Gu Ping, former member of the Party group of Taizhou City Government, sentenced to 14 years in prison
On September 21st, the Changzhou Intermediate People's Court publicly announced the verdict on the case of Gu Ping, a former member of the Party Group of the Taizhou Municipal People's Government, accepting bribes, embezzling, and abusing power. Gu Ping, the defendant, was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison and fined RMB 1.2 million for the crime of accepting bribes. He was also sentenced to five years in prison and fined RMB 500000 for the crime of corruption. He was sentenced to four years in prison for the crime of abusing power and was sentenced to fourteen years in prison and fined RMB 1.7 million; The proceeds of Gu Ping's bribery and corruption crimes shall be recovered and turned over to the national treasury.
After trial, it was found that from 2016 to 2020, the defendant Gu Ping took advantage of her position as the district mayor, district committee secretary, and director of the management committee of Taizhou Pharmaceutical High tech Industrial Development Zone in Gaogang District, Taizhou City, to seek benefits for relevant units and individuals in terms of business undertaking, enterprise operation, and job adjustment. She directly or through others illegally received property, totaling more than RMB 15.44 million. 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 Intermediate People's Court of Changzhou City believes that the actions of the defendant Gu Ping constitute the crimes of bribery, corruption, and abuse of power. The amount of bribery and corruption is particularly huge, and the circumstances of abuse of power are 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, returning the majority of illegal gains, and may be given lighter or mitigated punishment in accordance with the law. The court then made the above judgment.