Wang Minghui, former deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, was sentenced in the first instance for accepting bribes and abusing power.

　　On January 31, 2024, the Intermediate People's Court of Foshan City, Guangdong Province publicly sentenced Wang Minghui, former deputy secretary and deputy director of the Party Leadership Group of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, for accepting bribes and abusing his power in the first instance. Wang Minghui was sentenced to 13 years in prison for accepting bribes, and The court was fined RMB 5 million and sentenced to six years in prison for abuse of power. It was decided to execute the sentence of 16 years in prison and was fined RMB 5 million. Wang Minghui's illicit proceeds from bribery and the proceeds of corruption were seized, detained and frozen. Interest shall be confiscated in accordance with the law and turned over to the state treasury.

　　After trial, it was found that: from 1998 to 2021, the defendant Wang Minghui used his position as deputy secretary of the Ziyang Municipal (Prefectural) Committee of Sichuan Province, deputy secretary and mayor of Neijiang Municipal Committee of Sichuan Province, deputy secretary-general of the Sichuan Provincial Committee and director of the General Office, and director of the General Office of Sichuan Province. The Secretary of the Yibin Municipal Party Committee, the Vice Governor of Sichuan Province, the Standing Committee Member and Secretary-General of the Sichuan Provincial Committee, the Deputy Secretary and Deputy Director of the Party Leadership Group of the Standing Committee of the Sichuan Provincial People's Congress, and other convenient conditions for the formation of their powers and status provide relevant units and individuals with the opportunity to Provided assistance with project contracting, business operations, job adjustments and other matters, and illegally received property equivalent to more than 52.13 million yuan.

　　After the defendant Wang Minghui became the secretary of the Yibin Municipal Party Committee in January 2013, he violated relevant laws and regulations and abused his power while promoting the decision-making and construction of relevant expressway projects, resulting in heavy losses to public property, the interests of the country and the people, and the circumstances were particularly serious.

　　The Foshan Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Wang Minghui's behavior constituted the crime of bribery and abuse of power. The amount of bribes accepted was particularly huge and the abuse of power was particularly serious, and both should be punished in accordance with the law. In view of the fact that some of Wang Minghui's bribery crimes were attempted, he truthfully confessed his crime after arriving at the case, took the initiative to explain most of the facts of the bribery crime that the supervisory authority has not yet grasped, confessed his guilt and repented, actively returned the stolen goods, and all the stolen money, stolen goods and interest have been recovered, so he can be given a lighter punishment in accordance with the law. . The court then made the above judgment.

　　(CCTV reporter Xi Danni Zhang Sai)