□ Reporter Du Wenyu, Correspondent Hou Baomin
Xuchang - On December 3, I learned from the Xuchang County Procuratorate that the bribery case of Chen Liansheng, former Minister of Organization of the Changge Municipal Party Committee, prosecuted by the procuratorate, has concluded. The Xuchang County Court sentenced him to 12 years in prison in the first trial.
Upon investigation, it was found that from July 2001 to March 2008, the defendant Chen Liansheng, during his tenure as a standing committee member of the Changge Municipal Party Committee and as the organization minister, took advantage of his official position to repeatedly and illegally accept money and goods from others, totaling 1.865 million yuan and 10,000 US dollars, for personal gain in matters such as job adjustments and employment arrangements.
After his arrest, Chen Liansheng truthfully confessed to criminal acts not yet known to the judicial authorities, constituting self-confession, and actively returned all illicit gains. Based on these facts, the Xuchang County Court handed down the aforementioned sentence.