Illegal eating, drinking, and drunk driving are the top priority! 11 Party members and cadres in Shaoyang, Hunan have been disciplined

Recently, the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision has urged the Shaoyang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision to seriously investigate and punish 11 party members and cadres, including Yang Qifan, former deputy secretary of the Beita District Committee and former director of the United Front Work Department of the District Committee, who violated the law by eating, drinking, and driving under the influence of alcohol.

After investigation, on the evening of June 2, 2022, Zhang Yiping, then a member of the Standing Committee of the Beita District Committee and Director of the District Committee Office of Shaoyang City, illegally organized Zhang Xiong, then Deputy Secretary General and Deputy Director of the Office of Shaoyang City Government, Kang Hui, Director of the Comprehensive Five Departments of the Municipal Government Office, Yang Qifan, Deputy Secretary of the Beita District Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, Shao Jiaxiang, a fourth level researcher of the Beita District Government Office, and Huang Jingyu, Director of the Chayuantou Street Office of Beita District, to have a meal and drink at an internal venue of a private enterprise under the pretext of reporting work.

At around 22:50 that evening, Yang Qifan was caught driving under the influence of alcohol by the public security organs of Shaoyang City, with a breath alcohol test value of 98mg/100ml. Yang Qifan immediately contacted Luo Wenzhong, a senior police officer at the fourth level of the Shaoyang Traffic Police Detachment, for help. Luo Wenzhong greeted the on-site law enforcement officer and went to the law enforcement scene. After learning that Yang Qifan had been investigated, Chen Guang, then Deputy Secretary of the Chengbu County Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, Liu Lang, Standing Committee Member and Deputy District Chief of the Beita District Committee, Li Zaixin, a member of the Beita District Government Party Group, Xiao Kehua, Director of the Municipal Party Committee's General Office, and private enterprise owner Luo Jingteng went to help. The above six people arrived at the law enforcement scene and discussed having Luo Jingteng replace Yang Qifan to the hospital to extract blood samples. Afterwards, on-site law enforcement officers discovered that Yang Qifan may have been "pinned". Under the supervision of the public security organs, at around 3:00 pm on June 3rd, Yang Qifan went to the hospital for investigation and re extracted blood samples.

Zhang Yiping and others disregarded the regulations of the Municipal Party Committee prohibiting drinking on working days, and organized and participated in eating and drinking in violation of regulations. Chen Guang and others, knowing that Yang Qifan's drunk driving was suspected of illegal activities, actually participated in finding someone to "top the bag", with a serious nature and a negative impact. In June 2022, with the approval of the Shaoyang Municipal Party Committee, eight individuals including Yang Qifan, Zhang Yiping, Zhang Xiong, Chen Guang, Liu Lang, Li Zaixin, Xiao Kehua, and Huang Jingyu were dismissed from their positions before being investigated and dealt with, and Kang Hui's probationary qualifications were cancelled. According to the investigation, starting from October 2022, Zhang Yiping and Shao Jiaxiang were given party internal warning punishments. Liu Lang, Xiao Kehua, and Luo Wenzhong were administratively detained for 10 days and fined, while Chen Guang and Li Zaixin were administratively detained for 7 days and fined, as well as given party internal warning punishments. In June 2023, the People's Court of Shuangqing District, Shaoyang City ruled in accordance with the law that Yang Qifan committed the crime of dangerous driving and was exempted from criminal punishment. After studying at the meeting of the Standing Committee of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Shaoyang City and obtaining approval from the Shaoyang Municipal Party Committee, it has been decided to expel Yang Qifan from the Party; He was given a disciplinary action of administrative dismissal by the Shaoyang Municipal Supervision Commission and demoted to a first level clerk.

Yang Qifan and others have no regard for discipline and law, are plagued by privileged thinking and serious behavior in the martial arts world. This is a typical case that combines violations of the spirit of the Central Eight point Regulations and illegal activities. It reflects that a small number of party members and cadres, under the high-pressure situation of the Party Central Committee and the Provincial Party Committee repeatedly emphasizing the construction of work style, still act independently, without fear, and without respect, challenging the bottom line of discipline and law, and must be seriously investigated and punished.

The notice from the Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision pointed out that party organizations at all levels in the province should shoulder the responsibility of managing the party, strengthen the construction of disciplinary style, and place discipline and rules in a more prominent and important position; We should educate and guide party members and cadres at all levels to strengthen their awareness of the rule of law, institutional awareness, and disciplinary awareness, strictly operate within the scope of discipline and law, and resolutely abide by regulations and systems without privileges, and implement regulations and systems without exceptions; We must closely monitor the "key minority", adhere to strict education, management, and supervision, strengthen the supervision and restraint of power, and let the dark box lose its operational space. Party members and cadres throughout the province, especially leading cadres, should deeply understand that the Central Eight point Regulations are long-term and effective iron rules and hard bars, and are the basic requirements that Party members and leading cadres must achieve; We must firmly establish a correct view of power, adhere to the principles of fair, lawful, clean, and for the benefit of the people, consciously fight against the ideology and phenomenon of privilege, and ensure that the power granted by the Party and the people is not abused; We must handle the relationships between public and private, right and wrong, and law and law correctly, resolutely resist and eliminate the "seven musts" problems such as pulling and arguing, forming alliances, and being a clean official, doing things cleanly, and being an honest person.

The Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision requires that the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs throughout the province must persistently implement the spirit of the central eight point regulations, continue to deepen the "two leading and five rectification" special action for rectification and corrosion prevention. For public officials suspected of drunk driving, while being investigated by judicial organs in accordance with the law, they must thoroughly investigate the "four winds" and interest transmission issues behind them, and promote the implementation of the special action with a resolute attitude, powerful measures, and decisive actions. We must effectively increase supervision, discipline enforcement, and punishment efforts, and strictly investigate and expose those who do not show respect, violate discipline in the face of the wind, and "play with privileges", releasing a strong signal that they will become stricter in the future. We must be brave and adept at struggle, take building a clear and refreshing comrade relationship as an important foundational work for comprehensive and strict governance of the Party, resolutely crack down on "small groups" that act as brothers, appoint people with favoritism, and form cliques and cliques, making the comrade relationship within the Party more pure and natural, and maintaining a positive political ecology within the Party.