The corrupt official who loves to sing "Iron Window Tears" confesses in prison: I should have paid the bribe I received early in the morning! Case. Article | Law Enforcement Bureau | Bribery
The China Discipline Inspection and Supervision Daily published an article today titled "Falling into the Abyss by Relying on Mining to Eat Mine Bottom Line", analyzing the serious disciplinary and illegal case of Tao Husheng, former director of the Shaanxi Provincial Natural Resources Law Enforcement Bureau.
The article shows that this deputy department level cadre, who has become a prisoner, loved to sing "Tears of Iron Window" when he was young. After falling off the horse, he repented and said, "If I had turned in all the bribes I had received earlier, how could I have today's worries about the iron window?"
Attempted to confront organizational investigations
According to the public resume, Tao Husheng, male, born in July 1961, who was investigated in September 2021, started working in July 1984 and joined the CPC in June 1994. Formerly served as the President of Shaanxi Engineering Survey and Research Institute; Deputy Director of Geological Environment Monitoring Station of Shaanxi Provincial Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources; Deputy Director of Shaanxi Provincial Geological Environment Monitoring Station; Deputy Director and Director of the Planning and Evaluation Center of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Land and Resources, and Director of the Mineral Development Management Department; Director of Shaanxi Provincial Land and Resources Supervision Bureau; Director of Shaanxi Provincial Natural Resources Law Enforcement Bureau. Retired in August 2021.
After investigation, Tao Husheng took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others in mineral resource reserve evaluation, mining area delineation, establishment, continuation, and change of mining rights, and received a total of more than 8.6 million yuan in property from others. In April 2022, Tao Husheng was expelled from the Party and his retirement benefits were cancelled according to regulations; In May of the same year, Tao Husheng was transferred to the procuratorial organs for legal review and prosecution on suspicion of committing a crime. In June this year, Tao Husheng was sentenced to ten years in prison and fined 800000 yuan.
According to the website of the Shaanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, starting from March 2020, Shaanxi Province has launched a two-year special rectification campaign for leaders and cadres to illegally intervene in engineering construction and mineral resource development, and to seriously investigate and punish behaviors such as abuse of power, seeking personal gain, engaging in power and money transactions, and transmitting benefits in engineering construction and mineral development. Since the launch of the special rectification, 2 provincial management cadres in the mineral energy field of Shaanxi have been reviewed and investigated, and 3 provincial management cadres have been expelled from the Party, dismissed from public office, or have their retirement benefits cancelled.
Among them, Hao Xiaochen, former Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of Shaanxi Gas Group Co., Ltd., pointed out in his report that he "relied on enterprises to eat enterprises, abused power and acted recklessly, engaged in power and money transactions, seized huge profits using the state monopoly resources he possessed, and trampled on laws and regulations recklessly"; He Jiuchang, former Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director of the Party Group of the Development and Reform Commission of Shaanxi Province, has engaged in rampant rent-seeking and power money transactions in the field of energy and resources, exceeding the bottom line of party discipline and national law.
Before accepting the review and investigation, Tao Husheng had a premonition that his problems might be exposed. On the one hand, he adopted a "cunning and scattered storage" approach to transfer and conceal his assets, and stored the more than 4 million yuan he had illegally received in the name of his classmates or relatives in multiple bank accounts. On the other hand, it opposes organizational review and investigation, deliberately concealing its serious violations of discipline and law. After being detained, he still thought he had done it perfectly, and the organization had no choice but to deny him in the face of facts, attempting to deceive him.
When I was young, I loved to sing "Iron Window Tears"
The article shows that Tao Husheng has been working in the mineral resources management department for many years and has long served as the department's "leader". He can be said to have "power all over his body.". Especially since serving as the Deputy Director of the Planning and Evaluation Center of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Land and Resources, Tao Husheng has been able to have close contact with many coal bosses, and the interaction between the two sides is frequent: he uses his power to provide convenience for the other party, while the other party conveys benefits to him under the name of "annual gifts".
"I started giving envelopes worth 500 yuan and held them in my hand, my heart pounding. Later, I gradually got used to it." Tao Husheng admitted in his confession that he would receive red envelopes of all sizes from his bosses during holidays and festivals. "Especially on the eve of the Spring Festival, there were many, including scattered ones on New Year's Day, Mid Autumn Festival, and Dragon Boat Festival."
The policy support in the field of mineral resource development is strong, resources are concentrated, funds are intensive, and the industry has strong coordination, making it a high-risk industry for corruption problems. Collaborating with private entrepreneurs has fattened Tao Husheng's courage. Especially after serving as the director of the Planning and Evaluation Center of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Land and Resources in 2007, when Tao Husheng saw his bosses and friends earning money, living in luxury homes, and driving luxury cars with his help, he was no longer satisfied with receiving gifts and gifts during the Chinese New Year.
For example, a friend of Tao Husheng wants to acquire a coal mine and hopes to obtain convenient conditions. Tao Husheng readily agreed and gave him care. Afterwards, the other party transferred 2 million yuan to him as a thank-you fee, and he accepted it with peace of mind; Another old classmate who had a close relationship with Tao Husheng also benefited from Tao Husheng's help and successfully undertook multiple projects in Shaanxi Province, including the investigation of mineral resource utilization status and exploration of coal mine reserves. He successively donated more than 1.3 million yuan to Tao Husheng.
"The moon shines on my heart with its curves, and my son misses his mother in prison. He regrets not listening to his mother's words, but now I have become a prisoner." The article shows that when he was young, Tao Husheng was very familiar with this song "Tears in the Iron Window". However, if Tao Husheng could truly understand the profound meaning behind this song, how could the current "Iron Window Sorrow" come about.
The article also includes Tao Husheng's confession record. In the Confession Record, Tao Husheng repented that as a leading cadre, he regarded some businessmen too "close" and did not draw clear boundaries, such as accepting money from classmates, just like taking money from his younger brother, without realizing it was a crime. Collecting money from the coal mine owner is like taking money from one's own brother's family, because they often call each other brothers. The boundary between "pro" and "qing" has become blurred, and the ultimate lesson is painful.
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