Chen Yong, former Vice Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, sentenced to 11 years and 6 months. Defendant | Chen Yong | Vice Chairman
On August 8, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Binzhou City publicly announced in the first instance the case of Chen Yong, former Vice Chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee of the Shandong Provincial People's Congress, accepting bribes. The defendant Chen Yong was sentenced to eleven years and six months in prison and fined RMB 1.6 million for the crime of accepting bribes; Confiscate the property obtained from Chen Yong's bribery in accordance with the law and turn it over to the national treasury.
After trial, it was found that from January 2007 to November 2019, the defendant Chen Yong took advantage of his positions as a member of the Standing Committee of the Zibo Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Huantai County Party Committee, member of the Standing Committee and Minister of the Organization Department of the Jinan Municipal Party Committee, and Secretary of the Dezhou Municipal Party Committee to seek benefits for relevant units and individuals in the return of land transfer fees, project construction, and promotion. He illegally received property from others, totaling RMB 162043.29 million.
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The Intermediate People's Court of Binzhou City believes that the defendant Chen Yong's behavior constitutes the crime of bribery, and the amount is particularly huge, and should be punished according to law. Considering that he truthfully confessed his crimes upon arrival at the case, voluntarily confessed most of the bribery crimes that the investigating authority had not yet mastered, had a confession and repentance, and all the stolen funds and goods involved in the case had been recovered, he had a statutory and discretionary lenient punishment, and was punished with a lenient punishment in accordance with the law; He pleads guilty and accepts punishment, and may be given lenient treatment in accordance with the law. The court then made the above judgment.