Gu Ping, a former member of the Party Group of Taizhou City Government, has been sentenced for bribery, corruption, and abuse of power
On September 21st, the Changzhou Intermediate People's Court publicly announced the verdict on the case of Gu Ping, a former member of the Taizhou Municipal Government's Party Group, accepting bribes, embezzling, and abusing power. Gu Ping, the defendant, was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison for the crime of bribery and fined 1.2 million yuan. He was also sentenced to five years in prison for the crime of corruption and fined 500000 yuan. He was sentenced to four years in prison for the crime of abusing power and was sentenced to fourteen years in prison and fined 1.7 million yuan; The proceeds of Gu Ping's bribery and corruption crimes shall be recovered and turned over to the national treasury.
The court's trial found that from 2016 to 2020, Gu Ping took advantage of her positions as the mayor of Gaogang District in Taizhou, the secretary of the district committee, and the director of the management committee of Taizhou Pharmaceutical High tech Industrial Development Zone to seek benefits for relevant units and individuals in business undertaking, enterprise operation, and job adjustment, directly or through others illegally accepting property, totaling more than 15.44 million yuan. From May 2017 to April 2020, the defendant Gu Ping took advantage of her position as the Secretary of the Gaogang District Committee of Taizhou City to collude with others to embezzle more than 4.13 million yuan in public property. Among them, the defendant Gu Ping personally received more than 1.64 million yuan. From July 2016 to August 2020, the defendant Gu Ping abused her power while serving as the Secretary of the Gaogang District Committee of Taizhou City, resulting in a loss of over 81.6 million yuan in state-owned assets.
The Changzhou Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Gu Ping's actions constituted the crimes of bribery, corruption, and abuse of power. The amount of bribery and corruption was particularly large, and the circumstances of abuse of power were particularly serious. Considering that the defendant Gu Ping voluntarily confessed the facts of corruption crimes that the investigating authority had not yet mastered after arriving at the case, it is considered as voluntary surrender; Truthfully confessing the facts of bribery and abuse of power is a confession; Confessing guilt and punishment, and returning the majority of illegal gains, the punishment may be lighter or mitigated according to law, and the above judgment is made.
According to the public resume, Gu Ping, female, born in 1968, has served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Taixing Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Organization Department since 2003. She is also the Chairman and Party Secretary of the Taizhou Women's Federation, the District Mayor of Hailing District, Taizhou, the District Mayor of Gaogang District, the Party Secretary of Gaogang District, and the Director of the Management Committee of Taizhou Pharmaceutical High tech Industrial Development Zone. In December 2020, she became a member of the Party Group of the Municipal Government. According to the Jiangsu Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision on December 3, 2021, Gu Ping, a member of the Party Group of Taizhou City Government, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and is under disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.