Bribery exceeding 93 million! Guo Shijie, former secretary of the Minxian County Party Committee in Gansu Province, was sentenced to life as a defendant in the first trial | Guo Shijie | secretary
On July 31st, the Intermediate People's Court of Qingyang City, Gansu Province publicly announced the bribery case of Guo Shijie, former secretary of the Minxian County Party Committee in Gansu Province. The defendant Guo Shijie was convicted of bribery and sentenced to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property. The stolen goods transferred along with the case shall be confiscated and handed over to the national treasury in accordance with the law; The stolen funds that have not been recovered from the case will be ordered to continue to be recovered.
After trial and investigation, it was found that from 2009 to 2021, the defendant Guo Shijie, while serving as the Deputy Secretary, County Magistrate, and Secretary of the Party Committee of Zhangxian County, Gansu Province, took advantage of his position and position to seek benefits for others in engineering contracting, project bidding, land use right transfer, fund settlement, and other aspects. He illegally received property worth RMB 2659578102 from others, and together with a specific related party Zhang Xiaojuan, he received property worth RMB 66.96221 million from others, totaling RMB 93.55799102 million.
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The court held that the defendant Guo Shijie, as a state functionary, took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others and illegally accepted property from others multiple times, either alone or in collaboration with specific stakeholders. The amount involved was particularly huge, and his behavior constituted the crime of bribery. In joint crimes, the defendant Guo Shijie plays a major role and is the principal offender, and should be punished according to all the crimes he participated in. Given that the defendant Guo Shijie has a confession and repentance, and part of the bribery proceeds have been recovered, he may be given a lighter punishment in accordance with the law. Taking into account the facts, nature, circumstances, and degree of harm to society of the defendant Guo Shijie's crime, the above judgment is made.