Zhang Zhongsheng, 66, the former deputy county magistrate of Luliang City, Shanxi Province, went to court under the watchful eye of a judge.
Zhang Zhongsheng is the first person to be sentenced to death without being involved in a crime since the 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, which shows that the amount of bribes he paid is huge. In the 16 years from 1997 to 2013, Zhang Zhongsheng's total amount was as high as more than 10.4 billion yuan.
Wanton demanding, ** ignoring the law, insatiable.
Ever since he joined the workforce, he has shown his greed. Even if it's an ordinary employee, he will**.
In the 1970s, when he was the director of the grain and oil factory, he was *** because his father-in-law built a cave
In order to curry favor with the leaders above, he sent soil grain and feed to the home of a deputy mayor at the time to raise pigs several times.
Until 1983, he became the general manager of Zhongyang County Grain Company, when the matter was found out, he did not have the slightest fear, and even during the investigation, he did not show any dissatisfaction, and even under the investigation of the county, he chose to leave, until the leader of the county ** came forward, and the matter was suppressed.
Maybe it's because he has a backer behind him, so that he has no fear, and he climbs up step by step, from a small ** to a big **.
After that, Zhang Zhongsheng served as the administrative commissioner and deputy county magistrate of Luliang, which coincided with the ** era of coal mining.
It was at this time that Zhang Zhongsheng's power had risen to its peak, and he could be said to be the life and death of a mine. If you raise Zhang Zhongsheng well, you will be able to open the mine, otherwise don't say anything, even if you invite the county magistrate, it will be useless.
In the past, a company funded the establishment of a mine, which was originally scheduled to be completed in two and a half years, but because it did not issue Zhang Zhongsheng's dry shares, it encountered various difficulties, resulting in eight years of incomplete completion. Later, because Zhang Zhongsheng could not transfer the mine, he had to hand over the "dredging money" to Zhang Zhongsheng and let him take the mine away.
Zhang Zhongsheng directly accepted more than 88.68 million yuan, and the amount of money he received from one person alone reached more than 60.85 million.
In addition to money, Zhang Zhongsheng is also very fond of property.
When talking about Zhang Zhongsheng, Wang Rulin, a former member of the Standing Committee of the Shanxi Municipal Party Committee, once described it as "bold and reckless". Zhang Zhongsheng took a fancy to a mansion in Beijing, with a total price of 14.2 million, and Zhang Zhongsheng specially asked his boss to pay in Beijing in order to buy this mansion. I took a fancy to a real estate in Hainan, so I asked the CEO of Hainan to help buy it.
But Zhang Zhongsheng mortgaged all his property to relatives and friends, even the driver.
Zhang Zhongsheng also made Zhongyang Iron and Steel Company work for him, and Sinosteel invested most of its real estate in Luliang, Taiyuan, Beijing and Hainan.
Zhang Zhongsheng built an unfinished villa in Erlangping, Luliang City, which was invested by Yuan Yuzhu, the former chairman of Zhongyang Iron and Steel.
Subsequently, Zhang Zhongsheng was also pulled off the horse. Yuan Yuzhu was also arrested on suspicion of bribery.
Abuse of power, repeated violations of the law. assisted his wife to become the vice chairman of the county party committee, and also promoted the tutor to the position of deputy director.
The teacher is accused of helping Mr. Zhang's children take exams in 1998 and get first place at a university in Beijing.
Due to the huge amount of funds involved in Zhang Zhongsheng, the complexity of the case, and his refusal to cooperate, he was taken away for investigation in 2014 until the first trial in 2018, which lasted four years.
Among these people, Wang Rulin, then secretary of the Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, mentioned Zhang Zhongsheng by name at the two sessions on March 6, 2016: "It has been confirmed that the amount of the deputy mayor is 64 million, which is more than the tax revenue of nine impoverished areas in an entire year." ”
But at the first trial on March 28, 2018, Mr. Zhang's total bribes had reached $1.14 billion, far exceeding the $644 million Mr. Wang claimed in 2016.
When Zhang Zhongsheng was an official, he was arrogant and empty-eyed, and was known as the first official tyrant of Luliang and the "godfather of Luliang".
During the interrogation, he refused any request from **, and he acted very rudely, because he knew very well that it was impossible to be put to death unless it was murder.
In the end, Zhang Zhongsheng was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first instance and was sentenced to fines, fines, fines and other punishments.
In response, he appealed.
Perhaps because he finally realized his fear, Zhang Zhongsheng not only confessed to a provincial governor of Shanxi Province in order to save his life, but also took the initiative to assist in the recovery of arrears and property, which allowed him to obtain the death penalty in the second trial and save his life.
Zhang Zhongsheng not only accepted a huge amount of bribes, but also behaved badly, and more importantly, completely ignored the law. Zhang Zhongsheng was very proud from the beginning, until he was dismissed, until he heard that he was sentenced to death, he didn't understand how much wrong he had made, and now it was too late to regret it, but because of the credit he reported, he also got a way out.