Qu Wanting's mother case key co-defendants returned to China and surrendered themselves, how did it affect the direction of the trial of the case?

According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, wei Qi, a "red notice personnel" who have been on the run for seven years and a suspect in the job-related crimes, have recently returned to China and surrendered under the overall coordination of the Central Anti-Corruption Coordination Group's International Fugitive Recovery Work Office and the specific guidance of the Heilongjiang Provincial Fugitive Recovery Office, and through the unremitting efforts of discipline inspection and supervision organs at the harbin and Shangzhi city levels. According to media reports, Wei Qi is the key co-defendant in the case of singer Qu Wanting's mother Zhang Mingjie. On October 29, the topic "Key Co-defendants in Qu Wanting's Mother Case Returned to China and Surrendered" rushed to Weibo's hot search.

According to official reports, Wei Qi, born in May 1960 and a private owner in Harbin, was suspected of paying bribes to state workers and fled abroad in September 2014. In March 2015, after the Shangzhi Municipal People's Procuratorate of Heilongjiang Province filed a case against Wei Qi and investigated the reform of the supervision system, the case was transferred to the Shangzhi Municipal Supervision Commission for handling. In March 2016, Interpol issued a Red Notice.

According to the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, Wei Qi flew from abroad to Xiamen, Fujian Province, on October 7, and was quarantined for 21 days, and will be quarantined in Harbin for 14 days before officially entering the case-handling procedures.

It is reported that in September 2014, Qu Wanting's mother, Zhang Mingjie, former deputy director of the Harbin Development and Reform Commission, was detained on suspicion of corruption, bribery and abuse of power; on the eve of Zhang Mingjie's investigation, Wei Qi, who "felt that the situation was not right", fled To canada.

In July 2016, Zhang Mingjie was charged with embezzlement, bribery and abuse of power, involving more than 350 million yuan. The prosecution recommended the death penalty on the grounds that the amount of the crime was particularly large and that he refused to admit guilt.

In March 2019, the Harbin Municipal People's Procuratorate changed the content of the original indictment and added a lawsuit, and Zhang Mingjie and his co-defendants were transferred from three crimes of corruption, bribery, and abuse of power to two crimes of suspected abuse of power and bribery.

Zhang Mingjie's case lasted seven years, went through two trials, and has not yet been decided. So what kind of impact will Wei Qi's return to China and surrender have on the progress of Zhang Mingjie's case? Tianmu News reporter consulted Zhu Yicong, senior equity partner of Beijing Yingke (Shenzhen) Law Firm.

Lawyer Zhu Yicong said that Wei Qi, as one of the important suspects in Zhang Mingjie's case, will play an important role in promoting the trial of Zhang Mingjie's case, "Zhang Mingjie's case has not been judged for a long time, largely due to the fact that there are disputes over the major facts of the case or reasonable doubts cannot be excluded, Wei Qi's surrender will help to clarify and verify the facts of the case in which he participated, and the court can also try and close the case as soon as possible." ”

It is reported that Wei Qi developed a large real estate project in Harbin, due to the Zhang Mingjie case and Wei Qi's escape, the project has been in ruins so far, resulting in huge losses for builders.

Lawyer Zhu Yicong said that Wei Qi was involved in civil and commercial disputes over some development projects, and his surrender also helped to clarify the legal relationship between civil and commercial matters involved and promote the resolution of relevant disputes.