University Vice President Sentenced for Drunk Driving While Still in Office; School Claims Procedure Not Yet Completed

by yan64txue on 2012-03-08 15:38:20

The "current leaders" column on the official website of Jiangxi Agricultural University still has a profile for "vice president." Screenshot of the webpage. Recently, netizens have exposed that "Liao Weiming, who was sentenced to prison for drunk driving, is still serving as vice president of Jiangxi Agricultural University," and they believe this violates relevant party discipline and administrative rules. Yesterday, the Organization Department of Jiangxi Agricultural University confirmed to reporters that "Liao Weiming is still serving in the administrative position of vice president," but explained that "regarding Liao Weiming's public office appointment or dismissal, it will be directly decided by the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department after the judicial procedures are completed."

Previously expelled from the Communist Party.

At 22:24 on the evening before last, a netizen named "m aillzx2008" posted on Tianya Forum, saying, "Liao Weiming has already been sentenced, but he continues to serve as vice president?" The post was subsequently reprinted on various forums, sparking heated discussions among netizens. Netizens have raised questions about the phenomenon of "Liao Weiming continuing to serve as vice president."

The identity of vice president of Jiangxi Agricultural University once made Liao Weiming, who caused an accident while drunk driving, a topic of heated discussion among netizens. According to reports, on the afternoon of March 5, Liao Weiming drove under the influence of alcohol, causing a major traffic accident resulting in two deaths and four injuries. Afterward, the Nanchang traffic police department determined that Liao Weiming was driving under the influence and was found fully responsible for the accident. On October 19, the local court sentenced Liao Weiming to three years in prison in the first trial.

As early as July this year, the Jiangxi Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission launched an investigation into Liao Weiming's violation of traffic regulations and determined that his actions were seriously disciplinary violations and suspected of being criminal. Subsequently, after deliberation by the Standing Committee of the Jiangxi Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission and approval by the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee, it was decided to expel Liao Weiming from the Communist Party.

Judicial procedures not yet completed.

Yesterday afternoon, reporters successively called the Publicity Department of the Party Committee and the Organization Department of the Party Committee of Jiangxi Agricultural University, and the staff confirmed that "Liao Weiming is still serving in the administrative position of vice president of Jiangxi Agricultural University." According to the staff of the university's publicity department, Liao Weimin has not yet officially started serving his sentence in prison and is still in the stage of criminal detention. She explained that, "On October 19, the (Nanchang) Economic Development Zone People's Court made only a first-instance judgment, afterward, Liao Weiming appealed, and we are now waiting for the second-instance trial to begin. Everything is still proceeding through judicial channels."

According to the staff of the Organization Department of Jiangxi Agricultural University, Liao Weiming, serving as vice president, is a deputy division-level official managed by the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department, and specific details suggest interviewing the Cadre Division Four of the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Organization Department. Subsequently, she explained to the reporter in her "personal capacity" that "since the judicial procedures have not yet been completed, regarding the appointment or removal of Liao Weiming's public office, it may need to wait until after the judicial procedures are completed, then be directly decided by the Provincial Party Committee Organization Department."

Reporters found that during the first-instance verdict, Xinhua News Agency's report had already referred to Liao Weiming as the "former vice president of Jiangxi Agricultural University" and stated that "Liao Weiming voluntarily pleaded guilty during the trial, accordingly, the court gave Liao Weiming a mitigated punishment." Reporters subsequently repeatedly called the Jiangxi Provincial Party Committee Organization Department, but no one answered the phone.

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