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Accused of accumulating wealth for 21 years in office and accepting bribes of more than 148 million yuan, yesterday (27th), 61-year-old Dong Yunhu stood in the dock of the Hefei Intermediate People's Court and pleaded guilty and repented in court.
On 27 June, the Hefei City Intermediate People's Court openly tried the case of Dong Yunhu, former secretary of the leading party group and director of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, for accepting bribes.
Dong Yunhu is the first ministerial-level "tiger" defeated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China.
Engage in power and sex trading
Interference and meddling in the administration of justice
According to the public resume, Dong Yunhu, born in December 1962, is a native of Xianju, Zhejiang, a graduate student, a master of philosophy, and a professor.
Dong Yunhu was admitted to the university at the age of 16 and enrolled in the Department of Philosophy of Hangzhou University, and after graduating with a bachelor's degree, he was admitted to the graduate school of the Department of Philosophy of Nankai University. After graduating with a master's degree in 1986, he joined the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and worked for 13 years, published a number of academic works, and was an expert enjoying special government allowances.
In November 1999, Dong Yunhu was appointed director of the Seventh Bureau of the International Propaganda Office of the CPC Central Committee (Information Office of the State Council). In 2002, the third year of his tenure at the Central Foreign Propaganda Office, prosecutors accused Dong Yunhu of initiating corrupt practices that lasted for 21 years until he was investigated.
After 12 years of working in the Central Foreign Propaganda Office (Information Office of the State Council), in December 2011, Dong Yunhu went to Tibet to serve as a member of the Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region Party Committee and head of the Propaganda Department. In July 2015, Dong Yunhu was transferred to the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department. In January 2018, Dong Yunhu served as the chairman and secretary of the party group of the Shanghai Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, and was promoted to the ministerial level, and in January 2023, he was transferred to the chairman of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress.
On the evening of July 12, 2023, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission announced that Dong Yunhu, Secretary of the Party Group and Director of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and law, and is undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission.
Dong Yunhu was investigated very suddenly, and two days ago he went to the Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences to carry out research work.
Dong Yunhu is the first ministerial-level "tiger" defeated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection since the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and the only "tiger" in Shanghai so far.
On December 12, 2023, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission announced the results of the punishment of Dong Yunhu, expelling him from the party and public office.
According to the report, after investigation, Dong Yunhu lost his ideals and beliefs, deviated from his original mission, violated the deployment requirements of the Party Central Committee on the work of the CPPCC, and privately granted and accepted the qualifications of CPPCC members, which caused a negative impact on politics, was disloyal and dishonest to the party, resisted organizational censorship, and engaged in superstitious activities; Ignoring the spirit of the eight provisions of the central government, accepting gifts and money in violation of regulations, and wantonly accepting banquets that may affect the fair performance of official duties; Violating organizational principles, not truthfully explaining problems when organizing inquiries, and providing assistance to others for job promotion in violation of regulations; The bottom line of integrity is lost, long-term possession of public property, expenses that should be paid by others should be paid by them, and power and sex transactions are engaged; interference and meddling in the administration of justice; He is greedy and unbridled, uses public power as a tool for personal gain, engages in power-for-money transactions, uses his position to facilitate others to seek benefits in financing loans, land transfers, business operations, etc., and illegally accepts huge amounts of property.
Dong Yunhu was expelled from the party and public office, and his qualifications as a deputy to the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the 12th Party Congress of Shanghai were terminated; The issue of his suspected crime of accepting bribes was transferred to the procuratorate for review and prosecution in accordance with law.
On 27 June, the Intermediate People's Court of Hefei City, Anhui Province, openly tried the case of Dong Yunhu, former secretary of the leading party group and director of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, for accepting bribes. According to CCTV News
From 2002 to 2023
He accepted bribes of 148 million yuan during his tenure
Nearly a year after his dismissal, the Intermediate People's Court of Hefei City, Anhui Province, held an open trial of the first instance on 27 May to try the case of Dong Yunhu, former secretary of the leading party group and director of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress, for accepting bribes.
According to CCTV News, the People's Procuratorate of Hefei City, Anhui Province, indicted and alleged: From 2002 to 2023, the defendant Dong Yunhu took advantage of his position as director of the Seventh Bureau of the Central Foreign Propaganda Office, member of the Standing Committee of the Tibet Autonomous Region Party Committee and head of the Propaganda Department, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and director of the Propaganda Department, secretary and chairman of the party group of the Shanghai Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference, and secretary and director of the party group of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress. provided assistance in matters such as business operation and personnel arrangements, and illegally accepted property from the above-mentioned units and individuals, totaling more than 148 million yuan. The procuratorate requested that Dong Yunhu be investigated for criminal responsibility for the crime of accepting bribes.
During the trial, the procuratorate presented relevant evidence, the defendant Dong Yunhu and his defender conducted cross-examination, the prosecution and defense fully expressed their opinions under the auspices of the court, and Dong Yunhu made a final statement and pleaded guilty and repented in court. Sentencing in the case will be announced at a later date.
Dong Yunhu is the first ministerial-level "tiger" defeated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in 2023. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will defeat a total of 3 ministerial-level "tigers" in 2023, and the other two "tigers" are Sun Zhigang, former secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee, and Han Yong, former party secretary and chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Political Consultative Conference.
On August 28, 2023, Sun Zhigang, former secretary of the Guizhou Provincial Party Committee, was investigated on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law; He was expelled from the party on February 5 this year. According to the report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, Sun Zhigang was ineffective in implementing the major decisions and deployments of the Party Central Committee, violating the principles of the Party Central Committee, engaging in "seven haves", cronyism, ineffective in fulfilling the main responsibility of comprehensively and strictly governing the party, and engaging in non-organizational activities during cadre inspections; illegal occupation of housing; Obtain large returns through private lending; wantonly collect money and other issues.
On October 19, 2023, Han Yong, former secretary and chairman of the Shaanxi Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was investigated on suspicion of serious violations of discipline and law; He was expelled from the party and public office on April 22 this year. According to the report of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the State Supervision Commission, Han Yong has nepotism and profit, and sells official positions; Illegal low-cost house purchases; interfering with and meddling in discipline enforcement activities in violation of regulations; Improper family style; Regard public power as a tool for grabbing private interests, and engage in power-for-money transactions on a large scale.
At present, Sun Zhigang and Han Yong have been arrested by the Supreme People's Procuratorate on suspicion of accepting bribes in accordance with the law, and Sun Zhigang's case has been prosecuted.
Source | CCTV News, Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and State Supervision Commission
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