On February 26, 2024, the Yuncheng Intermediate People's Court of Shanxi Province publicly pronounced a verdict in the case of Song Taiping**, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial People's Congress, and sentenced the defendant Song Taiping to 14 years in prison and a fine of RMB 5 million for the crime of **. The income and fruits of Song Taiping** seized in the case shall be recovered in accordance with law and handed over to the state treasury.
After the trial, it was ascertained:From 2005 to 2017, defendant Song Taiping took advantage of his position as director of the Hebei Provincial Department of Personnel, secretary of the Baoding Municipal Party Committee of Hebei Province, and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Hebei Provincial People's Congress to provide assistance to others in the contracting of engineering projects, the selection and appointment of cadres, and the recruitment of employees. From March 2003 to March 2021, Song Taiping illegally accepted property totaling more than 69.49 million yuan on several occasions.
The Yuncheng Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Song Taiping's conduct constituted a crime, and the amount was particularly huge. In view of the fact that Song Taiping truthfully confessed the facts of the crime after arriving at the case, took the initiative to confess most of the facts of the crime that the case-handling organs had not yet grasped, reported others for violating the law and committing crimes, had major meritorious performance, pleaded guilty and repented, and all the stolen money and goods have been recovered, he will be given a lighter punishment in accordance with law. The Court accordingly rendered the judgment.
*: People's ** client Reporter: Wei Zhezhe).