Spanning 16 years, Zheng Yajun, the "leadership secretary," was charged with accepting bribes of over 58 million yuan
On September 5th, the Intermediate People's Court of Zhangye City, Gansu Province publicly held a first instance hearing on the bribery case of Zheng Yajun, former deputy director of the Environmental Resources Protection Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress.
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According to the Intermediate People's Court of Zhangye City, the People's Procuratorate of Zhangye City accuses that from 2002 to 2017, the defendant Zheng Yajun took advantage of his position as a leadership secretary, deputy secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee in Gansu Province, director of Jiuquan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., mayor and secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee, and secretary of the Pingliang Municipal Party Committee in Gansu Province to provide assistance to others in enterprise operation, promotion, and other aspects. He received and demanded more than 58 million yuan in property from others. Request to hold the defendant Zheng Yajun criminally responsible for the crime of bribery.
This case will be sentenced at a later date.
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Pengpai News noticed that two years ago around September 2021, Zheng Yajun, a senior official at the department level, had been prosecuted. At that time, the People's Procuratorate of Zhangye City filed a lawsuit accusing the defendant Zheng Yajun of using his position as the Secretary of Gansu Province, Deputy Secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Board of Directors of Jiuquan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., Mayor and Secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Pingliang Municipal Party Committee, and other officials during his tenure to seek benefits for others, illegally accepting and demanding property from others multiple times, with a particularly large amount of money. He should be held criminally responsible for accepting bribes in accordance with the law.
Zheng Yajun, male, Han ethnicity, born in October 1961, from Ningxian County, Gansu Province.
In his early years, he served as a deputy department level organizer in the Organization Department of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee, deputy director of the Lanzhou Municipal Party Committee Office, and researcher in the Secretariat of the Gansu Provincial Party Committee Office. In 2002, he was transferred from the Director of the Secretariat of the Gansu Provincial Government Office to the Deputy Secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee. Afterwards, he served as the Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Jiuquan Iron and Steel Co., Ltd., the Mayor of Jiayuguan, the Secretary of the Jiayuguan Municipal Party Committee, and the Secretary of the Pingliang Municipal Party Committee. In February 2021, he was dismissed from his position as the Deputy Director of the Environmental Resources Protection Working Committee of the Standing Committee of the Gansu Provincial People's Congress.