Sentenced to death with a reprieve, former standing committee member of the provincial party committee who repents in the anti-corruption film of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection accepted bribes | Zhou Jiangyong | Central Commission for Discipline Inspection
Today, the Intermediate People's Court of Chuzhou City, Anhui Province publicly pronounced the verdict on the bribery case of Zhou Jiangyong, former member of the Standing Committee of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and former Secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee. Zhou Jiangyong was sentenced to death with a two-year suspension of execution, deprived of political rights for life, and had all personal property confiscated; The proceeds and fruits of Zhou Jiangyong's bribery crime shall be recovered in accordance with the law and turned over to the national treasury.
Zhou Jiangyong was accused of illegally accepting 182 million yuan in property.
Greedy for 20 years
According to the public resume, Zhou Jiangyong, male, born in September 1967, of Han ethnicity, is from Ningbo, Zhejiang. He started working in August 1985. On January 26th last year, Zhou Jiangyong was granted a "double opening". Zhou Jiangyong was accused of violating the decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, colluding with capital, supporting disorderly expansion of capital, engaging in superstitious activities, and deliberately opposing organizational censorship; Ignoring the spirit of the central eight point regulations, engaging in formalism in work, illegally equipping security personnel and official vehicles, accepting banquets that may affect the fair execution of official duties, and illegally accepting gifts and cash; Lack of organizational principles, private enterprise owners should request illegal selection and appointment of cadres, and fail to report personal matters in accordance with regulations; Violating regulations and interfering in market economy, law enforcement and judicial activities; Without any legal bottom line, engaging in power and money transactions, using their position to facilitate others in engineering contracting, land transfer, tax returns, etc., colluding with relatives to illegally accept huge amounts of property, engaging in family style corruption, etc.
"Shangguanhe" noticed that this is the first time that the statement "linked to capital and supporting disorderly expansion of capital" has appeared in the party discipline and government disciplinary notice. In the Communique of the Sixth Plenary Session of the 19th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection released on January 20th last year, it was also pointed out that efforts will be made to investigate and punish corrupt practices behind the disorderly expansion of capital and platform monopolies, and to cut off the link between power and capital.
After trial, the court found that from 2001 to 2021, Zhou Jiangyong took advantage of his positions as Deputy County Magistrate of the People's Government of Yin County, County Magistrate and Secretary of the Xiangshan County Party Committee, Standing Committee Member of the Ningbo Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Development and Construction Management Committee of Hangzhou Bay New Area, Acting Mayor and Mayor of Zhoushan Municipal People's Government, Secretary of the Zhoushan Municipal Party Committee, Standing Committee Member of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Wenzhou Municipal Party Committee, Standing Committee Member of the Zhejiang Provincial Party Committee and Secretary of the Hangzhou Municipal Party Committee, and provided assistance to relevant units and individuals in engineering construction, project contracting, land acquisition, case handling, and other matters, directly or through his relatives, illegally accepting property totaling RMB 1.81. More than 200 million yuan.
The Chuzhou Intermediate People's Court believes that the defendant Zhou Jiangyong's behavior constitutes the crime of bribery. Zhou Jiangyong's bribery amount is particularly huge and has caused significant losses to the interests of the country and the people. He should be punished severely according to law. Considering that Zhou Jiangyong truthfully confessed his crimes after arriving at the case, voluntarily confessed some of the bribery crimes that the supervisory authorities had not yet mastered, pleaded guilty and repented, actively returned the stolen goods, and all the stolen funds and goods have been recovered, there are legal and discretionary circumstances for lenient punishment. The court then made the above judgment.
Shangguanhe noticed that on April 27th this year, the Intermediate People's Court of Chuzhou City, Anhui Province, publicly held a first instance trial of the bribery case of Zhou Jiangyong.
The People's Procuratorate of Chuzhou City, Anhui Province accuses that from 2001 to 2021, Zhou Jiangyong used the convenience of his position, power, and status to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in engineering construction, project contracting, land acquisition, and other matters, directly or through his relatives, illegally accepting property from others, totaling more than RMB 193 million. The procuratorial organs have requested that Zhou Jiangyong be held criminally responsible for the crime of bribery.
This shows that compared to when he was arrested, Zhou Jiangyong's bribery amount has decreased.
The two brothers are greedy together
Shangguanhe noticed that in January last year, Zhou Jiangyong appeared in the mirror to repent. "Zhou Jiangyong and his younger brother Zhou Jianyong are both engaged in politics and business. Zhou Jiangyong uses his public power to provide assistance for his younger brother's business. In the fifth episode of the anti-corruption blockbuster" Zero Tolerance "aired at the end of January last year," Forever on the Road, "Zhou Jiangyong and his younger brother teamed up to engage in corruption and the practice of" one family, two systems, "which attracted attention.".
It is reported that Zhou Jiangyong's younger brother, Zhou Jianyong, once served as a university teacher, but had no intention of teaching and was envious of business life. Zhou Jiangyong used his power to help his younger brother with funding, land, equipment, and even intervened in the judiciary, helping him evade criminal punishment for environmental pollution cases.
The first bucket of gold seized by the brothers Zhou Jiangyong and Zhou Jianyong was built on the basis of power and money transactions. Under the guidance of Zhou Jiangyong, a private enterprise "cooperated" with Zhou Jianyong to establish Ningbo Xiangrun Petrochemical Technology Co., Ltd. The so-called "cooperation" was actually just a cover. Soon, Xiangrun Petrochemical Company became an independent contractor of Zhou Jianyong, but still used the land, factory buildings, and equipment of this private enterprise for free for a long time. Over the years, this private enterprise has transferred over seven million yuan in benefits to the Zhou Jiangyong brothers by exempting them from rental fees. Correspondingly, Zhou Jiangyong utilized his power to provide assistance to the company in obtaining land and other aspects.
Zhou Jianyong's involvement in the business world also provided various merchants with a natural opportunity to use him to besiege Zhou Jiangyong. Shi Shihong, the owner of a construction company, is one of them. From 2013 to 2017, Zhou Jiangyong provided assistance to Shi Shihong in multiple projects involving Zhoushan and Wenzhou, in accordance with the requests conveyed by Zhou Jianyong. Zhou Jianyong received money from Shi Shihong eight times under the pretext of "borrowing", totaling over 90 million yuan, but never thought of repaying it.