Wang Ji, a "red notice officer" who surrendered himself after five years of gambling at public expense, was sentenced to nine years in prison

The procurator handling the case studies the facts of the case

A few days ago, the Yixing Municipal Court of Jiangsu Province sentenced Wang Yi, former director of the Legal affairs and Intellectual Property Management Department of China Resources Microelectronics Co., Ltd., to nine years' imprisonment in the first instance for the crimes of misappropriation of funds, embezzlement of official duties, and bribery of non-state employees. Wang fled to Singapore in February 2013 and was listed as a "red notice officer" by Interpol. On June 6, 2018, the Central Fugitive Pursuit Office issued the Announcement on Clues Related to Some Fugitives. 10 days later, Wang became the first person to voluntarily surrender after the announcement.

Falling into the bottomless abyss because of gambling

Born in Shanghai, Wang received his LLM from the University of East Anglia in 2002 and worked as a lecturer at a private university after returning to China, and later as a legal adviser to a state-owned enterprise in Shanghai. In May 2008, wang Qi gave up his job in Shanghai to follow his girlfriend and joined Jiangsu Wuxi China Resources Shanghua Semiconductor Co., Ltd. as a legal manager. However, this love did not blossom, and his efforts were in vain.

In September 2009, Wang Yi was appointed as the director of the legal and intellectual property management department of China Resources Microelectronics Co., Ltd., becoming a middle-level manager. But this did not bring much joy and happiness to Wang Qi, and in the strange city where he was unaccompanied, his heart felt lonely and empty. One day, Wang Ji took advantage of a business trip to Hong Kong and stepped into the Macau casino, thinking that he had found a "panacea" for pastime and emotions. Initially, Wang Ji traveled back and forth between Wuxi and Macao every one or two months, squandering more than 100,000 yuan on the card table. Due to his increasingly embarrassing economic situation, he no longer rejected the "wishes" of some law firms, and while taking care of these law firms to undertake the legal business of China Resources Microelectronics, he also accepted a large amount of benefit fees.

At the end of 2010, Wang Ji went to Macau again to gamble, and within a few minutes, 200,000 yuan was lost. Wang Ji was unwilling to be introduced to Xie Mou, who released water in the casino. After a brief conversation, Xie learned about Wang's job and position, happily lent him 1 million yuan of chips, and warmly invited him to the VIP hall to play baccarat. After a few rounds, the 1 million yuan chip lost a fine light. Wang Ji fell into a deep quagmire, but still delusionally wanted to gamble to turn over the book. So, 2 million yuan, 2.5 million yuan, 3.3 million yuan... Wang Ji, who had lost the red eye, borrowed more and more chips from Xie Mou. In order to pay off the gambling debts, Wang Ji had to take risks and began to fabricate various reasons to embezzle and embezzle the company's funds.

He surrendered after five years on the run

In the early morning of February 7, 2013, there were only two days left before the night of Chinese New Year's Eve. Wuhan Tianhe Airport is brightly lit and bustling, and everyone is running in the direction of home. And all this has nothing to do with Wang Ji. At this moment, he only had one word in his heart - "escape"! Wang Ji searched for the earliest flight to Singapore in the country at Wuhan Tianhe Airport that day, so he packed up his luggage and rushed over, just wanting to quickly escape to a place where no one found him and live freely.

When the plane finally took off, Wang Yi let out a long sigh of relief, and his thoughts began to churn up and down. Since he became addicted to gambling, he had exhausted his years of savings, borrowed from his relatives and friends around him, and was unable to fill this huge hole, and after the Spring Festival, the company was about to carry out a financial audit, and his misappropriation of funds would soon be exposed. At the age of 39, he knew very well that what awaited him was the trial of the law and the disaster of imprisonment. This was a situation he did not want to face at the time and could not bear.

According to Wang's escape plan in advance, he will flee from Southeast Asia to the United States, and by the time the company finds out that the problem, he is already on the other side of the ocean. When the international flight was transferred in South Korea, Wang Yi sat in the crowded waiting hall for several hours, watching the rush of people, everyone knew where they came from and where they were going, but they didn't. He lowered his head, especially missing his parents who were nearly dying, missing his brother who had once spoken in the same voice, and he did not expect to gamble with his parents for half a lifetime, and now even greetings were extravagant. Going to the United States is undoubtedly to cut off all retreats, and it is difficult to know the cold and warmth with your family from now on, and even life and death.

The airport radio urged over and over again. Wang Ji did not board the plane in the end, and he began a life of anonymity and hiding in Tibet in South Korea, the Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam and other countries. When he was in South Korea, he was worried all day, and the honking of a passing police car made him frightened. One day in May 2014, Wang Ji was robbed in Vietnam, and he subconsciously pulled out his leg and chased after it, not wanting to have a heart attack in the middle of the way and almost lost his life. The idea of returning the fallen leaves to the roots occupied Wang Ji's heart, and he managed to sneak back into the country.

Wang Ji, who fled back to China, wandered around and hid, and followed his case through the Internet. He saw that the Central Fugitive Pursuit Office had listed himself as one of the 50 key fugitives, and he knew that the Skynet had been restored and that it would not be leaked. On June 16, 2018, Wang Ji could not wait to rush back to Wuxi, and surrendered himself to the nearby Anfu County Public Security Bureau in Jiangxi Province, ending a life of more than five years of exile.

Case characterization is the focus

In September 2018, the Supervision Commission of Wuxi City, Jiangsu Province, designated the Yixing Municipal Supervision Commission to file an investigation against Wang. During the investigation, the Yixing Municipal Procuratorate accepted the invitation of consultation and sent personnel to intervene in the case in advance. After carefully reviewing the relevant evidentiary materials, the procurator handling the case repeatedly discussed with the investigators of the Supervision Commission whether Wang Yi used his position to commit crimes in this case, and whether he was a state functionary, which also concerned the qualitative issue of the entire case.

The procurator handling the case proposed to the investigators that the organizational procedures for the promotion and appointment and removal of Wang Ji from the company where he joined the company could not be determined to meet the requirements of the relevant judicial interpretations, and the personnel who were approved or made by the organization responsible for managing and supervising state-owned assets in the state-funded enterprise or made a research decision on behalf of the person engaged in organization, leadership, supervision, operation, and management work in the state-owned holding company. From the perspective of doubts benefiting the defendant, it is also inappropriate to determine that Wang Ji belongs to the state functionary. Therefore, Wang's criminal acts cannot be separately identified as embezzlement, embezzlement, and bribery, but should be regarded as misappropriation of funds, embezzlement of office, and bribery of non-state employees. In the end, the Supervision Commission adopted the opinions of the procuratorial organs.

On March 5, 2019, the Yixing Municipal Procuratorate accepted the case in accordance with the law, and on the same day, it took compulsory measures of criminal detention against Wang Qi, and on March 19, it approved his arrest in accordance with the law.

After investigation, from the end of 2009 to the beginning of 2013, the defendant Wang Ji took advantage of his position to embezzle a total of more than RMB7.35 million of the company's funds for personal use while serving as the director of the legal and intellectual property management department of China Resources Microelectronics Co., Ltd., and did not repay it for more than three months; Taking advantage of his position, deliberately exaggerating the expenditure of work expenses, arbitraged 1.5 million yuan of the company's funds through false invoicing by others, and illegally appropriated more than 390,000 yuan of them for himself; Taking advantage of his position, in the process of handling the company's legal affairs, he sought benefits for others and illegally accepted bribes totaling RMB700,000 from others.

On April 29, 2019, the Yixing Municipal Procuratorate filed a public prosecution against Wang Ji in accordance with the law. On November 14 of the same year, the court rendered the above judgment. (Tang Jian)