Xu Huhe, the former director of the Inner Mongolia Department of Justice, was investigated, and at least two cases of paper prison sentences occurred during his tenure
On October 27, the "Inner Mongolia Commission for Discipline Inspection" WeChat public account issued a message: Xu Huhe, former party secretary, director of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Justice Department and party secretary of the Autonomous Region Prison Administration Bureau, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and accepted disciplinary review and supervision and investigation.
Prior to this, the Inner Mongolia prison system successively exposed the cases of Wang Yunhong, Zhuang Yonghua and others "serving sentences on paper", which caused concern.
The resume shows that Xu Huhe has retired in June 2018.
The Paper (www.thepaper.cn) combed and found that when Wang Yunhong and Zhuang Yonghua "served their sentences on paper" occurred, Xu Huhezheng concurrently served as the party secretary of the Inner Mongolia Prison Administration.
From January 2005 to May 2014, Xu Huhe served as Secretary of the Party Committee, Director of the Inner Mongolia Justice Department and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region Prison Administration Bureau for more than nine years.
Earlier, Jiang Heping, the former deputy secretary of the Party Committee and political commissar of the Inner Mongolia Prison Administration Bureau, was investigated for a case involving three criminals including Wang Yunhong and other prisoners for medical parole and temporary execution outside prison. On December 29, 2019, Jiang Heping was announced by the Inner Mongolia Commission for Discipline Inspection. The deputy department level was downgraded to the third-level chief staff member; on June 22, 2020, Xu Hongguang, the former director of the Inner Mongolia Prison Administration Bureau, and Lian Tianjun, the former deputy inspector of the Prison Administration Bureau, were suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and were announced to accept disciplinary review and supervision and investigation .
So far, since December 2019, the Inner Mongolia Prison Administration has 4 former officials under investigation.
"Paper sentence" cases occurred one after another during the tenure
According to the official resume of Xu Huhe, the 66-year-old Xu Huhe is a native of Hohhot, Inner Mongolia. He joined the Communist Party of China in September 1975 and started working in September 1970.
Xu Huhe was the first worker at the Hohhot Electric Tool Factory. From November 1973 to September 1974, he studied at the Inner Mongolia Political and Legal Cadre School; from September 1974 to September 1975, he served as an inspector at the Erlianhot Border Checkpoint; September 1975 Until August 1978, he studied law in the Law Department of Jilin University.
Subsequently, Xu Huhe worked in the Inner Mongolia Public Security Department for nearly 20 years, during which time he briefly served as the deputy mayor of Ulanhot City in the Xing'an League.
In January 2005, Xu Huhe was transferred from the deputy secretary of the Inner Mongolia Political and Legal Committee to the party secretary and director of the Inner Mongolia Judicial Department, and he also served as the party secretary of the Autonomous Region Prison Administration Bureau until May 2014.
Since then, Xu Huhe has served as a member of the Standing Committee of the 12th People's Congress of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region and a deputy chairman of the Legislative Affairs Committee.
In June 2018, Xu Huhe retired.
At the beginning of September this year, "Ban Yue Tan" exposed the 15-year case of Batumeng and "serving sentence on paper", which caused widespread concern.
According to Xinhua News Agency's investigation, on June 9, 1993, Batumenghe, who was under the age of 18, was sentenced to 15 years in prison and deprived of political rights for 2 years for committing intentional homicide.
However, Batumenghe was not actually put to jail.
After going through the procedures for medical treatment on parole, he was at large, and on May 13, 2007, he obtained the "released sentence" certificate. In fact, he has not been in prison for a day.
After "released after serving his sentence," Batumenghe first became an accountant in Gacha (village), then he was elected as Gachada (a village director), and then he joined the party and was elected as a representative to the Qi People's Congress.
In the case of Wang Yunhong, the intentional homicide criminal reported by The Paper, who served his sentence on paper, Wang Yunhong was sentenced to death in December 2005. He was supposed to serve his sentence in Hohhot No. 1 Prison in Inner Mongolia. However, he began to pass illegal medical parole and execution outside prison in 2011. After 7 years of free life, traveling, working, getting married, and having children.
According to the official report, in the investigation of Wang Yunhong's "paper-based sentence" case, the Inner Mongolia Commission for Discipline Inspection successively found clues to criminals such as Zou Qing, Zhuang Yonghua, Wang Baobao, Hao Weicheng and other related personnel for commutation of sentences, medical parole, and temporary execution outside prison , And the case was investigated in parallel.
Among them, Zhuang Yonghua was sentenced to death with a suspended death sentence in 2006, and after receiving multiple commutations, he was granted medical parole in violation of regulations in February 2013, and was put into prison after six years of living outside prison.
The cases of Wang Yunhong and Zhuang Yonghua serving their sentences on paper occurred during the period when Xu Huhe was concurrently party secretary of the Inner Mongolia Prison Administration Bureau.
The two former officials of the Inner Mongolia prison system have been dismissed before, and one former political commissar has been demoted
“Serving sentences on paper” in the form of being granted medical parole, and with many procedures, The Paper found that the Wang Yunhong case involved not only the five prison doctors who were sentenced, but also some of them held accountable by the party discipline and political discipline.
On September 16, 2020, the Inner Mongolia Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision issued a report on the investigation and handling of Wang Yunhong’s seven-year prison sentence: As of August 21 this year, a total of Inner Mongolia Prison Administration, the autonomous region’s higher people’s court, procuratorial organs, 65 public officials from 26 units including the public security organs and the People's Hospital were sanctioned by party discipline and government affairs.
Among those punished was Jiang Heping.
As early as December 29, 2019, the Inner Mongolia Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a news: With the approval of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee, the Inner Mongolia Commission for Discipline Inspection conducted a case review and investigation on Jiang Heping, the former deputy secretary of the Party Committee of the Inner Mongolia Prison Administration Bureau and political commissar, and decided Jiang Heping was given a sanction of expulsion from the party and dismissal from government affairs, and was demoted from deputy department level to a third-level chief staff member; his income from violations of discipline and law was confiscated.
According to the official report, an important reason for Jiang Heping's investigation and punishment was "incorrect performance of his duties and the main leadership responsibility for the three criminals' medical parole and temporary execution outside prison."
Not long ago, two officials of the Inner Mongolia Prison System had just been announced to be sacked.
On June 22, 2020, the Inner Mongolia Commission for Discipline Inspection issued two announcements at the same time: Xu Hongguang, the former director of the Inner Mongolia Prison Administration, and Lian Tianjun, the former deputy inspector of the Inner Mongolia Prison Administration, are suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and are undergoing disciplinary review and supervision and investigation.
The Paper combed through public information and found that Lian Tianjun is Xu Hongguang's old subordinate, and both have retired. At the time of investigation, Xu Hongguang had only retired for 3 months and Lian Tianjun had retired for more than 3 years.
Public information shows that Xu Hongguang served as a member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Judicial Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region in April 2011, and concurrently served as the deputy secretary and director of the Party Committee of the Autonomous Region Prison Administration Bureau in November 2015. In May 2016, he was clearly at the department level. In March of this year retirement.
Lian Tianjun has worked in the prison system for a long time. In February 2015, he served as Deputy Inspector of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Prison Administration Bureau. He retired in December 2016.
Inner Mongolia's investigation into the recently discovered "paper-based sentence" case continues.
At present, the 15-year case of Batumenghe "serving his sentence on paper" has not yet been announced.
According to previous official reports, on September 4, 2020, a joint working group led by the Political and Legal Committee of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Party Committee, the Commission for Discipline Inspection, courts, procuratorate, public security, justice, prisons and other relevant departments has arrived in Hulunbuir to start work.
The relevant person in charge of the Political and Legal Committee of the Hulunbuir Municipal Party Committee stated that the city has also set up a special class to re-check and investigate the case.
The local political and legal department stated that it will resolutely investigate relevant issues and return the victim to justice.
After the investigation is over, the relevant information will be announced to the public in a timely manner, and the relevant personnel will be seriously held accountable in accordance with the laws and regulations to respond to social concerns.
Tan Jun, chief reporter of The Paper