Zhongxin Finance, February 8. Recently, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court issued a criminal ruling.

According to the ruling, Zhang Ruosong, the executive deputy general manager of Shanghai XX Shoes Co., Ltd., accepted 3.3 million yuan in bribes. The facts are clear. The second instance upheld the original judgment and sentenced him to 12 years in prison.

　　According to media reports such as The Paper, the company is Shanghai Huili Footwear Co., Ltd. (referred to as " Huili Company").

　　The ruling shows that Zhang Ruosong used his position as the executive deputy general manager of Huili Company to exercise market, sales, brand promotion and other management authority, and was responsible for brand market expansion, dealer authorization management, special order item number approval, dealer distribution management and other affairs Due to the convenience of his position, he asked Ji Mou, the actual operator of Menglu Company, for a total of RMB 3.3 million in cash three times, and asked Ji Mou to pay him a total of more than 180,000 yuan for travel tickets and purchase Tiffany watches, Montblanc pens, Hermes handbags, etc. Some of the bribes were used for personal investment by Zhang Ruosong.

　　On November 10, 2020, the defendant Zhang Ruosong, accompanied by the staff of the Disciplinary Committee of Huili Group, went to the Shanghai Yangpu District Supervisory Committee for investigation, but did not truthfully confess the facts of the crime.

　　In the judgment of the first instance, the Shanghai Yangpu District People's Court held that the defendant Zhang Ruosong, as a state functionary, took advantage of his position to ask for bribes from others, the amount was particularly huge, and his behavior constituted the crime of accepting bribes.

Zhang Ruosong should be given a heavier punishment in accordance with the law if the charges charged by the public prosecution agency were convicted.

According to the law, the defendant Zhang Ruosong was sentenced to 12 years in prison, deprived of political rights for two years, and a fine of one million yuan, and the illegal gains shall be recovered.

　　In this regard, Zhang Ruosong argued that he had not received 3.3 million yuan; the airfare cost of 180,000 yuan was the funds used for capital flow during the joint operation of a company with Ji Mou. The bribes received; Zhang Ruosong does not have a position of office and does not constitute a crime of accepting bribes.

　　In the second-instance judgment, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court held that Zhang Ruosong's defense and the defender's defense opinions were both unsubstantiated and difficult for the court to accept.

The original judgment was based on the facts, nature, circumstances of the appellant Zhang Ruosong's crime, and the degree of harm to the society, combined with his attitude of confession and repentance after he came to the case.

Zhang Ruosong's grounds for appeal are invalid.

Accordingly, in accordance with Article 236, Paragraph 1 (1) of the Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China, the Shanghai No. 2 Intermediate People's Court finally rejected the appeal and upheld the original judgment.

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