'Sugar daddy' official receives death sentence
By Zhang Xuanchen and Li Xinran |
December 10, 2010, Friday
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A FORMER top political advisor of Guizhou Province who enjoyed a playboy lifestyle was sentenced to death, with a two-year reprieve, yesterday for taking bribes of more than 9.54 million yuan (US$1.43 million).
The ruling was handed down by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The court heard that Huang Yao, 62, abused his positions as Party chief of the Qianxinan Bouyi-Miao Autonomous Prefectural Committee, deputy secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Party, and chairman of the provincial advisory body between September 1993 and early 2009.
A colorful character, Huang was known as a "sugar daddy" who involved in affairs with 13 "god daughters," some of whom were his subordinates, said Chinese Business View.
Huang was described by colleagues at Guizhou's provincial publicity department as having "a big mouth, a violent temper and pompous air." He is also said to be an eloquent speaker who often delivered off-the-cuff speeches.
He had collaborated with other senior officials to shelter the bosses of gold mines involved in illegal mining operations, authorities said.
Huang was found guilty of abusing his official positions to help companies get approvals for business and land planning. He also accepted bribes from several officials to help them obtain promotion.
The court said the bribes Huang took were "enormous" and that his offenses were "extremely serious" but because he cooperated with investigators, confessed to all his crimes and returned his illegal gains, he was given a suspended death sentence.
Apart from the sentence, the court also confiscated all of his personal property.
China's anti-corruption watchdog began investigating Huang last October.
An unnamed source told Chinese Business View that Huang contracted a government poverty-relief project to a businessman, identified by his surname Yang, from Sichuan Province when he was the Party secretary of the Qianxinan Bouyi-Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
But the project ended with nothing but a large waste of public money.
It is not immediately known whether Huang will appeal.
The ruling was handed down by the Intermediate People's Court of Chengdu, capital of southwest China's Sichuan Province.
The court heard that Huang Yao, 62, abused his positions as Party chief of the Qianxinan Bouyi-Miao Autonomous Prefectural Committee, deputy secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Committee of the Communist Party, and chairman of the provincial advisory body between September 1993 and early 2009.
A colorful character, Huang was known as a "sugar daddy" who involved in affairs with 13 "god daughters," some of whom were his subordinates, said Chinese Business View.
Huang was described by colleagues at Guizhou's provincial publicity department as having "a big mouth, a violent temper and pompous air." He is also said to be an eloquent speaker who often delivered off-the-cuff speeches.
He had collaborated with other senior officials to shelter the bosses of gold mines involved in illegal mining operations, authorities said.
Huang was found guilty of abusing his official positions to help companies get approvals for business and land planning. He also accepted bribes from several officials to help them obtain promotion.
The court said the bribes Huang took were "enormous" and that his offenses were "extremely serious" but because he cooperated with investigators, confessed to all his crimes and returned his illegal gains, he was given a suspended death sentence.
Apart from the sentence, the court also confiscated all of his personal property.
China's anti-corruption watchdog began investigating Huang last October.
An unnamed source told Chinese Business View that Huang contracted a government poverty-relief project to a businessman, identified by his surname Yang, from Sichuan Province when he was the Party secretary of the Qianxinan Bouyi-Miao Autonomous Prefecture.
But the project ended with nothing but a large waste of public money.
It is not immediately known whether Huang will appeal.
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