Surprisingly, it was a "trick" where the director voluntarily surrendered and took bribes | Yang Ping | Director
"When Yang Ping voluntarily surrendered to the case, he only admitted to a small part of his bribery and reserved himself for other illegal behaviors, hoping to get through the situation and switch to a 'lenient treatment'... Recently, Fengshan County, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region held a cadre warning and education conference. Yang Ping, former Party Secretary and Director of the County Natural Resources Bureau, took advantage of his position to illegally accept bribes, voluntarily confessed the problem to avoid severity, and ultimately fell into prison, which made the majority of cadres particularly vigilant.".
In 1986, after graduating, Yang Ping was assigned to work at the Agricultural Technology Extension Station in Zhaiya Township, Fengshan County. Due to strong business abilities and outstanding work performance, he was quickly transferred to a county-level department and gradually grew from an ordinary cadre to the deputy director of the county land management bureau. In the first ten years, Yang Ping cherished the opportunity given by the organization, and worked diligently. He has won the honors of "exemplary individual for District Land Registration and Land Survey", "exemplary individual" in Hechi City, and "exemplary individual" in Fengshan County.
"I have been the deputy director of the bureau for over ten years, always working diligently. As I watched the same group of promoted deputy department heads and even later promoted cadres receive further appointments from the organization, my mentality gradually became imbalanced. I felt that helping the boss coordinate and solve problems, and taking some money, was also necessary..." In Yang Ping's more than 30 years of work career, he worked in the land and resources system for 28 years. Seeing most of the promoted deputy department heads take on the position of "head" of the department, he believed that he had old qualifications and strong business skills, and made great contributions to the unit, but he never received further promotion and reuse from the organization. His mentality gradually became imbalanced, his ideals and beliefs collapsed, and he always felt like he was "not making any profit." Not taking up too much space would be a disadvantage.
In 2010, the owner of the engineering project, Wang, undertook a road construction project in Fengshan County. During the construction process, he encountered disputes and the project was difficult to promote. Wang then approached Yang Ping, the deputy director of the County Land and Resources Bureau, and requested his assistance in coordinating. With Yang Ping's multiple appearances and coordination, the project was able to proceed smoothly. To show gratitude, Wang sent Yang Ping a "thank you fee" of 50000 yuan.
Yang Ping is well aware of the consequences of accepting bribes. In order to avoid the risk of organizational investigation, the first time he reached out, he began to put in a lot of effort to plan and arrange for Wang to transfer the money to someone else's account, creating the illusion that there was no economic transaction with the briber, and adopting an indirect and indirect way to accept the bribe.
Once the seed of greed takes root and sprouts, it is like a wild grass that grows uncontrollably. Thinking that he could get 50000 yuan just by saying a few more words and running a few more errands, Yang Ping tasted the sweetness of realizing power. He responded to the boss's proactive request, greeted them in engineering contracting, provided convenience, and collected benefits.
Among the more than 10 bribes received by Yang Ping, the largest amount reached 280000 yuan. In 2016, Jiang, the chairman of the labor union of Fengshan County Construction Engineering Company, approached Yang Ping for help in contracting a road construction project in Fengshan County and promised to provide him with some benefits. Yang Ping asked Jiang to transfer the money to a designated relative account under the pretext of "giving money before handling matters". As a "reward", Yang Ping used his power to provide advice and suggestions for Jiang to obtain the project project. In the end, Jiang successfully won the bid for the road construction project by affiliated with a bidding company.
At the beginning, Yang Ping was numbed by the idea that "it's okay to get some money for helping others" when he received benefits. With the increasing frequency of "reaching out", Yang Ping no longer considered whether to "contribute" to the project. Regardless of the amount, he would accept all the gifts given by the boss.
Under the high-pressure situation of anti-corruption, Yang Ping is afraid of the East Window incident, and his psychological pressure is increasing. In October 2021, Yang Ping, who had a premonition that something might happen, chose to voluntarily surrender to the disciplinary inspection and supervision organs. But with a sense of luck, he claimed on the surface that he believed in the organization, relied on it, and cooperated with it, but in reality, he only symbolically confessed to two small amounts of bribery and did not mention any other serious violations of discipline and law.
"At that time, I had a mentality of crossing the level, thinking that I could say a little less and test what the organization had mastered. I was worried that the amount involved in the case would be too large and would be dealt with seriously. When explaining the problem, Yang Ping played a" trick "and only" threw a stone to test the depth of the water ", avoiding the heavy and using small things to cover up the big, attempting to deceive and avoid being imprisoned.". In this way, Yang Ping, who was mistaken for being clever, missed the opportunity to obtain greater leniency.
Yang Ping's "tricks" were quickly exposed by the investigators, and his contradictory and evasive "explanations" were full of loopholes. In March 2022, the Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Fengshan County filed a case for review and investigation into Yang Ping's suspected serious violations of discipline and law, and took detention measures against him. After experiencing detention, Yang Ping deeply realized that taking chances to confront the organization's investigation was futile. Only by truly confessing the issue is the right choice.
After investigation, from 2010 to 2020, Yang Ping, while serving as a member of the Party Group, Deputy Director, Party Secretary, and Director of the Fengshan County Land and Resources Bureau, as well as the Party Secretary and Director of the Fengshan County Natural Resources Bureau, took advantage of his position to accept gifts and gifts that may affect the fair execution of official duties, equivalent to 427000 yuan, and illegally accepted bribes totaling 940000 yuan.
As the saying goes, Yang Ping, who originally intended to deceive others and eventually became trapped in a cocoon, was expelled from the party and from public office in June 2022 after voluntarily confessing to the problem of "shrinking". On October 28, 2022, Yang Ping was sentenced to three years in prison for the crime of bribery.
