Hu Dongsheng, former director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Grain Bureau, was sentenced to 12 years and bribed nearly 30 million yuan
On June 28, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Jixi City, Heilongjiang Province publicly announced the first instance verdict on the bribery case of Hu Dongsheng, former Party Secretary and Director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Grain Bureau. Sentenced to 12 years imprisonment and fined RMB 2 million for bribery. Confiscate the illegal gains involved in the case that have been sealed up or detained, turn them over to the national treasury, and continue to recover any shortfall.
After trial and investigation, it was found that from October 2005 to June 2021, the defendant Hu Dongsheng took advantage of his positions as a member of the Party Group and Deputy Mayor of the Heihe Municipal Government, Director of the Management Committee of the Heihe Directly Affiliated Economic Cooperation Zone, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Heilongjiang Provincial Grain Bureau, and provided assistance to relevant units and individuals in enterprise operation, engineering contracting, and job adjustment, illegally accepting property totaling more than RMB 29.61 million.
The Intermediate People's Court of Jixi City believes that the defendant Hu Dongsheng's behavior constitutes the crime of bribery. Considering that 11 million yuan in his bribery crime was attempted, he confessed truthfully upon arrival, voluntarily pleaded guilty and punished, and recovered some of his illegal gains. He may be given a lighter punishment in accordance with the law. Taking into account the facts, nature, circumstances, and degree of harm to society of the entire case, the above judgment is made.