CPC official given 15 years of jailterm (Agencies) Updated: 2005-05-18 20:37
Zhang Zonghai, former head of the Publicity Department of the Municipal
Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) of Chongqing in southwestern
China, was sentenced Wednesday to 15 years in prison for accepting bribes by the
No.1 Intermediate People's Court of Tianjin Municipality.
Entrusted by the Supreme People's Court, the No.1 Intermediate People's Court
of Tianjin Municipality accepted and heard Zhang's case and held the first trial
on Wednesday.
According to the court verdict, Zhang received bribes worth 3 million yuan in
five years from 1997 to 2002 from a legal person, surnamed Lei, for the Jinyun
Cement Works of Chongqing Municipality and abused the power of his post as
secretary of the CPC Qianjiang Prefecture Committee to offer conveniences to
Lei's business.
Zhang invested the 3 million yuan in real estate and illegally reaped profits
of nearly 1.3 million yuan. All the illicit money has been recovered.
The court held that although Zhang was guilty of accepting bribes,
considering that he helped retrieve all the illicit money and "confessed his
wrong behavior thoroughly," his sentence has already been
reduced.
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