Almost all of his bribery and abuse of authority related | _ Liu tienan | Commission news
Xinhua News Agency, Shijiazhuang, December 10-theme: "approval failure-corruption" perform surgery-focused national development and Reform Commission Vice Director Liu tienan, a trial was sentenced to life imprisonment
Xinhua News Agency, "Xinhua viewpoint" journalist Rosa, Qi Leijie
"The accused Liu tienan, who national staff, taking advantage of his position to facilitate, for the benefit of others, either directly or through his son Liu Decheng illegally accepting other people's property, their behavior constituted bribery" and "sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life and confiscated all his personal property."
Deputy Liu tienan, Director of the powerful national development and Reform Commission, the former 10th, in ruling by law. According to reports, the highest total of 11 investigating Commission corruption cases this year, 11. Experts believe that as officials abuse their power unfolds itself of this representative and his sentencing in that case, it stands for "approval failure-corruption" and "zero tolerance".
Bribes almost exclusively associated with the abuse of the power to approve
From the judgement of the Langfang intermediate people's Court of Hebei province publicly visible, the Court found almost all of his bribery and abuse of authority related:
In 2002, Nanshan group Shandong-Hong Kong joint venture to build bi-metal composite materials and new alloy materials project help filed by the Commission;
In 2005, help Nanshan group with 30,000 tons of alumina per purchase and sales contracts;
In 2005, Ningbo jinshi chemical company PX project through development and Reform Commission approved by the industry Division provides assistance;
From 2003 to 2012, Guangzhou Automobile Group declare the project of Guangzhou Toyota Motor Company, guangqi helping Fiat passenger car projects approved by national development and Reform Commission;
From 2006 to 2011, as Yi sheng Yi sheng in Hainan petrochemical company of associated companies and purified Terephthalic acid (PTA) project was approved by the national development and Reform Commission and carry out preparatory work to provide help ... ...
"Help" behind Liu tienan, either directly or through his son Liu Decheng illegally accepting other people's property, totaling more than 35.58 million Yuan.
Another feature of his case, it is the important role played by his son, Liu Decheng. Judgement shows that his case involved more than 35.58 million yuan in property, by Liu Decheng received reaches more than 34 million dollars. According to the information released by the Court, Liu Decheng has been dealt with.
Confession, repentance, but does not constitute a crime, experts say the penalty is moderate
Trial of tears and called themselves "Lust" period to the discipline Committee submitted to the examination and approval procedures concerning the development and reform of the system project of several recommendations to prevent corruption, Liu tienan, seemed to regret her corruption and to strive for lighter sentences.
Legal experts say, to moderate his judgment belongs to the sentencing.
"And now some corrupt officials compared the amount of money involved large, tens of millions of millions of dollars, directly or through his son Liu Decheng, Liu tienan, accept the given by the company or individual property amounted to more than 35 million Yuan, this amount today is not the biggest, but proceeds after the crime was committed, all the booty recovered. "The China politics and Law University Professor Hong Daode said," the combination of these factors, Liu tienan, was sentenced to life imprisonment, in sentencing is appropriate. ”
Court verdict noted that his period in their lessons for crime prevention at source from the system settings, warn others, offered suggestions, which belongs to the concrete manifestation of confession, repentance, and does not meet the provisions of judicial interpretation "in favor of the State and the society's outstanding performance" meritorious case, does not constitute a crime.
Judgement also said that, for his initiative to explain the authorities which handle their cases raised by Liu tienan and his defenders have not yet mastered the most corruption facts, has confessed the plot, after the incident with positive pay back all the money to families, justify and defend their views of confession, repentance, after looking up the truth, to accept the proposal.
Approval collapses-corruption: "absolute power leads to absolute corruption"
According to Director Xu Jinhui highest anti-corruption and bribery had introduced this year, the highest total of 11 investigating Commission corruption cases and 11, National Energy Board, 5 5 price, employment and income distribution Division 1, price leadership most suspected of job-related crimes.
Experts said that "approval failure-corruption" behind, exposed some current departmental approval authority is too large, or too intense, and lack of supervision issues, the approval seal has become the cash cow of the handful of officials.
"Too much power in the hands, but a lack of adequate supervision and regulation, to avoid ' absolute power leads to absolute corruption. "Hong Daode said.
Hebei Tian Jia law firm says Duan Linguo, Director, Central has proposed promoting the rule of law, the administrative examination and approval system reform and cut down a number of approved projects, destroyed a number of approval seal projects produced under license into a registration system, for the eradication of "approval of corruption" had made visible progress in soil.
"Liu tienan, subject to legal sanctions, hinting at the national anti-corruption commitment enormous. "Duan Linguo said," but if the authority supervising and restricting system and mechanism, to be incomplete or defective, Liu tienan, fallen, hardly will appear Zhang Tienan, Wang Tienan. "(End)
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