money transactions. The bribers involved in the investigation and handling of cases should be resolutely filed and dealt with resolutely; the illegal gains and their benefits obtained by the bribers through bribery should be identified and recovered in accordance with laws and regulations and in accordance with law, so as to prevent lawbreakers and criminals from taking advantage of the economy. Through multiple measures at the same time, improve the accuracy and effectiveness of cracking down on bribery, promote the realization of both the symptoms and root causes of anti-corruption problems, cultivate a new type of pro-Qing government-business relationship, create a clean and healthy political ecology, and promote the comprehensive consolidation and expansion of the overwhelming victory in the anti-corruption struggle.