A first-instance criminal judgment recently released by China Judgment Documents Network shows that Mai Hongjiang, then general manager of Xinjiang Guannong Fruit Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as " Guannong Co., Ltd. "), an atomic company of Xinjiang Guannong Zhonglian E-Commerce Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Guangnong Zhonglian"), was convicted of using influence to accept bribes and bribes in the first instance. The two crimes were sentenced to 10 years in prison and a fine of 900,000 yuan, and the illegal income of the crime was confiscated in accordance with the law.
Beijing News reporter noticed that Mai Hongjiang used the close relationship or convenient conditions formed by his or her power and status with Guo Liang, chairman of Guannong Co., Ltd., to help others undertake projects, accept and request property. Guo Liang himself once received 1 million yuan in cash with Mai Hongjiang, but has been dealt with in another case. On May 31 last year, Guo Liang was removed from his position as deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Xinjiang Guannong Fruit Group Co., Ltd., the controlling shareholder of . On June 27 last year, Guo Liang resigned as chairman of Guannong Co., Ltd., and the reason for his resignation was "job adjustment".
The total criminal proceeds exceeded 5.82 million yuan
The above first-instance criminal judgment shows that on January 14 this year, the Shunqing Branch of the Nanchong Public Security Bureau of Sichuan Province arrested Mai Hongjiang. The court found that, as a person with close ties with state staff, Mai Hongjiang took advantage of the convenience of the position of the state staff, or the convenient conditions formed by the power or status of the state staff, and received more than 4.69 million yuan in cash from the requestor, which was particularly huge. His behavior constituted the crime of taking bribes with influence; as a person engaged in official duties in a state-owned holding company, he took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others and received more than 1.12 million yuan in cash from others, and his behavior constituted the crime of accepting bribes.
According to the court's judgment, Mai Hongjiang was sentenced to eight years in prison and a fine of 600,000 yuan for the crime of accepting bribes. He was sentenced to four years in prison and a fine of 300,000 yuan for the crime of accepting bribes. He decided to execute 10 years in prison and a fine of 900,000 yuan. Maihongjiang's illegal income was more than 5.82 million yuan, and was confiscated according to law and handed over to the state treasury.
Beijing News reporter noticed that the crime of using influence committed by Mai Hongjiang, including the use of his close relationship with Guo Liang, the then deputy secretary of the Party Committee and chairman of Guannong Group, and the convenient conditions formed by Guo Liang's power and status, to provide assistance to Han and Tang in the construction of projects and illegal loans in Guannong Co., Ltd., and received and demanded property from others totaling more than 2.28 million yuan.
The criminal facts of Mai Hongjiang's crime of accepting bribes include the fact that he was the general manager of Guannong Zhonglian from August 2015 to May 2018, he took advantage of his position to hand over the company's related engineering projects to Han and his affiliated companies for contracting. Mai Hongjiang and Han agreed in advance that after Han obtained the project settlement payment, he would give Mai Hongjiang 10% of the total amount as a benefit fee, and Mai Hongjiang illegally made an illegal profit of 118,000 yuan.
Public information shows that Guannong Co., Ltd. was listed on the Shanghai Stock Exchange on June 9, 2003. Its main business is deep processing of agricultural products such as cotton, tomato, sugar, etc. Guannong Group is its controlling shareholder, with a shareholding ratio of 40.89%. Tianyan Check shows that Guannong Zhonglian was established in August 2015 with a registered capital of 20 million yuan. It was once a subsidiary of Guannong Co., Ltd., whose shareholding ratio at that time was 71.25%. Guannong Zhonglian’s main business is agricultural product e-commerce, which is currently in a “deregistered” state.
Beijing News reporter checked the financial report and found that the resolution of the 22nd Party Committee (Expanded) meeting of Guannong Co., Ltd. in 2018 passed a proposal and agreed to cancel Guannong Zhonglian. The relevant industrial and commercial procedures have been completed on February 25, 2019.
Guannong Co., Ltd. former chairman has been dealt with in another case
Beijing News reporter noticed that the judgment shows that Guo Liang, the former chairman of Guannong Co., Ltd. , has been dealt with in another case. In Mai Hongjiang's criminal facts, Guo Liang's name appears repeatedly.
Guo Liang and Mai Hongjiang participated in the event together. Official website screenshot
For example, in 2013, Tang, the legal representative of Xinjiang Territory Company, met Guo Liang through Maihongjiang. With the help of Mai Hongjiang and Guo Liang, Tang obtained the opportunity to jointly develop the Butterfly County project. In May 2014, Tang passed through Maihongjiang again to seek Guo Liang's help.
With the help of the two, the Xinjiang company run by Tang obtained the construction contract for the third phase of Guannong Huijingtai project without the relevant qualifications and insufficient financial strength. In May and June 2015, Tang gave Guo Liang and Mai Hongjiang 1 million yuan in cash because of the help provided by Guo Liang and Mai Hongjiang in obtaining the construction contract. It is worth noting that participating in the acceptance of the 1 million yuan is one of the basis for Mai Hongjiang to be convicted of bribery.
In addition, at the end of 2016, the Xinjiang company run by Tang was short of funds during the construction of the third phase of the Guannong Huijingtai project and was unable to pay the wages of migrant workers. Tang sought help from Guo through Mai Hongjiang and borrowed money from Xinjiang Guanyuan Investment Co., Ltd. Guo took advantage of his position as chairman and legal representative of the company to violate relevant regulations and provided a loan of 10 million yuan to the Xinjiang Company through Guanyuan Investment and agreed on interest.
In July 2017, in order to reduce the interest on his company's loan, Tang asked Guo Liang to help urge the project funds of the Butterfly County No. 1 development project to repay the above loan. With Guo Liang's help, the project payment was paid to Guanyuan Investment to repay Tang's above-mentioned loan of 10 million yuan.
According to public information, Guo Liang was born in April 1967. He served as the director and chairman of the fourth board of directors of Guannong Co., Ltd., and the fifth board of directors of Guannong Co., Ltd., and also serves as the chairman of Guanyuan Investment, the chairman of Tianjin Sanhe Fruit and Vegetable Co., Ltd., and the chairman of Zhejiang Xinwei.
On May 31, 2018, the official website of Tiemenguan City of the Second Division of the Corps issued the "Notice on the Appointment and Removal of Comrades Liu Zhonghai and others", and the relevant appointments and removals were targeted at Xinjiang Guannong Fruit Group Co., Ltd. and Guo Liang. The notice shows that Liu Zhonghai was appointed as the Party Secretary of Guannong Group and recommended to be the candidate for the chairman of Guannong Group (legal representative) and the chairman of Guanyuan Investment; removed Mei Shu from the position of secretary of the Party Committee of Jiang Guannong Group; removed Guo Liang from the position of deputy secretary of the Party Committee of Guannong Group, and recommended to no longer serve as the chairman of Guannong Group and Guanyuan Investment.
On June 27 of the same year, Guannong Co., Ltd. disclosed an announcement on the resignation of the chairman stating that the company's board of directors received a written resignation report from Chairman Guo Liang on the same day. Guo Liang applied to resign from the relevant positions of the company's chairman, director and board special committee due to work adjustments. His resignation report will take effect from the date of delivery to the board of directors.
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