Xiao Tian, former deputy director of the General Administration of Sport, accepted a bribe of 7.96 million yuan and was sentenced to 10 years and 6 months in prison

On December 26, according to the CCTV news client, the Intermediate People's Court of Nanyang City, Henan Province, publicly pronounced a verdict in the bribery case of Xiao Tian, former deputy director of the State General Administration of Sports, and sentenced the defendant Xiao Tian to 10 years and 6 months in prison and a fine of 500,000 yuan for accepting bribes; The property obtained from Xiao Tian's bribery was recovered and handed over to the state treasury.

The Nanyang Municipal Intermediate People's Court held that defendant Xiao Tian's conduct had constituted the crime of accepting bribes, and there were circumstances of demanding bribes, and a heavier punishment should be given in accordance with law. In view of the fact that Xiao Tian was able to truthfully confess his crime after his return to the case, he took the initiative to confess most of the facts of the crime of accepting bribes that the case-handling organs had not yet grasped; he admitted guilt, repented of his crime, and actively returned the stolen goods; all the stolen money and stolen goods had been recovered, and there were statutory and discretionary mitigating circumstances, and a lenient punishment could be given in accordance with law. The Tribunal accordingly rendered the above-mentioned judgment.

On June 25, 2015, the official website of the Supervision Department of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Xiao Tian, deputy director of the State General Administration of Sports, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and laws and would be investigated by the organization.

On September 1 this year, the Nanyang Municipal People's Procuratorate alleged that from 1997 to 2014, defendant Xiao Tian had received a total of 7.96 million yuan in financial resources from relevant personnel. Xiao Tian should be held criminally responsible for accepting bribes. During the trial, Xiao Tian pleaded guilty and repented in court. Xiao Tian also became the first ministerial-level official of the State General Administration of Sport to "fall" after the 18th NATIONAL CONGRESS OF the Communist Party of China. At the same time that Xiao Tian was being investigated, his wife Tian Hua was also taken away by the relevant departments to assist in the investigation.