On February 2, 2024, the Intermediate People's Court of Liupanshui City, Guizhou Province, publicly pronounced the first-instance verdict in the case of Gao Weidong, former member of the Party Committee and director of the Guizhou Provincial Coalfield Geology Bureau, and sentenced the defendant Gao Weidong to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property; Gao Weidong**'s income and its fruits shall be recovered in accordance with law and handed over to the state treasury.
After trial, it was ascertained that from 1999 to 2022, the defendant Gao Weidong served as the director of the Planning, Construction and Environmental Protection Bureau of Guiyang Economic and Technological Development Zone, the former deputy head of Xiaohe District of Guiyang City, the former secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of the Jinyang Construction Investment (Group) of Jinyang New Area Development and Construction, the director of the Guiyang Municipal Transportation Bureau, the deputy mayor of Guiyang City, the deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee and the director of the Management Committee of Guizhou Shuanglong Airport Economic Zone, and the secretary of the Party Committee, deputy director and director of the Guizhou Provincial Department of Transportation. Secretary of the Party Committee and Chairman of China Kweichow Moutai Distillery (Group) Co., Ltd., Member of the Party Committee and Director of the Guizhou Provincial Coalfield Geology Bureau, etc., to provide assistance to relevant individuals and units in matters such as operating companies, contracting engineering projects, obtaining land development rights, purchasing Moutai liquor, etc., directly or through relevant persons illegally accepting property totaling RMB 1More than 100 million yuan, of which more than 46.56 million yuan has not been actually obtained.
The Liupanshui City Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Gao Weidong's conduct constituted a crime, and the amount was particularly huge. In view of the fact that Gao Weidong truthfully confessed the facts of the crime that the Supervision Organs had already grasped after arriving at the case, and took the initiative to confess most of the facts that the Supervision Organs had not yet grasped, some of the crimes were attempted, he pleaded guilty and repented, and most of the stolen money and goods had been returned, and he was given a lighter punishment in accordance with law. The Court accordingly rendered the judgment. Gao Weidong expressed his acceptance of the verdict in court and did not appeal.
More than 30 people from all walks of life attended the verdict.
*: Guizhou High Court.
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