Liu Zili, former general manager of Maotai Group, was sentenced to 11 years and 6 months in first instance

　　China News Service, August 24. According to the WeChat official account of the Qiannan Intermediate Court of Guizhou Province, on August 24, the Qiannan Intermediate People’s Court of Guizhou Province publicly sentenced the former deputy party committee of China Guizhou Moutai Distillery (Group) Co., Ltd. In the bribery case of Liu Zili, the secretary, vice chairman and general manager, the defendant Liu Zili was sentenced to eleven years and six months in prison for accepting bribes and a fine of RMB 1 million; the property obtained from bribery to Liu Zili was equivalent to RMB 1,000 Eight hundred and fifty-four thousand and seven hundred and sixty-two yuan and its fruits shall be recovered according to law and turned over to the national treasury.

Image source: WeChat official account of Qiannan Intermediate Court, Guizhou Province

　　The investigation found that from 2008 to 2018, the defendant Liu Zili took advantage of his positions as deputy secretary of the party committee, vice chairman and general manager of China Kweichow Moutai Distillery (Group) Co., Ltd. to obtain the right to operate Moutai, Approval of alcohol purchase indicators and other matters for the benefit of others, directly or through his wife and daughter received a total of RMB 18,547,762, including RMB 17,721,501, USD 100,000, and GBP 23,000.

　　The court held that the defendant Liu Zili, as a national employee, used the convenience of his position to seek benefits for others in matters such as obtaining the right to operate Moutai and approving alcohol purchase indicators. He illegally received other people’s property, which was equivalent to RMB 18,547,762. Especially huge, its behavior has constituted the crime of accepting bribes. After returning to the case, the defendant Liu Zili truthfully confessed the facts of the crime, took the initiative to confess most of the crime facts for which the organ handling the case did not have clues, pleaded guilty and repented in court, and confessed. After the incident, the agency actively assisted the case-handling agency to return part of the stolen money. There are statutory and discretionary light punishment circumstances, and the punishment should be lightened in accordance with the law. The court then made the above judgment.