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Corruption watchdog gets death, reprieve
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September 10, 2010, Friday
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WANG Huayuan, a former top anti-corruption official in east China's Zhejiang Province, was sentenced yesterday to death with a two-year reprieve for taking bribes.
A court in eastern China's Shandong Province, the Intermediate People's Court of Zaozhuang, handed down the sentence for the trial that began on July 14.
Wang was charged with taking bribes and failing to explain the source of his personal assets, all of which have been confiscated.
Wang was accused of abusing his position as secretary of the provincial commissions for discipline inspection in Guangdong and Zhejiang while a senior official in the two provinces between 1998 and 2009.
In return for bribes, Wang dispensed favorable treatment that helped others in business, employment, litigation and in avoiding arrest, the court said.
He was charged with taking 7.7 million yuan (US$1.1 million) in bribes.
Wang was unable to explain the source of 8.9 million yuan of his personal assets.
Because Wang cooperated with investigators, confessed to all his crimes and returned all the illegally-gained assets, the court put a suspension on the death sentence.
Wang, 62, was detained and put under investigation in April last year.
He was stripped of his membership of the Communist Party of China and his post.
He was one of eight ministerial-level officials investigated for corruption last year.
The others included the former vice president of the supreme court, Huang Songyou, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes and embezzlement.
Another was the former vice president of state-owned China Development Bank, Wang Yi. The banker received a suspended death sentence for taking bribes.
A court in eastern China's Shandong Province, the Intermediate People's Court of Zaozhuang, handed down the sentence for the trial that began on July 14.
Wang was charged with taking bribes and failing to explain the source of his personal assets, all of which have been confiscated.
Wang was accused of abusing his position as secretary of the provincial commissions for discipline inspection in Guangdong and Zhejiang while a senior official in the two provinces between 1998 and 2009.
In return for bribes, Wang dispensed favorable treatment that helped others in business, employment, litigation and in avoiding arrest, the court said.
He was charged with taking 7.7 million yuan (US$1.1 million) in bribes.
Wang was unable to explain the source of 8.9 million yuan of his personal assets.
Because Wang cooperated with investigators, confessed to all his crimes and returned all the illegally-gained assets, the court put a suspension on the death sentence.
Wang, 62, was detained and put under investigation in April last year.
He was stripped of his membership of the Communist Party of China and his post.
He was one of eight ministerial-level officials investigated for corruption last year.
The others included the former vice president of the supreme court, Huang Songyou, who was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking bribes and embezzlement.
Another was the former vice president of state-owned China Development Bank, Wang Yi. The banker received a suspended death sentence for taking bribes.
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