Fang Quanzhong was sentenced to ten years and ten months, involving over 12.16 million yuan as a defendant | for bribery | Fang Quanzhong
On August 15, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Shizuishan City publicly announced the first instance verdict of the defendant Fang Quanzhong's bribery case in accordance with the law. Fang Quanzhong was sentenced to ten years and ten months in prison and fined RMB 900000 for the crime of bribery; Confiscate the recovered and returned stolen funds and goods in accordance with the law and turn them over to the national treasury.
The court's trial found that from August 2003 to July 2022, the defendant Fang Quanzhong took advantage of his position as Secretary of the Tongxin County Party Committee, Standing Committee Member of the Wuzhong Municipal Party Committee, Deputy Minister of the Propaganda Department of the Autonomous Region Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Education Working Committee of the Autonomous Region, Deputy Secretary of the Party Group of the Education Department of the Ningxia Vocational and Technical College, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Education Working Committee of the Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Party Group of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region, Secretary of the Party Group of the Government Office of the Autonomous Region, and Counselor of the People's Government of the Autonomous Region to seek benefits for relevant companies and individuals in terms of project contracting, payment of project funds, enrollment of children, and work transfer. He successively The illegal receipt of property from others amounts to a total of RMB 12168953.
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The court held that the defendant Fang Quanzhong, as a state functionary, took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others, or used the convenience conditions formed by his power and position to seek improper benefits for others through the behavior of other state functionaries in their positions. He illegally accepted property from others multiple times, with a particularly large amount of money. His behavior has constituted the crime of bribery, and the bribery amount of 1.497316 million yuan is an attempted crime, which can be punished relatively lightly according to law. In view of Fang Quanzhong's truthful confession of his crime upon his arrival, voluntary confession and punishment, and refund of all stolen funds, which constitutes a statutory and discretionary lenient punishment, he may be given a lenient punishment. Based on the facts, nature, circumstances, and degree of social harm of his crime, the above judgment is made in accordance with the law.