China News Agency, Beijing, February 7th (Reporter Zhang Su) Chinese officials reported on the 7th that Zhang Enliang, the former secretary of the Hegang Municipal Party Committee in Heilongjiang Province, was sentenced to 20 years in prison in the first instance.
He was the first "post-70s" mayor of a prefecture-level city in the country.
The Intermediate People's Court of Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province announced the verdict of Zhang Enliang's corruption, bribery, and embezzlement of public funds in the first instance on the same day.
The defendant, Zhang Enliang, was sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment for corruption and a fine of RMB 500,000; for bribery, fifteen years’ imprisonment and a fine of RMB 6.8 million; for embezzlement of public funds Six years in prison.
Combined punishment for several crimes, it was decided to implement a fixed-term imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of RMB 7.3 million.
The proceeds and fruits of the defendant Zhang Enliang's embezzlement and bribery crimes, which were sealed up and detained in the case, were confiscated and turned over to the state treasury.
According to public information, Zhang Enliang was born in January 1970 in Wangkui, Heilongjiang.
He started working in August 1990 and joined the Communist Party of China in November 1998.
In May 2021, he was investigated in office.
In May 2022, the official notified that Zhang Enliang was expelled from the party and public office.
He was accused of "running to buy an official and being cheated", "obtaining large returns through illegal borrowing", "setting up and using 'small treasury' funds in violation of regulations", "embezzlement and embezzlement of public funds", etc. After the 19th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, they still do not restrain themselves and do not stop.”
The judicial department found that from May 2012 to March 2017, the defendant Zhang Enliang embezzled a total of more than 3.79 million yuan of public funds; In order to seek benefits for others, he illegally accepted more than 73.17 million yuan of property from the above-mentioned units and individuals; in the first half of 2015, Zhang Enliang embezzled a total of 30 million yuan of public funds, a huge amount, for profit-making activities.
It is worth noting that in June 2022, Heilongjiang Province held a warning education conference for leading cadres. At the meeting, 6,701 leading cadres watched the warning education feature film "Anti-corruption No Forbidden Zone".
As a negative example of young cadres self-destructing their future, Zhang Enliang, who has been "double-opened", shows up in the film and regrets his mistakes.
Recently, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission have repeatedly published articles on how young cadres can resist corruption and prevent change.
Among them, an article published on the 7th stated that discipline inspection and supervision agencies at all levels comprehensively use various methods such as heart-to-heart talks, clean government education, list management, and targeted corrections to focus on improving the immunity of young cadres to resist corruption and prevent change.
The article also stated that judging from the cases investigated and handled by the national discipline inspection and supervision agencies, compared with cadres of other age groups, young cadres have relatively concentrated violations of discipline and law caused by indulging in online games, gambling, luxury goods, etc., which is worthy of vigilance.
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