Keelung City Councilor Zhang Bingjun of the Democratic Progressive Party, his father Zhang Jinhuang, and mother Chen Qiongru were suspected of fraudulently obtaining public assistant subsidies and Spring Festival condolences worth tens of millions. After a trial, the court today sentenced Zhang Bingjun to one year and four months in prison, and was also involved in political crimes. For the crime of donating money, he was sentenced to 4 months in prison, suspended for 5 years; Zhang Jinhuang was sentenced to 2 years in prison, also suspended for 5 years; Chen Qiongru was sentenced to 1 year and 11 months in prison, also suspended for 5 years.
Keelung City Councilor Zhang Bingjun was sentenced to five years of probation for being involved in fraudulently collecting assistant fees and illegally collecting political donations. (Central News Agency file photo)
The Keelung District Court announced the verdict at 9 a.m. today, but Zhang Bingjun did not attend the court to hear the verdict.
The Keelung District Court issued a press release stating that Zhang Bingjun, who was elected as a member of the 19th Keelung City Council, actually used his position as a council member with his father, former Keelung City Councilor Zhang Jinhuang, and mother Chen Qiongru to fraudulently receive public assistant subsidies by pretending to be Wu Mingting and others. The total payment amount is 1.192089 yuan. In addition, Zhang Bingjun registered for the Democratic Progressive Party’s primary election for Keelung City’s 11th Legislative Council on March 24 and did not declare a special political donation account to the Supervisory Yuan. Zhang Jinhuang transferred 1 million yuan in political donations received from You Zhenfa’s office to sponsor the election of legislators. .
The court stated that Zhang Jinhuang and Chen Qiongru knew clearly that Wu Mingting usually ran a mobile stall of stinky tofu and fried onion cakes, and that Chen Zhongsheng suffered a severe brain injury in a car accident when he was young. It was impossible for the two of them to actually serve as publicly funded assistants to members of the council. During his tenure as a member of the House of Representatives, he used Wu Mingting and Chen Zhongsheng as the heads to fraudulently obtain public assistant subsidies totaling 9,625,895 yuan.
The court stated that none of the five defendants had any criminal record, and during the investigation and trial, they confessed to the crime and showed remorse, and returned all criminal proceeds. They had a good attitude after committing the crime and were remorseful. In addition, considering the motives for the crime, It is simply because the members’ expenses for constituent service activities and public welfare expenditures are too large and they need substantial subsidies, and they need campaign funds to stand for election as legislators.
After the court hearing, Zhang Bingjun was sentenced to 1 year and 11 months in prison for jointly committing the crime of taking advantage of his position to defraud property in accordance with the Corruption Crime Regulations, and was deprived of public power for 4 years. He was also found guilty of accepting political donations by establishing a special account without permission in accordance with the Political Donations Law. Sentence to fixed-term imprisonment of four months, optionally fined. During the 5-year probation period, he will be subject to protective supervision, and he will be required to pay 800,000 yuan to the public treasury and provide 120 hours of voluntary labor. He will be deprived of public rights for 4 years.
Zhang Jinhuang, for his part, was sentenced to 2 years in prison, suspended for 5 years, and required to pay 1 million yuan to the public treasury, and deprived of public rights for 4 years, as a co-culprit of the crime of taking advantage of his position to defraud property.
Chen Qiongru was co-complicit in the crime of taking advantage of his position to defraud property, and was sentenced to 1 year and 11 months in prison, suspended for 5 years. During the probation period, he was placed under protective control, and was required to pay 600,000 yuan to the public treasury and provide 40 hours of voluntary labor. He was deprived of public funds. 4 years.
Chen Zhongsheng and Wu Mingtingyi helped civil servants commit the crime of taking advantage of their positions to defraud property. They were each sentenced to 1 year and 10 months in prison, suspended for 4 years, and placed under protective control during the probation period. The entire case is subject to appeal.
2023-12-29 02:59:59
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