New China's Most Prudent Trial Conference Song Degui Case
Song Degui was once a soldier in the old Kuomintang army, but his life took a turn in 1935. He was captured by the Red Army and subsequently educated by the Communist Party to join the revolutionary ranks.
He performed so well that he was approved to join the party in 1936, and in the later revolutionary wars, he has always worked hard and fought bravely against the enemy, and made outstanding military achievements.
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as the director of the administrative department of the Ministry of Public Security (deputy department level).
In 1951, the Ministry of Public Security appointed him to lead a team to the Northeast to purchase timber, and at this time, he became acquainted with Zhao Xiqiao, the manager of Tianjin Donghua Warehouse. Zhao Xiqiao was a shrewd, capable, and sociable man, and through contact with Song Degui's subordinate Xiao Shun, he was able to get acquainted with Song Degui.
Song Degui is a person with strong vanity and the pursuit of pleasure, but because he was born poor, he often feels inferior deep in his heart. Zhao Xiqiao grasped Song Degui's character weakness, often invited him to eat, drink and have fun together, gave him cigarettes, alcohol and money, and took him in and out of high-end entertainment venues.
According to statistics, just for eating, drinking and having fun, Zhao Xiqiao spent more than 160 million yuan on Song Degui. Because the two eat, drink and play too often, they are known in high-end hotels in Beijing.
In the past, Song Degui was always accustomed to spending lavishly, whether it was at dinner with his subordinates or gathering with relatives and friends. This behavior has led to his frequent financial troubles.
In April 1951, Song Degui ordered Zhaoxiqiao to transport timber, however, they violated the regulations of the railway department by loading 30 cubic meters of only 25 cubic meters per train wagon, which allowed Zhaoxiqiao to make an additional profit of 700 million yuan.
In addition, Song Degui also stole the official seal of the Ministry of Public Security without authorization and asked Zhao Xiqiao to go to Anshan to steal steel.
Song Degui knew that his illegal behavior was about to be exposed, so he tried his best to win over his superiors and subordinates and pull others into the water. He used the stolen state property to buy many high-end daily necessities and precious nutritional products in order to buy people's hearts.
Under his co-optation, most of the ** in the Public Security Administration Department were corrupted. This modus operandi of *** knots and official protection has been formed in his team. However, there are no impermeable walls in the world, and there is no truth that cannot be found.
In 1951, the leaders of the Ministry of Public Security heard about his ** behavior, but because there was no evidence, they could only warn him to confess and be lenient. However, Song Degui resolutely refused to admit it.
After the start of the three-anti movement, he discussed countermeasures with other ** personnel, made false accounts, and instructed Zhao Xiqiao to make up tax evasion and evasion to deal with the audit. However, Skynet is magnificent and not leaky.
In 1952, after research, it was decided that a public trial of the Song Degui case was held in the ** Hall of Zhongshan Park in Beijing. Liu Jingfan, secretary general of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, presided over the meeting.
The public trial was recorded live, attended by thousands of state officials, and broadcast live from factories, schools, and social groups. This was the most prudent trial meeting since the founding of New China.
Relevant witnesses went to court one by one to expose the *** behavior of Song Degui and others. Finally, according to the investigation of the public security department, Song Degui's amount was as high as 900 million yuan.
Shen Junru, president of the Supreme People's Court and presiding judge of this court, pronounced the following verdict on the case of Song Degui's gang: Song Degui, Wang Piye, Lei Yaqing, Xia Maoru, Hang Xiaozu, and Sun Jianguo were sentenced to death and immediately executed, and all personal property was confiscated.
Song Degui's gang was dealt with in accordance with the law, which not only severely punished the *** elements and cracked down on the profit-seeking of illegal profiteers, but also sounded the alarm to the vast number of cadres. Finally, to borrow a sentence from Minister ***: "We sentenced Song Degui to death because his crime was too serious, and we have no right to give him a chance to start over, because the law does not allow it."
However, it is not possible to erase his contributions to the founding of New China, but his merits and demerits cannot be compared. ”