Expelled from the party! ,Zhou Zheng who defrauded public funds
On May 9, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission announced that Zhou Zheng, a former member of the party leadership group and deputy general manager of COFCO, had been expelled from the party for serious violations of discipline and law.
After investigation, Zhou Zheng lost his ideals and beliefs, deviated from his original aspiration and mission, had a weak political consciousness, failed to perform the main responsibility of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, was disloyal and dishonest to the party, and resisted organizational review; ignored the spirit of the eight central regulations, accepted banquets in violation of regulations, and violated regulations. Organizing banquets with public funds, using public funds to purchase and issue consumption cards; lacking organizational principles, seeking benefits for others and accepting property during employee recruitment and promotion; accepting gifts and money in violation of regulations, using public equipment for personal use, promoting financial products for relatives to seek benefits, and engaging in power and sex Transactions; illegal interference and interference in market economic activities; no disciplinary bottom line, engaging in power-for-money transactions, taking advantage of positions to benefit others in business contracting, work arrangements, etc., and illegally accepting huge amounts of property; being greedy and defrauding public funds. own; act without authorization and cause heavy losses to national interests.
Among Zhou Zheng's corruption issues, defrauding public funds is quite concerning. According to the criminal law, any act by a state employee who takes advantage of his or her position to embezzle, steal, defraud or illegally possess public property by other means shall be punished as a crime of corruption.
For example, Li Wei, former member of the party committee and deputy general manager of Shandong Airport Management Group Co., Ltd., was pointed out: greed, abuse of power for personal gain, taking advantage of his position to defraud public funds, seeking benefits for others in terms of project contracting and project fund allocation, and Illegal receipt of huge amounts of property.
Zhang Guozhi, the former vice president of Jilin University of Technology and Business, was pointed out that he took advantage of his position to defraud public funds, seek benefits for others and accept property, and was suspected of corruption and bribery.
The corruption problem of Du Junshi, a member of the Party Leadership Group and Deputy Director of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Administration for Industry and Commerce, is also very serious. He once took advantage of his position to embezzle and defraud public funds together with others, and was suspected of corruption crimes. Misappropriating public funds for profit-making activities is suspected of criminal misappropriation of public funds. Taking advantage of one's authority to seek benefits for others, soliciting and accepting property from others, is suspected of bribery.
In recent years, many leading cadres of COFCO Group, where Zhou Zheng worked, have also been investigated and punished. In January 2021, Luo Jiajun, former party member and chief accountant of COFCO Corporation, seriously violated disciplines and laws and was expelled from the party and public office. After investigation, Luo Jiajun lost his ideals and beliefs, had a weak political consciousness, interfered with inspection work, and resisted organizational review; ignored the spirit of the eight central regulations, violated regulations by accepting banquets, accepting gifts, and reimbursing personal expenses that may affect the fair execution of official duties; and used his authority to work for others at work. Providing help with recruitment; ignoring national laws and regulations, illegally issuing large bonuses, and holding shares in unlisted companies; disposing of state-owned assets at low prices, illegally intervening in engineering projects; taking advantage of the convenience of one's position to defraud huge amounts of public funds, and listed companies and stocks Seeking benefits for others in terms of additional issuance and business contracting, and illegally receiving huge amounts of property.
In the past six months, in December 2023, Chen Debing, former deputy secretary of the party committee and general manager of COFCO Engineering Technology Co., Ltd., was dismissed. In January 2024, Cao Ronggen, Party Secretary and General Manager of COFCO Joy City Holding Group Co., Ltd., was investigated. In February, Tong Yi, the former chief engineer and safety director of COFCO, and Sun Tianli, the former deputy party secretary and vice president of COFCO Nutrition and Health Research Institute, were investigated.