China News Service, March 18. According to the Shandong High Court WeChat public account, on the morning of March 18, 2024, the Intermediate People's Court of Dezhou City, Shandong Province publicly pronounced the first instance verdict on Wang Dengfeng, former director of the Department of Sports, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education, for corruption and accepting bribes. case, he was sentenced to 14 years in prison and fined RMB 4 million for corruption; he was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined RMB 1 million for bribery, and it was decided to execute the 17-year prison sentence. and a fine of RMB 5 million.
The seized embezzlement money will be returned to the victim unit in accordance with the law, and the illegal income and interest from bribery crimes will be confiscated in accordance with the law and turned over to the state treasury.
After review, it was found that:
1. Crime of corruption.
From June 2016 to August 2022, the defendant Wang Dengfeng took advantage of his position as director of the Department of Sports, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education to illegally possess public property totaling more than 46.7013 million yuan, either alone or in conjunction with others, by means of embezzlement, fraud, etc. Yuan, of which more than 1.8049 million Yuan was attempted.
2. Crime of accepting bribes.
From January 2006 to before the Spring Festival of 2022, the defendant Wang Dengfeng took advantage of his position as director of the Department of Sports, Health and Art Education of the Ministry of Education to seek benefits for others in project contracting, event hosting, etc., and accepted money from relevant units or organizations alone or in collaboration with others. The total amount of property given by individuals is equivalent to RMB 9.66469 million.
The Dezhou City Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Wang Dengfeng, as a state worker, took advantage of his position to embezzle and defraud public property in a particularly huge amount, and his behavior constituted the crime of corruption; as a state worker, he took advantage of his position and Seeking benefits for others and illegally accepting property from others, if the amount is particularly huge, constitutes the crime of accepting bribes.
Wang Dengfeng committed several crimes and should be punished simultaneously.
Wang Dengfeng confessed and proactively returned all the stolen money, property and interest. Some of the corruption crimes were attempted, and there were statutory and discretionary circumstances for lenient punishment, so he could be given a lighter punishment in accordance with the law.
The court then made the decision in accordance with the law.