Zhou Lin, deputy secretary of the Lushan Municipal Committee of Jiangxi, and others have been investigated and punished recently
The corruption trap of young cadres
The reporter recently learned from the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Jiujiang City, Jiangxi Province that Zhou Lin, deputy secretary of the Lushan Municipal Party Committee, was filed for investigation and detention for suspected serious violations of discipline and law. The review and investigation work is currently still in progress.
Zhou Lin was born in 1980. He was in the prime of his career as an entrepreneur. He was investigated for suspected violations of discipline and law, which was embarrassing.
Recently, there have been many cases of "post-80s" and "post-90s" young cadres being investigated and prosecuted in the investigation and investigation information released by the disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies at all levels, such as Guo Jingyu, former deputy head of Chenggong District, Kunming City, Yunnan Province, and Jinshan District, Shanghai Jin Yingli, former deputy director of the Economic Committee, etc.
There is no age for corruption. Some party members and cadres who appear to be "young and promising" also have corruption risks that cannot be ignored.
Recent investigations and investigations show that once the "red line" of disciplinary laws is touched, no matter how old they are, they must be investigated to the end and never tolerated; it also reflects that the deterrent effect of punishment of corruption is in the context of continuous and comprehensive and strict governance of the party. The grassroots has been continuously strengthened.
Misuse of "intelligence" to make money for profit, young talents go astray with corruption
"As a newly promoted young cadre, I failed to resist all kinds of temptations in the society. I mistakenly regarded the'sugar-coated cannonballs' of the company bosses hunting leading cadres for the truth. Accepting property, step by step fell into the whirlpool of duty crime." Jin Yingli wrote in the confession.
On August 13, Shanghai Jinshan District Commission for Discipline Inspection announced its decision on administrative sanctions against Jin Yingli.
For serious violations of social ethics and national laws and regulations, and suspected of crimes, the decision was made to give him administrative expulsion; the suspected crime was transferred to the prosecutors for review and prosecution in accordance with the law, and the property involved was transferred with the case.
"As a Jinshan youth, I will continue to work hard to contribute to the construction of the'Three Jinshan'!" In 2012, Jin Yingli, who was only 31 years old, was awarded the 5th "Jinshan Top Ten Outstanding Youth". These words are her acceptance speech .
In 2006, Jin Yingli graduated from postgraduate and started working.
When serving as the section chief of the Investment Promotion Information Section of the Jinshan District Economic Committee, she actively participated in the establishment of a platform for the construction and training of the investment promotion team of Jinshan District, opened up information channels for investment promotion, and successfully held investment promotion seminars and promotion meetings.
However, as the position gets higher and higher, the outstanding young man who used to forge ahead and aspire to do something is getting deeper and deeper in the quagmire of corruption.
In August 2019, the Jinshan District Commission for Discipline Inspection received clues reflecting Jin Yingli's relevant issues transferred from the Anti-gang Office of the Jinshan Branch of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau.
The preliminary audit found that Jin Yingli was suspected of taking bribes.
In May 2020, Jin Yingli was taken lien measures.
According to investigation, from 2016 to 2019, Jin Yingli took advantage of her positions as deputy mayor of Jinshanwei Town and deputy director of the district economic committee to seek benefits for others and accept bribes.
In order to help a company seek profit in tax rebates and avoid being punished for publishing false advertisements, Jin Yingli has repeatedly accepted bribes from Xia, the legal representative of the company, and used the money to buy luxury cars and wealth management products.
In addition to receiving money directly, when Jin Yingli interacts with a company, she also asks the other party to buy furniture and pay for the rent.
Many young cadres have been promoted because of their strong ability and rapid progress.
However, after some young cadres took up leadership positions, they did not have a clear understanding and awe of the power among their opponents, and eventually embarked on the "road of no return" to corruption.
There is also a category of young cadres, including grassroots public officials who exercise public power. They misuse their "intelligence" and use their positions to make money. The amount of corruption is as large as that of some corrupt elements with a long period of corruption. People commit crimes for the first time within a few years of joining the workforce, and some even start to "get around the corner" from the start.
A few days ago, the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Yuhang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, conducted an investigation into Tian Qihao, a staff member of the real estate transaction window of the Yuhang Branch of the Civic Center of the District, for serious violations of the law.
After investigation, 25-year-old Tian Qihao took advantage of his position to embezzle state property of 5.95 million yuan between January and December last year alone for luxury consumption, luxury car purchases, and online game recharge. He is currently suspected of job crimes. Has been transferred to the procuratorial organ for public prosecution, and the property involved was transferred along with the case.
He was young, his position was low, his crime was short, and the amount of corruption was huge. This case aroused social concern.
A review of the cases investigated by young cadres in recent years will reveal that the Tian Qihao case is not an isolated case.
For example, the former accountant Ji of the People's Hospital of Maerkang City, Sichuan Province used her position to embezzle public funds after only two years of work. By the time of the incident in 2019, the 27-year-old had embezzled public funds of 5.471 million yuan; Sinan County, Guizhou Province Zhang, the former accountant and cashier of the Insurance Bureau, began to defraud social security funds after less than a year of work. She was only 25 years old when the case occurred, and the amount involved was more than 400,000 yuan.
There are many forms of corruption, greed for pleasure without hesitating to try the law
Based on the cases of violations of discipline and law by young cadres from all over the country, it is found that there are many forms of corruption: some accept bribes and stocks and manage wealth, some embezzle public funds for pre-consumption, some intercept people’s livelihood funds to upgrade online game equipment, reward network anchors... Song, director of the Center for Integrity Studies, University of Science and Technology Beijing Wei observes that there are certain commonalities in the corruption of young cadres, showing the characteristics of some young people's social life. "Some young cadres are greedy for pleasure, admiring vanity, and even keen to show off their wealth and compare themselves. For this reason, they will try their best to take risks."
A room of less than 10 square meters is filled with all kinds of luxuries, a piece of clothing of 64,000 yuan, a bag of more than 200,000 yuan... Wang Xue, born in 1990, was born in Dongcheng District, Beijing. Former cashier in the retreat for retired cadres.
In just over a year, Wang Xue used the convenience of his position to embezzle and defraud up to more than 7.2 million yuan of public funds, all of which were used for personal luxury consumption.
Behind the profligacy is Wang Xue's unsatisfied desire for material consumption.
"In work, life, and online games, Wang Xue made a large number of'expensive' friends and developed a deformed concept of consumption." According to the staff of the task force, Wang Xue entered a retired cadre's rest home and worked less than one. In August, he began to find ways to embezzle and defraud public property to satisfy consumer desires.
After buying things, she will take photos and post them on social media. Everyone's "sought after" greatly satisfy her vanity.
In the end, Wang Xue accelerated his decline in the "pleasure" of nothingness.
Wang Xue was fired from public office on suspicion of corruption.
In December 2019, Wang Xue was sentenced to 12 years in prison by the Dongcheng District People’s Court and fined RMB 1 million.
Some people are depraved by the desire to consume, while others are corrupted by gambling.
Lang Xiaolu, born in 1988, was a former staff member of the Price and Fees Division of the Development and Reform Bureau of Fuyang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province, and the youngest public official to be investigated since the establishment of the Fuyang District Supervisory Committee.
"Since college, I have been a veteran football and basketball fan. When I first came into contact with online gambling, I was just to increase the fun of watching football games. But then I thought I had found a way to make money, and I owed millions of dollars in debt. ......" From the beginning of betting fifty or one hundred yuan to "make a happy", then betting five hundred or one thousand, and then losing two to three hundred thousand yuan in the last morning, Lang Xiaolu seemed to be naked." gambler".
However, this "gambler" is in an important job position.
Under the real estate price limit regulation and control policy, real estate developers need to find Lang Xiaolu for price filing before real estate sales, which makes him a key target of "hunting".
At that time, he was owing high debts for "gambling".
So Lang Xiaolu, apart from accepting banquets, eating, drinking, and having fun, also borrowed money from the developer to repay the debt. If he couldn't repay it, he would ask for the "house number" to resell and repay the loan after making a profit.
Lack of immunity to various temptations and lose yourself in the whirlpool of power
Having failed the organization’s trust cultivation and ruining her own good future, Jin Yingli now regrets: "I have done things that should not be done, collected money that should not be collected, and betrayed my original aspiration to be a good cadre. He also betrayed the integrity of his position and identity."
Why did these young cadres with high education, strong ability and great potential destroy their careers and fall into the abyss of crime?
"There are many reasons for their corruption, but the fundamental reason is that they did not have firm ideals and beliefs, relaxed their self-discipline in the initial stage of their career development, and lost themselves in the process of just gaining power." In Song Wei's view, like Wang Xue, Young cadres and public officials such as Lang Xiaolu have bred bad ideas such as eager for quick success and quick gains and greed for pleasure. Their outlooks on life, values, and interests are seriously misplaced, so that they have no resistance to temptation.
It is worth noting that young cadres are in the initial stage of their careers and lives, and their party spirit, social experience, and grassroots training are relatively insufficient. This also means that they are prone to risk of clean governance to a certain extent.
After leaving the campus, Jin Yingli went directly to work in the agency, and her growth experience was relatively smooth.
During the investigation, Jin Yingli reflected: "I lack immunity to all kinds of temptations, especially the routines of business bosses hunting leading cadres and sugar-coated cannonballs, and I failed to hold the basic bottom line."
Cases exposed regulatory loopholes, and timely corrections and treatments save people
Except for the cadres' own reasons, the regulatory loopholes exposed in the case cannot be ignored.
Although most of the young cadres under investigation are not high-ranking, they are often in taxation, finance, cashier and other departments and positions with concentrated power and capital. In addition, their units have imperfect internal control systems, irregular work procedures, and poor implementation of restriction mechanisms. , The long-term lack of daily supervision and other loopholes, they use luck and speculation to "drill loopholes" and commit crimes at the expense of their positions.
Supervision is in vain, and layers of review have failed, opening the door for Wang Xue to embezzle public funds.
"I am in my own house, and other staff in the financial room will not enter casually. This gives me a lot of opportunities." There are loopholes in the financial management of Wang Xue's unit. Not only did the cashier Wang Xue work in an office alone, but also other work links. The person in charge has not performed his duties seriously, and the implementation of the system is mere formality.
"Wang Xue used a fake bank statement, imitating the signature of the unit leader, and transferred the public money to his personal account through a cash check. Later, even too lazy to use the cash check, he directly transferred the money from the unit account to his own name through UnionPay. "The staff of the task force said that within one year and three months, the entire unit was unaware of Wang Xue's illegal and criminal activities.
Due to the lack of education of young cadres and public officials by the unit and higher-level competent departments, and the serious lack of fulfilling the main responsibility of strict governance of the party, 6 persons in charge of the Wang Xue case, including the leaders and relevant persons in charge, have been filed for accountability.
What is the harm of corruption among young cadres?
Zhuang Deshui, deputy director of Peking University's Research Center for Integrity Construction, believes that once corruption occurs in young cadres, if they are not detected and dealt with early, it is easy to cause "illness" and "promotion". "This will not only affect the cadre's own growth prospects, but also Damage the image of the party and the government, and erode the purity of the entire team of party members and cadres."
It is especially necessary to promptly correct the "off-track" behavior of young cadres.
Zhuang Deshui suggested that day-to-day supervision of young cadres should be strengthened, and prompt reminders and education should be carried out when signs and tendencies are found, so as to grasp the early and prevent the slightest failure.
Lang Xiaolu was eventually sentenced to one year’s imprisonment for one year and six months for taking bribes of 98,000 yuan.
"The investigation of Lang Xiaolu is also a kind of salvation for him personally. If we don't put him on the brakes in time, he will go farther on the road of crimes and crimes." Hangzhou Fuyang District Committee Standing Committee Member and District Disciplinary Committee Secretary , Said Hu Zhiming, director of the district supervision committee.
Give full play to the role of warning and education, and strictly control the selection and employment of people
If you loose an inch in your mind, you will lose a foot in your actions.
Song Wei believes that it is necessary to attach importance to the education of honesty in politics for young cadres, pay attention to their ideological trends at all times, and help them establish an ideological line of defense against corruption and degeneration; at the same time, play the role of warning education to make them aware of awe, guard against fear, and keep the bottom line. , Buckle the clean first button.
Organizing county agencies and institutions to prepare party members to receive education on clean governance is a long-term practice of the Commission for Discipline Inspection of Siyang County, Jiangsu Province.
"We analyzed the corruption cases that have occurred in the county in recent years and found that party members and cadres have violated discipline or the law or received bribes for the first time. Young cadres do not learn discipline and law, and they are easily corrupted by money worship and hedonism. Therefore, carry out positive and negative typical education to guide them to consciously abide by the "red line" of discipline and law." The relevant person in charge of the county commission for discipline inspection said.
"After Wang Xue and other young cadres violated the law and discipline, we organized 206 young cadres from all units in the district to attend the court trial and receive warning education on the spot. In addition, a warning education film "The Fallen Youth" was filmed and sent to the whole district along with the confession. Push.” According to the relevant person in charge of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Dongcheng District, Beijing, the Discipline Inspection Commission of the District Discipline Inspection Commission announced the case to the entire district while carrying out the disciplinary education activities for young cadres to strengthen deterrence with cases. Achieve clear discipline, interpretation, accountability, ethics, and honesty with the case.
Cultivating and selecting outstanding young cadres is a major event and a century-old plan.
Young cadres represent the future of the cadre team. Whether they can be clean and self-disciplined is directly related to the development of the party and the country.
"The corruption of young cadres is not only the question of how to prevent it, but also the question of how to select, use, and train the talent team." Zhuang Deshui believes that on the one hand, we must build a platform for them to start their own business and let them exercise and complex at the grassroots level. Grow up in the test; on the other hand, we must strictly control the selection and appointment of people, and improve the cadre selection and appointment mechanism.
A number of interviewees also expressed that political standards should be taken as the primary condition for selecting and appointing young cadres, strictly controlling politics, integrity, and quality and ability, rather than simply emphasizing the standards of rejuvenation of cadres to avoid burying young cadres from corruption. Hidden dangers.
(Reporter Chai Yaxin)