On the morning of December 20, according to the WeChat news of the "Jiangsu High Court", on December 19, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Taizhou City, Jiangsu Province, publicly announced the first-instance verdict of Pan Zaoyun, the former deputy mayor of Zhenjiang City, for misappropriation and abuse of power, and sentenced the defendant Pan Zaoyun to ten years and six months in prison for the crime of **, and fined RMB 1 million yuan for misappropriation He was sentenced to three years' imprisonment for the crime of abuse of power, and was sentenced to 13 years' imprisonment and fined 1 million yuan.
After trial, it was ascertained that between 2008 and 2022, the defendant Pan Zaoyun took advantage of his position as mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee of Yangzhong City, deputy mayor of Zhenjiang City, and other positions, as well as the facilitation of the formation of his authority or status, to provide assistance to others in land acquisition and storage, project cooperation, etc., through the conduct of other state functionaries, and accepted property from others on several occasions totaling more than 16.03 million yuan. From 2014 to 2015, Pan Zaoyun took advantage of his position as the mayor of Yangzhong City to personally decide to lend ** to other units for business activities and seek personal benefits. Between 2015 and 2017, the defendant Pan Zaoyun abused his power while serving as the mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee of Yangzhong City, causing a loss of more than 12.77 million yuan in state-owned assets.
The Taizhou Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Pan Zaoyun's conduct constituted the crime of **, the crime of misappropriation, and the crime of abuse of power. In view of the fact that Pan Zaoyun took the initiative to confess the facts of the crime of misappropriation and abuse of power that the case-handling organs had not yet grasped after arriving at the case, truthfully confessed the facts of the crime, pleaded guilty and repented, and actively returned the stolen goods, the punishment may be mitigated or commuted. The Court accordingly rendered the judgment.
According to public information, Pan Zaoyun, male, Han nationality, born in August 1968, from Jurong, Jiangsu, graduated from the Party School of the Provincial Party Committee, joined the Communist Party of China in May 1993, and started working in August 1986.
From January 2003 to January 2013, Pan Zaoyun successively served as Deputy Mayor and Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee of Jurong City, Director and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of Zhenjiang Agricultural Resources Development Bureau, Director of the Zhenjiang Municipal Agricultural Committee (Director of the Agriculture and Forestry Bureau), Secretary of the Party Leadership Group and Director of the Municipal Agricultural Resources Development Bureau and Secretary of the Party Leadership Group. From January 2013 to February 2016, he served as Deputy Secretary of Yangzhong Municipal Party Committee and MayorFrom February 2016 to June 2016, he served as Secretary of the Yangzhong Municipal Party Committee and MayorFrom June 2016 to September 2019, he served as Secretary of the Yangzhong Municipal Party CommitteeIn September 2019, Pan Zaoyun served as a member of the leading party group and deputy mayor of Zhenjiang City, and a representative of the Ninth People's Congress of Zhenjiang City. Investigated in July 2022.
In April 2023, the Jiangsu Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision publicly notified 6 cases of violations of the spirit of the eight provisions. Among them are Pan Zaoyun's illegal acceptance of gift money, gifts, gift cards and other issues.
The report mentions: From 2013 to 2022, Pan Zaoyun successively accepted gifts and shopping cards from his subordinates and private business owners, which was equivalent to a total of 3480,000 yuan, as well as 131 bottles of various Moutai liquors, 68 high-grade cigarettes, etc. Pan Zaoyun also had other serious violations of discipline and law. In January 2023, Pan Zaoyun was expelled from the party and dismissed from public office, and the suspected crime was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with the law.
*: The Paper reporter Yue Huairang.