Yi Chunyang, the former deputy chairman of the Hunan Provincial People's Congress Environmental Resources Committee, was expelled from the party for "pursuing vulgar interests and addicted to playing cards and gambling." "Discipline, obsessed with playing mahjong and gambling"... Recently, gambling issues were involved in the disciplinary reports against many party members and cadres who violated disciplines and laws.
Some party members and cadres eventually "lost" their prospects and future due to gambling, corruption, and making money through gambling.
What are the new manifestations and trends of such issues?
How to strengthen supervision and management and stop the unhealthy trend of making money through gambling?
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Some party members and cadres participate in various types of gambling, including traditional gambling and new online gambling.
Yang Chunxiao, the former Party Secretary and Director of the Development and Reform Bureau of Yangshan County, Qingyuan City, Guangdong Province, initially came into contact with gambling to "have fun," but his gambling addiction, like a "drug addiction," led him to the point of no return.
During the day, he carefully calculated his bets in gambling, and at night, he indulged in mahjong and poker games... This was Yang Chunxiao's daily routine.
When his savings could not support him to continue gambling and repay gambling debts, Yang Chunxiao came up with the "crooked idea" of using public funds and asked for bribes from management service recipients in the name of "borrowing".
In August 2023, Yang Chunxiao was expelled from the party, dismissed from public office, and transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with the law.
"Gambling makes people greedy without end. Some party members and cadres have weak ideals and beliefs and weak awareness of discipline and law. They pursue the excitement and pleasure of spending huge sums of money and gradually lose the party spirit and principles." Deputy Director of the First Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Binjiang District Discipline Inspection Commission of Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province Zhou Jianjie said that party members and cadres participate in various types of gambling, including traditional gambling methods such as mahjong and poker, as well as new online gambling such as football betting and horse racing. Some are for entertainment purposes and eventually become addicted to gambling and go astray. Others use the gambling table to connect emotionally and "form a circle", and even turn the card table into a "hunting ground" to blend interests behind the scenes.
There are many types of online gambling, with features such as easy operation, digitized payment, and anonymity, making it easier for people to have the illusion that "you can make money with just a move of your fingers." Unscrupulous people disguise online gambling as chess and card games, making the form even more covert.
Judging from the gambling locations, some party members and cadres believe that they can escape supervision by leaving the country and go to overseas casinos and private clubs to gamble. Some simply have business owners arrange and pay for the gambling.
From participants to organizers, some party members and cadres even "played the game".
According to Ma Jun, director of the Party Style and Political Style Supervision Office of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Longyou County, Zhejiang Province, some party members and cadres know that others are engaging in illegal and criminal activities such as gambling, but they provide them with funds, places, tools, business management and other convenient conditions; some Some report gambling activities, help them evade investigation and punishment by the public security organs, and at the same time obtain "protection fees" or illegal dividends from casinos, acting as a "protective umbrella" for gambling; What's more, they not only participate in gambling personally, but also take advantage of the convenience of their positions or The influence of his position on organizing gambling bureaus and opening casinos has extremely bad influence.
Party members and cadres are more likely to engage in corruption, bribery, misappropriation of public funds and other disciplinary and illegal behaviors due to their positions.
On the afternoon of August 18, 2023, the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Qianjiang District, Chongqing and the public security organs went to Zhoubai Street in the district to carry out special supervision and inspection. They found Zhoubai Street staff members Li, Wu, Zhu and others working in a teahouse. People gather to play cards and gamble every day.
The Qianjiang District Public Security Bureau gave the three people administrative detention and fined them, and confiscated their gambling funds.
"Li, Wu, and Zhu, as party members and public officials, should modelly abide by party rules and regulations, laws and regulations, but they participated in gambling during working days and were administratively punished by the public security organs. Their party discipline and legal responsibilities must be seriously investigated," Qianjiang District. The relevant responsible comrades of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission said that after the case was investigated, the District Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee sorted out the typical issues in the work style of party members and cadres that had been investigated and dealt with in the district in recent years, and issued a "Notice on Typical Issues in the Work Style of Party Members and Cadres" to the whole district, in which Li X, Wu, Zhu and others participated in gambling problems during working days and reported and exposed them, which formed a strong deterrent.
Party members and cadres are addicted to playing cards and gambling, which can easily lead to problems such as laziness in work style and inability to perform their duties.
From gambling to corruption, there is only one step away. From the moment party members and cadres participate in gambling, the defense line of discipline and style is torn open, and they are more likely to fall into the abyss of serious violations of discipline and law.
"Gambling is extremely addictive. Gamblers often resort to any means to raise gambling funds. Party members and cadres are more likely to induce corruption, bribery, misappropriation of public funds and other disciplinary and illegal behaviors due to their positions." Case Supervision and Management by the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee of Fuyang District, Hangzhou City, Zhejiang Province The owner of the room, He Xiaoqing, said.
Because of gambling and corruption.
Some people begged the gambling table to turn around, repay their debts, and misappropriated and misappropriated public funds for gambling.
In Yang Chunxiao's case, in order to raise gambling funds, he frequently performed "corruption tricks" and turned the company's public accounts and management service objects into private "cash machines", sinking deeper and deeper into the quagmire of using power for personal gain.
Making money through gambling.
Some party members and cadres "win every time they gamble" and gamble in the "circle" woven by management service objects. Gambling has thus become a channel for management service objects to transfer benefits to party members and cadres.
When investigating the corruption case in Jingjiang Street, Xiaoshan District, Hangzhou, investigators from the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Xiaoshan District found Tan Mou, the former deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee and office director of Jingjiang Street, and Yan Mou, the former member of the Party Working Committee and deputy director of the office of Jingjiang Street. Qian, Zhou and other engineering bosses were summoned to play cards and gamble in Qian's bachelor apartment for a long time.
Tan and Yan never bring money when playing cards, but Qian and Zhou will give cash in advance as gambling capital; during this period, Qian and Zhou will also deliberately lose money.
In return, Tan and Yan used their powers to provide convenience to Qian, Zhou and others in project subcontracting and bidding invitation matters.
"Gambling among party members and cadres is very easy to be 'corrupted', and the nature of their disciplinary violations varies depending on the situation." Cao Jingjing, director of the case hearing room of the Discipline Inspection Commission of Rencheng District, Jining City, Shandong Province, said that party members and cadres who are addicted to gambling often often Taking gambling for pleasure is the pursuit of low-level interests, but it can easily degenerate in the long run. Taking bribes to make money through gambling, misappropriating or embezzling public funds to repay gambling funds, seriously harming the interests of the party, the country and the people.
Young cadres’ involvement in gambling deserves vigilance, and online gambling is the “hardest hit area”
"I went from online gambling to misappropriating public funds that I could not repay, and I had to rely on drugs to sleep at night. Now I think about my parents and son, and I feel very sad. I hope that young cadres will learn from me and stop being curious and try online gambling, let alone try to get rich!" In April 2023, Mi Fei, the former director and financial officer of the Economic Development and Rural Revitalization Office of Xingye Township, Tianquan County, Ya'an City, Sichuan Province, was sentenced to nine years in prison for embezzlement of public funds.
After being detained by the Tianquan County Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, 31-year-old Mifei shed tears of regret.
Young cadres’ involvement in gambling deserves vigilance.
Among the party members and cadres involved in gambling investigated and punished in Yunyang County, Chongqing in the past three years, young and middle-aged party members and cadres account for a relatively high proportion, mainly concentrated between the ages of 29 and 49, accounting for 62.5%.
More than 90% of the party members and cadres involved in gambling investigated and punished by the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Jurong City, Jiangsu Province last year were under the age of 35.
Online gambling is the "hardest hit area" for young cadres to engage in gambling.
Since 2020, Kaihua County, Zhejiang Province has investigated and dealt with 15 cases of young cadres participating in gambling, of which nearly half were gambling online.
"Most of the reasons why young cadres participate in online gambling are closely related to their personal interests and hobbies. They mistakenly enter the gambling game, become addicted to it, and fall into the abyss of crime during the 'golden period' of life and career growth, which is extremely harmful." Member of the Standing Committee of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervisory Committee of Kaihua County Member Jia Yuping said.
Recently, at a training class for young and middle-aged cadres in Wanzhou District, Chongqing, the Wanzhou District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, together with the Youth League Committee, launched a "Youth Promotion of Integrity" demonstration and promotion event based on typical cases of gambling and corruption among young cadres in the district.
"Judging from the disciplinary and illegal cases involving gambling that our district has investigated and dealt with in recent years, addiction to online gambling mainly occurs among young cadres." According to Xu Heping, deputy director of the Case Trial Office of the Wanzhou District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, young cadres are involved in gambling and corruption. This reflects his spiritual emptiness, lack of concentration, and lack of experience.
Some party members and cadres have insufficient party spirit, distorted values, and insufficient understanding of the dangers of gambling. They cannot resist the temptation and get involved in casinos.
"These cases have exposed the problem of emphasis on use over education and failure of supervision at all levels in some places. Education management supervision should be strengthened to prevent and curb the occurrence of such problems." The relevant responsible comrades of the Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee of Leling City, Shandong Province believe that some places will Young cadres are placed in key positions where power is relatively concentrated and funds are relatively intensive. However, supervision, management, and educational reminders are not timely, coupled with imperfect internal control systems and irregular work procedures, resulting in power and funds being left in the blind spot of supervision for a long time, which hinders the growth of young cadres. The road lays hidden dangers, allowing people with ulterior motives to take advantage of them.
We will seriously investigate and deal with gambling-related issues with a zero-tolerance attitude, and resolutely curb gambling and other evil practices among party members and cadres
Party discipline and state laws clearly prohibit party members and cadres from participating in gambling.
Article 59 of the "Civil Service Law of the People's Republic of China" clearly states that civil servants must abide by disciplines and laws and shall not participate in or support activities such as pornography, drug abuse, gambling, superstition, etc.; Article 70 of the "Public Security Administration Punishment Law of the People's Republic of China" also has relevant provisions .
"According to the newly revised "Regulations on Disciplinary Punishments of the Communist Party of China", party members who violate laws and crimes should be given party disciplinary sanctions in accordance with regulations, so that applicable disciplines and applicable laws are organically integrated, and party discipline and government affairs and other sanctions are matched." Ma Jun said.
"After party members and cadres who participate in gambling are administratively punished, they will also be subject to party discipline and government sanctions." Dai Changliang, deputy director of the Fourth Discipline Inspection and Supervision Office of the Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Jiande City, Zhejiang Province, said that in practice, some party members and cadres engage in gambling behavior. The act was discovered six months after it occurred.
Because the retrospective period for violations of public security management has expired, the public security organs generally no longer investigate and deal with them, but discipline is stricter than the law. If gambling behavior is found to exist, they will still be subject to party discipline and government sanctions.
"From the perspective of discipline and law enforcement practice, the difficulty in preventing and controlling gambling-related problems of party members and cadres lies in their concealment. Gambling behaviors of party members and cadres mostly occur 'eight hours away' and in cyberspace, which is more likely to lead to out-of-control supervision." Cao Jingjing said , on the one hand, we must strengthen the education of ideals and beliefs, and encourage party members and cadres to build a strong ideological defense line against corruption and anti-degeneration. On the other hand, we must strengthen the daily management and supervision of party members and cadres, especially the supervision and management of "eight hours outside", and provide early warning when problems are discovered. , correct early.
Gambling by party members and cadres destroys career prospects and family happiness, and causes endless harm to the country and society.
Based on their supervisory responsibilities, the disciplinary inspection and supervision agencies strictly investigate and deal with gambling-related issues with a zero-tolerance attitude, and resolutely curb unhealthy practices such as gambling among party members and cadres.
Carry out special rectification and form a joint governance force.
The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Commission of Lin'an District, Hangzhou City, jointly with the public security system screened and obtained the data of people involved in gambling, and through online data comparison and analysis, generated red warning information for party members' gambling, and dealt with it strictly and quickly; at the same time, the public security system reported frequent cross-border transfers and abnormal funds The early warning model of entry and exit is compared with the integrity file information to investigate the participation of party members, cadres and public officials in online gambling.
The Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Yunyang County, Chongqing City, and the County Public Security Bureau established an online and offline supervision team to strengthen open and covert inspections of teahouses, hotels and other places offline, strengthen monitoring of key websites online, and increase efforts to investigate and deal with gambling problems of party members and cadres.
We will move the gate forward and strengthen discipline and law education.
The Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Jurong City, Jiangsu Province, jointly carried out special anti-gambling publicity and education with the Municipal Public Security Bureau, and produced a special warning educational film "Using Power to Support Gambling - The Fall of "Addicted Gamblers"", and sent holiday integrity reminder cards and held warnings education conferences, etc., to improve the targeted effectiveness of discipline and law education, and encourage party members and cadres to consciously refuse gambling, stay away from gatherings for gambling, and take the lead in banning gambling.
The Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision of Chongqing Wanzhou District and the Organization Department of the District Party Committee issued the "Implementation Measures for Strengthening the Supervision and Management of Cadres' "Eight Hours Outside" in Wanzhou District, Chongqing (Trial)" to understand the interests and hobbies of young cadres through home visits, visits, etc., and carry out reading sharing and other activities to guide party members and cadres to develop good habits and stay away from bad habits.
Keep an eye on important nodes and report exposures in a timely manner.
The Discipline Inspection and Supervision Committee of Shishi City, Fujian Province promptly notified party members and cadres of typical cases of gambling violations, and organized party members and cadres to watch an educational film about Song, the former director of the city's Agricultural Comprehensive Service Center, for gambling and corruption, so that party members and cadres can learn from the case.
During this year’s Spring Festival holiday, the Yunnan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision adopted a “first expose, then verify, then handle” method for 10 consecutive days to report and expose suspected drunk driving, gambling and other problems of party members and public officials, and to dig deep into the “four styles” behind them. "problems, seriously rectify them, and continuously promote the development of good styles.