China News Service, December 22. According to the WeChat official account of the Nanning Intermediate People's Court, on the morning of December 22, Wei Wubin, the president of the Nanning Intermediate People's Court and a first-level senior judge, served as the presiding judge and opened a court to hear the case of Li Xinyuan's bribery.
Liang Yi, the chief prosecutor of the Nanning People's Procuratorate and a second-level senior prosecutor, appeared in court to support the prosecution.
The public prosecution agency alleged that from 2003 to 2021, the defendant Li Xinyuan used to serve as the chairman of Liuzhou Industrial Holdings Co., Ltd., the director of the Liuzhou Economic Committee, the deputy mayor of Laibin, the deputy secretary-general of the People’s Government of the autonomous region, the deputy director of the General Office, and the Wuzhou Municipal Party Committee Member of the Standing Committee, Deputy Mayor, Deputy Secretary and Mayor of Qinzhou Municipal Party Committee, Deputy Secretary of Guigang Municipal Party Committee, Mayor, Secretary of Guigang Municipal Party Committee, etc. The convenience of positions and the conditions for the formation of powers and positions are convenient for the owner of a company and private enterprise in Guangxi. Eighteen other units and individuals provided assistance in project contracting, land development, work transfer and other matters.
From 2003 to 2021, Li Xinyuan directly or through his specific related parties solicited and illegally received the property given by the above-mentioned units and persons, which was equivalent to RMB 172,314,750,62 million.
After Li Xinyuan arrived at the case, he truthfully confessed the facts of bribery crimes that the case-handling agency had mastered, took the initiative to surrender other crimes of bribery that the case-handling agency has not yet mastered, and withdrew part of the stolen money, with a better attitude of pleading guilty.
The public prosecution agency believed that the defendant Li Xinyuan, as a state employee, used the convenience of his position to seek benefits for others, and took advantage of the convenience formed by his power and status to seek illegitimate benefits for others through the conduct of other state officials. The total amount of asking for and illegally accepting property from others is equivalent to RMB 172,314,750,62 million, which is extremely large, and should be held criminally responsible for the crime of accepting bribes.
Among them, Li Xinyuan asked for a total of 33 million yuan in property from others, which should be severely punished; Li Xinyuan received a total of 4,935,119 yuan in property equivalent to an attempted crime and can be punished lightly compared to an accomplished offender; Li Xinyuan pleaded guilty and punished, and can be punished leniently.
During the trial, the presiding judge Wei Wubin and members of the collegiate panel fully protected the legal rights of the defendant and defenders, presided over court investigations, court debates and other litigation procedures, and organized the prosecution and defense parties to present evidence, cross-examination and debate on the facts, evidence, and law application of the case.
The trial process was orderly, efficient and standardized, and both the prosecution and the defense fully expressed their opinions.
The defendant Li Xinyuan made a final statement, pleaded guilty and punished in court, and made deep repentance in tears in the final statement.
After the trial was over, the court announced an adjournment and an optional sentence was announced.