Officials sentenced in trial over land-use graft
By Claire Wang |
October 28, 2011, Friday
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THE former editor-in-chief of the official newspaper of the Ministry of Land and Resources has stood trial accused of bribery.
The department's former vice minister was also implicated and sacked from the Communist Party and from his administrative post.
Liu Yunzhou, 63, editor-in-chief of China Land and Resources News, was accused of accepting bribes totaling over 2.3 million yuan (US$362,000). It was alleged he received this for helping others obtain land-use rights, the Beijing Times reported yesterday.
A Beijing court heard Liu's case on Tuesday, but no verdict was reached, the report said.
In March this year, Liu was put into double designation, a special investigative procedure for Party officials under which they are required to confess or explain their wrongdoings, according to 21st Century Business Herald.
Li Yuan, former vice minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources, was sacked from the party and his administrative post in June.
Tao Xiaoxing, former deputy director of the Shanghai Housing, Land and Resources Administrative Bureau, was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking 10.45 million yuan in bribes.
Former deputy director Yin Guoyuan was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking 35.55 million yuan in bribes and for other crimes.
Tian Fengshan, former minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources, was jailed for life for accepting bribes totaling 4.36 million yuan.
The department's former vice minister was also implicated and sacked from the Communist Party and from his administrative post.
Liu Yunzhou, 63, editor-in-chief of China Land and Resources News, was accused of accepting bribes totaling over 2.3 million yuan (US$362,000). It was alleged he received this for helping others obtain land-use rights, the Beijing Times reported yesterday.
A Beijing court heard Liu's case on Tuesday, but no verdict was reached, the report said.
In March this year, Liu was put into double designation, a special investigative procedure for Party officials under which they are required to confess or explain their wrongdoings, according to 21st Century Business Herald.
Li Yuan, former vice minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources, was sacked from the party and his administrative post in June.
Tao Xiaoxing, former deputy director of the Shanghai Housing, Land and Resources Administrative Bureau, was sentenced to life imprisonment for taking 10.45 million yuan in bribes.
Former deputy director Yin Guoyuan was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for taking 35.55 million yuan in bribes and for other crimes.
Tian Fengshan, former minister of the Ministry of Land and Resources, was jailed for life for accepting bribes totaling 4.36 million yuan.
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