Xu Ming, former member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the State Grain Administration, was sentenced to 15 years in prison in the first trial for accepting bribes | Xu Ming | Deputy Director
On June 20, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Xiamen City, Fujian Province, publicly announced the verdict on the case of Xu Ming, a former member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the State Grain Administration, accepting bribes and using his influence. The defendant Xu Ming was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined RMB 4 million for the crime of accepting bribes, and was sentenced to two years in prison and fined RMB 100000 for the crime of using his influence to accept bribes. The court also decided to execute the sentence of 15 years in prison and fined RMB 4.1 million; Xu Ming, who has been seized, detained, or frozen, shall be lawfully recovered and turned over to the national treasury for his bribery and bribery crimes, as well as his gains and interests obtained through the use of influence.
After trial, it was found that from 1995 to 2021, the defendant Xu Mingli served as the Director of the Foreign Investment Department, Director of the Foreign Investment Enterprise Department, and Deputy Director of the Foreign Economic Coordination Department of the former State Economic and Trade Commission, Deputy Director and Director of the Market System Construction Department and Comprehensive Department of the Ministry of Commerce, Deputy Secretary General of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, Standing Committee Member and Secretary General of the Municipal Party Committee, former member of the Party Group and Deputy Director of the State Grain Administration, and provided assistance to relevant units and individuals in project contracting, business approval, case handling, and personnel adjustment. He illegally received more than RMB 51.2 million in total, of which RMB 8.9 million has not yet been actually received as of the incident. Obtain; In 2021, after resigning, Xu Ming took advantage of his previous positions as a member of the Standing Committee and Secretary General of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee, and other positions to provide assistance in appealing cases to others through the actions of other state officials. He received a sum of 1.2 million yuan.
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The Intermediate People's Court of Xiamen City believes that the defendant Xu Ming's behavior constitutes the crime of bribery and the crime of bribery through the use of influence, with a particularly large amount of bribery and a huge amount of bribery through the use of influence. Considering that some of Xu Ming's bribery attempts were unsuccessful, and he used his influence to commit bribery as a form of voluntary surrender. After being brought to justice, he voluntarily confessed to the majority of the bribery facts that the supervisory authorities had not yet mastered, pleaded guilty and repented, actively returned the stolen goods, and all the proceeds and fruits of the crime have been confiscated. He may be given a lighter punishment for his bribery crime, and the punishment for his bribery crime of using his influence may be reduced. The court then made the above judgment.