Death Penalty For Corrupted Chinese Officials

[big-dog]

湖南郴州公积金中心原主任贪污上亿元获死刑

Hunan Chenzhou accumulation fund director Li Shubiao gets DP, for corruption of over 100 million yuan.



(中国法院网)
http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2009-01-15/083117049433.shtml

[big-dog]

Court backs suspended death penalty for corrupt former Beijing vice mayor

BEIJING, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- A second hearing has rejected the appeal of Beijing's former vice mayor Liu Zhihua and sustained the suspended death penalty for him for corruption.

The Provincial Higher People's Court of Hebei, which neighbors Beijing, on Wednesday affirmed the sentence handed down to Liu by the Hengshui Intermediate People's Court on Oct. 18 last year, according to sources with the Supreme People's Court.

Liu, 59, was found guilty of taking bribes totaling 6.97 million yuan (1.02 million U.S. dollars) when he was vice mayor and director of the management committee of Zhongguancun Science Park from 1999 to 2006.

He was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve but lodged an appeal one day before the appeal deadline.

The provincial court said "the facts identified during the first hearing are clear, evidence substantial, conviction precise, measurement of penalty appropriate and the hearing procedure legal," and thus rejected Liu's appeal.

Liu was removed from the post of Beijing vice mayor in June 2006 and expelled from the Communist Party of China (CPC) six months later.

He had been head of the Beijing labor bureau, secretary of the CPC District Committee of Xicheng District in Beijing and secretary general of Beijing municipal government. In 1999, he was elected vice mayor of the capital, a job that oversaw construction, real estate, sports and traffic projects around the city.

[big-dog]

Railway company chairwoman given suspended death sentence for corruption, bribery

HEFEI, Feb. 6 (Xinhua) -- A local railway company chief was given a suspended death sentence for embezzling and misappropriating more than 80 million yuan (11.7 million U.S. dollars), a court in east China's Anhui Province said Friday.

Zhang Haiying, former board chairwoman and general manager of Anhui Luofu Railway Ltd., was also convicted of bribery by the Intermediate People's Court of Fuyang City on Jan. 23, a court spokesman said.

The court ordered the confiscation of all her personal property and deprived her of political rights for life.

Zhang, 49, has appealed, the court said.

She had been hailed as a heroine in the reform of China's rail system for her role in turning the Fuyang railway administration into Anhui Luofu Railway Ltd. in July 2004.

The then head of the local railway administration invested 5.4 million yuan and held a 54-percent share of the company, becoming the company's board director and general manager.

However, she embezzled 5.8 million yuan during the transition from an administrative organization into a company, and another 47million yuan after the company became operational, the court said.

She also misappropriated 20 million yuan that belonged to the company, paying her debts and those of relatives.

She arranged company staff to detain 14 million yuan when railway bureaus in Shanghai and Zhengzhou collected freight for her company, as the bureaus charged higher freight and left a differential.

She had bribed Wang Zhaoyao, former deputy chairman of the provincial committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, with 150,000 yuan for her promotion within the government before she became a company board chairman.

[big-dog]

Former Chinese airport chief gets death penalty for bribery, embezzlement

JINAN, Feb. 10 (Xinhua) -- A former capital airports holding company chief was given a death sentence for bribery and embezzlement totaling more than 100 million yuan (14.6 million U.S. dollars), a court in east China's Shandong Province said after the sentencing Tuesday.

Li Peiying, former board chairman and general manager of Capital Airports Holding Company (CAH), was given the sentence by the Jinan Intermediate People's Court.

Li, 59, was found guilty of seeking or accepting bribes totaling 26.61 million yuan while he was in office from 1995 to 2003. He abused his power to provide guarantees for others to get bank loans, the court heard.

Li also misappropriated 82.5 million yuan for personal use from2000 to 2003, according to the court.

The court said the amounts involved were extraordinary and Li's crimes had inflicted great economic loss on the country.

It also ordered the confiscation of all his personal property and deprived him of political rights for life.

CAH, under the Civil Aviation Administration of China, is a large state-owned enterprise, according to the company's official website.

It was founded in December 2002 through the merger of Beijing Capital Airport Holding Co., Beijing Capital International Airport Co. Ltd., Tianjin Binhai International Airport and three other companies. It has 30 airports in nine provinces and more than 38,000 staff.

[lovespanish]

在中国做什么都得凭关系,塞红包...这社会太假了!

[snow is red]

Report: Officials' 2008 appetite for graft 3 times larger than 2007

2009-02-24

Some officials' appetite for money has grown three times more than in 2007, according to research by Fawan Newspaper, a Beijing-based law and politics paper, released on Sunday.

The research was conducted from November 2008 to February 2009, and its samples were drawn from 100 officials, both from government and state-owned enterprises who were found guilty of taking bribes.

Among the 100 officials, three are high-level ministers, 35 are director-generals, and the other 62 are division chiefs.

The research finds that the average bribe in 2008 was 8.84 million yuan, more than three times the 2.53 million yuan amount in 2007.

The average age of officials who accepted graft in 2008 was 50.8 -- 2.5 years younger than in 2007.

Officials aged between 46 and 50-years-old were more inclined to accept graft – with 15 million yuan on average. They were followed by those in their 50s and 60s, averaging 14 million yuan, and those aged between 36 and 40 with 2.36 million yuan.

The research also reveals that although the largest number of bribery cases are from fields like real estate and engineering, the biggest monetary graft amount comes from the finance and trade fields, where the average bribe accepted was 17 million yuan. The transportation field was next at nearly 12 million yuan on average.

Hu Xingdong, an anti-corruption expert and a professor at the Beijing Institute of Technology, analyzed the results of the research saying: "Men have usually achieved a lot when they reach the age of 40. So when officials are older than 45 and at the peak of their career, they feel quite good about themselves, as they have a lot of power. If they aren't self-disciplined, there is a very high chance for them to make mistakes because there isn't much supervision of their authority. "

"The higher a man climbs, the more power he gets, the more supervision and self-control he needs," Hu continued. "That's why they should be educated on focusing on their work; and while they should be self-disciplined on the one hand, there should be stricter punishment for those violators on the other."

The results of younger bureaucrats getting involved in graft are due to their inexperience, says He Zhengke, an anti-graft expert. Younger officials rush into making a decision because they are comparatively inexperienced, and they feel it's harder to say "no" to corruption since their immunity to bribery is weak.

"The slim chance for promotion also leads to corruption," He added. "If an official feels he is likely to get promoted, he would usually devote all his efforts to work; but when he feels that the chances are slim, they are liable to turn to money and step into 'dark water'."

"That's why there should be some changes in the personnel selection mechanism," He said. "In some places, one does not have any chance to get promoted if he or she is considered 'overage'."

Last year, the country's discipline inspection and supervisory departments at different levels carried out investigations into 128,516 cases and closed 127,949 of them, punishing 133,951 in accordance to Party discipline and government rules, and transferring 4,518 to prosecutors for criminal investigation.

This year, the Party will seriously implement various regulations on supervision and self-discipline of leading officials, including rules on accepting cash and other valuables, reporting activities of their spouse and children to the authorities, involvement in building extra houses for their units, and officials providing convenience to each other's connections in employment, investment and business activities, according to He Guoqiang, member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee's Political Bureau. He made the remarks in a report to a plenary session of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection on January 12.

Hu emphasizes that a lot more still needs to be done, like increasing Internet supervision and setting up local websites so the public can report corrupt officials. The key point of anti-corruption should be shifted from punishment afterwards to prevention beforehand, said Hu.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_7508766.htm

[snow is red]

Official stashed bribes in temple

2009-07-28

As mayor of a poor Inner Mongolian city, Xu Guoyuan had a simple way of handling affairs: he would not remember when someone gave him money, and he would not forget when someone didn't.

And as police began to close in on him, Xu began squirreling away money, including stashing a briefcase with 2 million yuan in a temple and hiding the key in the ear of a Buddhist statue, the court heard as his trial for corruption began yesterday.

Xu and his wife, Li Minjie, are accused of accepting bribes of 32 million yuan ($4.6 million) during the six years Xu served as the mayor and vice Party secretary of Chifeng.

Put in perspective, that works out to an average of 15,000 yuan a day - in a city where nine of 12 counties have average incomes of less than 150 yuan a year.

The Baotou Intermediate People's Court heard yesterday that from early 2002 to July 2007, Xu took bribes from businesses and individuals for land development, project approval and job postings.

Xu was apparently not picky - he allegedly received Chinese yuan, US dollars, euros, Australian, Canadian and Hong Kong dollars, Japanese yen and Thai baht, as well as gifts that included gold, silver, valuable stones, antiques, paintings and property, Xinhua reported.

In 2006, Xu allegedly accepted property worth 3.8 million yuan in Dalian, Liaoning province, after helping a property developer obtain land at a cheap price.

Xu claimed he was innocent when police began to investigate him.

The trial did not finish yesterday.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_8479711.htm

[snow is red]

Nuclear official allegedly involved in 1.8b yuan corruption case

2009-08-07

Kang Rixin, the general manager of the China National Nuclear Corporation (CNNC), is allegedly involved in a 1.8 billion yuan (US$260 million) corruption case, people.com.cn, the website of the People’s Daily reported Friday.

Kang is now in police custody in Beijing and officially under investigation for "grave violations of discipline", the China Daily reported yesterday.

An insider said there are two main accusations against Kang: appropriating public money to buy stocks, and interfering the bidding results of nuclear power projects. In addition, according to an anonymous CNNC staffer, Kang may also have taken illegal money from the company’s main projects.

The CNNC is responsible for China's nuclear weapons, power production, and managing the country’s nuclear waste disposal facilities, according to the company's website. It made a profit of 4.8 billion yuan ($705 million) last year.

China plans to build five nuclear power stations this year to reduce the country's reliance on coal and oil.

Kang had been the corporation's general manager and Party secretary since September 2003. He was named among the "Top Ten Talent Managers of China" in 2007.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_8543341.htm

[snow is red]

Former China airport chief executed for corruption

2009-08-07

JINAN: Li Peiying, former chief of the Capital Airports Holding Company (CAH) who was convicted of taking bribes and embezzlement, was executed Friday in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, according to the Supreme People's Court.

The execution came one month after the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence against Li's appeal. The supreme court had reviewed the sentence.

Li, 60, former chairman and general manager of CAH, was sentenced at Jinan Intermediate People's Court on February 6 after being convicted of accepting bribes of 26.61 million yuan (3.9 million US dollars) from 1995 to 2003 and misappropriating 82.5 million yuan for personal use from 2000 to 2003.

Li appealed to the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court after the conviction. The provincial court rejected Li's appeal and upheld the death penalty.

According to law, the death sentence has to be reviewed by the Supreme People's Court before it is enforced.

CAH, under the Civil Aviation Administration of China, is a large state-owned enterprise. It has 30 airports in nine provinces and more than 38,000 staff.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_8542177.htm

[z0rg]

Congrats. A country that imposes serious punishments to its corrupted officials is a country with a highly developed legal system imo. Even in most developed countries an important politician, millionaire, businessman, etc, can never be sentenced for a long time for corruption, etc.

[Matchut]

It's not corruption if it's not reported.

[snow is red]

Henan official executed for raping 24 underage girls

2009-08-14

A former political advisor of Zhenping county, Nanyang city, in Central China's Henan province was executed by lethal injection Thursday afternoon, chinanews.com.cn reported yesterday.


Wu Tianxi, former vice chairman of the Zhenping County People's Political and Consultative Conference, is seen here before he is executed by leathal injection by the Nanyang Intermediate People's Court in Nanyang city, Central China's Henan province, August 13, 2009.

Sixty-two-year-old Wu Tianxi, the former vice chairman of the Zhenping County People's Political and Consultative Conference, had been sentenced to death by the Nanyang Intermediate People's Court in December 2007 for raping 24 underage girls in less than two years.

Wu was also found guilty of committing six other crimes, including illegally transferring and selling land-use rights, illegally taking savings of the public, extortion, creating public disturbances, and organizing and running a crime syndicate.

Wu reportedly ordered three women to kidnap the girls, aged from 12 to 16, and take them to his office or hotels, where he raped them.

He appealed to Henan Higher People's Court but the court dismissed his appeal in July 2008. The Chinese Supreme People's Court then approved Wu's death penalty verdict.

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2...nt_8572596.htm

[BarbaricManchurian]

Nice picture, he really looked like he suffered in the last moments of his life and he is so "dirty" that the executioners are wearing masks! What an extremely evil corrupt official, he deserved everything he got and I hope he's now in hell.

[Severiano]

Ehh As long as they arent political dissendents I can't complain about executions in China.

[big-dog]

this guy just got what he deserves.

Former China airport chief executed for corruption

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-08-07
Li Peiying [Xinhua]

JINAN: Li Peiying, former chief of the Capital Airports Holding Company (CAH) who was convicted of taking bribes and embezzlement, was executed Friday in Jinan, capital of east China's Shandong Province, according to the Supreme People's Court.

The execution came one month after the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the death sentence against Li's appeal. The supreme court had reviewed the sentence.



Li, 60, former chairman and general manager of CAH, was sentenced at Jinan Intermediate People's Court on February 6 after being convicted of accepting bribes of 26.61 million yuan (3.9 million US dollars) from 1995 to 2003 and misappropriating 82.5 million yuan for personal use from 2000 to 2003.


Li appealed to the Shandong Provincial Higher People's Court after the conviction. The provincial court rejected Li's appeal and upheld the death penalty.

According to law, the death sentence has to be reviewed by the Supreme People's Court before it is enforced.

CAH, under the Civil Aviation Administration of China, is a large state-owned enterprise. It has 30 airports in nine provinces and more than 38,000 staff.

[big-dog]

More than 9,000 officials guilty of corruption: SPP

[ 2009-07-17 10:43 ]

CHANGCHUN: The Supreme People's Procuratorate (SPP) revealed yesterday that more than 9,000 officials were found guilty of corruption in the first six months of the year and said it had investigated 6,277 industrial bribery cases.

Qiu Xueqiang, SPP deputy procurator general, told a conference of procuratorate chiefs that the industrial bribery cases involved 6,842 people.

In the second half of the year, he said, prosecutors plan to crack down on commercial bribery, dereliction of duty in large, national and local investment projects, and target misconduct that damages energy resources and the environment.

Qiu said the 9,158 corrupt officials were found guilty of offences including embezzlement, bribery, dereliction of duty and rights violations in the first half of the year.

In future, prosecutors also plan to target officials who bend the law for the benefit of relatives or friends and will attempt to uncover negligence, the abuse of judicial power and the shielding of mafia-like gangs, as well as the covering up of serious crimes and infringements upon human rights.

Overall, the quantity of job-related crimes fell by 14 percent in April, May and June compared to the same period last year. Qiu said that was due, in part, to the global financial crisis.

Cao Jianming, SPP procurator general, vowed that all prosecutors nationwide would receive training aimed at improving their political, professional and moral capacity.

"To intensify prosecution education and training is an urgent demand for comprehensively improving prosecutors' capacity," Cao told the conference.

He added that some prosecutors need to improve their knowledge of law enforcement, legal concepts, occupation morality and disciplinary style.

Mu Xincheng, deputy attorney general and secretary of the anti-corruption bureau of Fanzhi county, Shanxi Province, was detained in May for alleged financial impropriety, China Youth Daily reported last week.

His assets exceeded 100 million yuan ($14.6 million), the report said. Five of his cars were said to be worth 1 million yuan each. The case is still under investigation.

[snow is red]

OMG 9000 and what's gonna happen to them ? Chill out, relax, lay back ??

[z0rg]

Organ harvest party, imagine how many innocents will be saved.

[Taipei Walker]

not exactly about death penalty but it says how widespread corruption is in China

Over 1,500 held in China crackdown: state media

BEIJING, Aug 18, 2009 (AFP) – Police in southwest China's Chongqing city have detained more that 1,500 suspects in a widening crackdown on organised crime that has implicated several senior officials, state media said Tuesday.

A total of 1,544 suspected members of 14 different gangs are now in detention, while 469 on the wanted list are still at large, the China Daily said, citing officials in Chongqing, one of the country's largest cities.

The gangs that are being broken up are believed to have been involved in illegal loan businesses worth 30 billion yuan (4.4 billion dollars), equivalent to one third of the city's annual revenue, the paper said.

The crackdown has attracted extra attention because it has also targeted Wen Qiang, director of the city's justice bureau, who allegedly protected the gangs from investigation.

Another senior public figure detained by police was Li Qiang, a local legislator and business executive, who allegedly used illegal methods to gain control of Chongqing's transportation market, the paper said.

It reported that in the 30 minutes after Li was detained, his mobile phone received numerous text messages -- many by members of the police force -- urging him to flee.

China is ratcheting up its efforts to combat crime ahead of National Day on October 1, which this year marks the 60th anniversary of communist rule.

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090818...acrimepolitics

[Kenwen]

Originally Posted by Taipei Walker

not exactly about death penalty but it says how widespread corruption is in China

Over 1,500 held in China crackdown: state media

BEIJING, Aug 18, 2009 (AFP) – Police in southwest China's Chongqing city have detained more that 1,500 suspects in a widening crackdown on organised crime that has implicated several senior officials, state media said Tuesday.

A total of 1,544 suspected members of 14 different gangs are now in detention, while 469 on the wanted list are still at large, the China Daily said, citing officials in Chongqing, one of the country's largest cities.

The gangs that are being broken up are believed to have been involved in illegal loan businesses worth 30 billion yuan (4.4 billion dollars), equivalent to one third of the city's annual revenue, the paper said.

The crackdown has attracted extra attention because it has also targeted Wen Qiang, director of the city's justice bureau, who allegedly protected the gangs from investigation.

Another senior public figure detained by police was Li Qiang, a local legislator and business executive, who allegedly used illegal methods to gain control of Chongqing's transportation market, the paper said.

It reported that in the 30 minutes after Li was detained, his mobile phone received numerous text messages -- many by members of the police force -- urging him to flee.

China is ratcheting up its efforts to combat crime ahead of National Day on October 1, which this year marks the 60th anniversary of communist rule.

source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090818...acrimepolitics

Have u watch the American gangster, 90% of the NYC police at the time were currupted, and the army in vietnam was a heroine trandporters, thats something China havent accomplished yet