Meng Zhiquan, former deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Baotou Steel, was given bribes of 15.65 million and received 11 years in prison

　　Chinanews.com Bayannaoer, March 31 (Reporter Zhang Linhu) On the 31st, Baotou Iron and Steel (Group) Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as Baotou Steel) former deputy secretary of the party committee Meng Zhiquan took bribes in the first instance of the Intermediate People’s Court of Bayannaoer City, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region The sentence was publicly pronounced and Meng Zhiquan was sentenced to 11 years in prison in the first instance.

　　Meng Zhiquan, born in 1958, is a native of Xianyang, Shaanxi. He joined the work in 1982. He has worked in Baotou Steel and retired in November 2018.

In April 2020, the Inner Mongolia Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Meng Zhiquan was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision and investigation.

　　The investigation found that the defendant Meng Zhiquan, as a national employee, used him as the director of Baotou Steel's steelmaking plant, Baotou's general manager assistant, deputy general manager, director, and deputy secretary of the party committee, Inner Mongolia Baotou Rare Earth High-Tech Co., Ltd. The general manager, director, vice chairman, chairman, secretary of the party committee, general manager and director of Inner Mongolia Baotou Steel Union Co., Ltd. illegally accepted and solicited property from others to seek benefits for others. The total value of bribes received was more than 15.65 million yuan. The amount is particularly huge.

In view of the fact that the defendant Meng Zhiquan pleaded guilty and punished, there was a confession of the circumstances, and the full amount of the proceeds of crime was returned, he shall be given a lighter punishment in accordance with the law.

　　In the end, the court convicted Meng Zhiquan of accepting bribes and sentenced him to 11 years in prison and a fine of 1 million yuan; the stolen money and goods returned by the defendant Meng Zhiquan were confiscated and turned over to the state treasury, which was dealt with by the seizure, seizure, and freezing agencies in accordance with the law.

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