Illegally accepting property from others exceeding ten million yuan! A corrupt official in Liupanshui, Guizhou, sentenced to ten years and six months of bribery | Yang Longzheng | property
On August 15, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Anshun City, Guizhou Province publicly announced in the first instance the case of Yang Longzheng, former Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director of the Standing Committee of the People's Congress of Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, accepting bribes. Yang Longzheng was sentenced to ten years and six months in prison and fined one million yuan for the crime of accepting bribes; The proceeds of Yang Longzheng's bribery crime that have been returned and handed over to the national treasury shall be recovered in accordance with the law. Any shortfall shall continue to be recovered. Yang Longzheng stated in court that he accepted the verdict and did not appeal.
After trial, it was found that from 2005 to 2012, the defendant Yang Longzheng took advantage of his position as Deputy Secretary, Deputy County Magistrate, and County Party Secretary of Shuicheng County to provide assistance to others in project approval, coal mine resource integration, and mining group dispute resolution. He illegally received property from others, totaling more than RMB 12.72 million.
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The Intermediate People's Court of Anshun City believes that the defendant Yang Longzheng's behavior constitutes the crime of bribery, with a particularly large amount of bribery. Considering that Yang Longzheng voluntarily confessed most of the bribery facts that the investigating authorities had not yet mastered after arriving at the case, refunded some of the stolen money, voluntarily pleaded guilty to punishment, and had a statutory and discretionary lenient punishment situation, he was given a lenient punishment in accordance with the law. The court then made the above judgment.