On October 9, the Intermediate People's Court of Fuzhou City, Fujian Province, publicly pronounced a verdict in the first instance of the bribery case of Zhang Fusheng, former member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Emergency Management, and sentenced the defendant Zhang Fusheng to 13 years in prison and a fine of 3 million yuan for accepting bribes; The property and the proceeds of Zhang Fusheng's crimes that have been sealed or seized in the case are to be recovered in accordance with law and turned over to the state treasury.
After trial, it was ascertained that from 1997 to 2022, the defendant Zhang Fusheng took advantage of his position as the chief staff member and deputy director of the Cadre Division of the Personnel Training Bureau of the Political Department of the Ministry of Public Security, the deputy director of the Research Office of the Political Department of the Ministry of Public Security, the chief of the Police Division, deputy director-level investigator and deputy director of the Fire Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, the member of the Party Committee and deputy director of the Fire and Rescue Bureau of the Ministry of Emergency Management, and the director of the Education and Training Department of the Ministry of Emergency Management, as well as the facilitation conditions formed by the use of his authority and position, through the conduct of other state employees in their positions. Providing assistance to others in undertaking projects, job promotions, job transfers and other matters, and illegally accepting property from relevant units and individuals, directly or through specific related parties, totaling more than 38.93 million yuan.
The Fuzhou City Intermediate People's Court held that defendant Zhang Fusheng's conduct constituted the crime of accepting bribes, and that the amount of bribes accepted was particularly huge, and should be punished in accordance with law. Zhang Fusheng accepted bribes to seek promotions and adjustments for others, and was given a heavier punishment at his discretion. After Zhang Fusheng was brought into the case, he truthfully confessed his crimes, took the initiative to confess most of the facts of accepting bribes that the supervision organs had not yet grasped, pleaded guilty and repented, actively returned the stolen goods, and all the criminal proceeds and their fruits were recovered into the case. After comprehensively considering the amount and circumstances of the crime in this case, the court made the above judgment. Source: CCTV News