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According to a report from the Supreme People's Procuratorate on the 5th, the case of Liu Handong, former member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, suspected of taking bribes, abusing his power, and illegally reselling land use rights, was investigated by the National Supervisory Commission and concluded by the Yangzhou Public Security Bureau of Jiangsu Province. The case was designated by the Supreme People's Procuratorate to be reviewed and prosecuted by the People's Procuratorate of Xiangyang City, Hubei Province. Recently, the People's Procuratorate of Xiangyang City has filed a public prosecution with the Xiangyang Intermediate People's Court.

The picture shows Liu Handong, who was once the Party Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance.

The prosecution charges:

The defendant Liu Handong used his positions as secretary and county magistrate of Jiangpu County, Jiangsu Province, member of the Standing Committee of Nanjing Municipal Committee, secretary of Nanjing Pukou District Committee, secretary and director of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance and secretary of the Provincial Local Taxation Bureau, member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee to seek benefits for others and illegally accepted property from others in extremely large amounts;

While serving as secretary and county magistrate of Jiangpu County, Jiangsu Province, member of the Standing Committee of Nanjing Municipal Committee, secretary of Nanjing Pukou District Committee, secretary and director of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance and concurrently secretary of the Party Committee of Jiangsu Provincial Local Taxation Bureau, he abused his power in matters such as the transfer of land use rights and exemption of land value-added tax, causing major losses to public property, the interests of the state and the people, and the circumstances were particularly serious;

For the purpose of profit, in violation of land management regulations, illegally reselling land use rights with others, where the circumstances are particularly serious,According to the law, he should be held criminally responsible for the crimes of accepting bribes, abusing his power, and illegally reselling land use rights. Liu Handong committed multiple crimes and should be punished for all of them.

Changan Street Governor (WeChat ID: Capitalnews) noted that when the procuratorate decided to arrest Liu Handong in March this year, he was suspected of taking bribes and abusing his power. This time he was prosecuted for an additional crime of illegally reselling land use rights, which is rare among officials who have been dismissed. The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission once reported that Liu Handong engaged in new types of corruption and hidden corruption, using his position to profit for others in land transfer and business operations, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.

Liu Handong was prosecuted for multiple crimes

Among the officials who have been dismissed before, those involved in similar crimes include: In 2023, Song Shoujun, the former first-level inspector of the Shandong Provincial Department of Natural Resources, was convicted of bribery,Crime of illegally transferring state-owned land use rights at a low price, was sentenced to 12 years in prison and fined RMB 800,000. In 2018, Wen Jianhua, former deputy inspector of the Land and Resources Department of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, was suspected of corruption, bribery, and bribery.Crime of illegal transfer of land use rights, was prosecuted.

Public information shows that Liu Handong was born in August 1959 in Shucheng, Anhui Province. He worked in Nanjing in his early years. In 2008, he served as deputy secretary of the Zhenjiang Municipal Party Committee and acting mayor. In 2009, he served as mayor of Zhenjiang. In 2012, he served as director and party secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance, and concurrently as party secretary of the Provincial Local Taxation Bureau.

From January 2018 to January 2023, Liu Handong served as vice chairman and member of the Party Leadership Group of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress.

In April 2023, Liu Handong was officially announced to be under investigation and was expelled from the party in February this year.

Upon investigation, it was found that Liu Handong had lost his ideals and beliefs, betrayed his original aspirations and mission, and resisted organizational investigation;

Violating the spirit of the Central Committee's eight regulations, accepting gifts, cash gifts, and consumption cards in violation of regulations, and accepting banquets that may affect the impartial performance of official duties;

Violating organizational principles, failing to report personal matters as required, and using power to illegally assist others in their promotion or adjustment of positions;

They use their power as a tool to seek personal gain, use their power to seek benefits for their relatives, and condone and acquiesce in their relatives using their power to seek personal gain;

Distorted view of political achievements, abuse of power and arbitrariness, and improper performance of duties at work;

He wanted to be an official and to make money, and he colluded with unscrupulous businessmen to engage in new forms of corruption and hidden corruption. He used his position to help others make profits in land transfer and business operations, and illegally accepted huge amounts of money and property.

Abuse of power causes particularly serious damage to national interests.

Source: Changan Street Governor

Previous reports

Jiangsu "tiger" Liu Handong was investigated, and many of his former subordinates were successively dismissed

In the weekend crackdown on "tigers", Liu Handong, former member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, was investigated.

On April 16, the website of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission announced that Liu Handong, former member of the Party Leadership Group and deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, is suspected of serious violations of discipline and laws and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the National Supervisory Commission.

Liu Handong was born in August 1959 in Shucheng, Anhui Province. He worked in Jiangsu Province for a long time, especially in Nanjing for many years. He then served as mayor of Zhenjiang and director of the Provincial Finance Department.

Liu Handong has served as vice chairman and party group member of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress since 2018. After the election of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress in January this year, he no longer holds this position. Nearly three months after leaving office, Liu Handong was investigated.

Resigned from the provincial people's congress nearly three months ago

On January 19 this year, the fourth plenary session of the first session of the 14th People's Congress of Jiangsu Province was held to elect the chairman, vice-chairman, secretary-general and members of the Standing Committee of the 14th People's Congress of Jiangsu Province.

After the change of leadership, Liu Handong resigned as the vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, and there has been little news about him in the media since then. Before the change of leadership, he attended the relevant meetings of the Jiangsu Provincial Two Sessions as usual, and before that he also attended various activities normally.

For example, on January 5, the Finance and Economics Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress held a preliminary review meeting of the draft plan. Liu Handong attended the meeting and delivered a speech as the vice chairman of the Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee.

According to information, Liu Handong is from Anhui Province, but his career experience is all in Jiangsu Province. He has a rich personal resume. In his early years, he worked as a fitter at the General Machinery Factory in Jiangpu County, Nanjing City, Jiangsu Province. After the resumption of the college entrance examination, he was admitted to the Nanjing Teacher Training College of Nanjing Normal University.

After graduation, he became a teacher at a middle school in Jiangpu County. In 1984, Liu Handong's fate took a turn for the better, and he was transferred to work in the Jiangpu County Party Committee Office. This was the start of his career, and he was promoted from deputy township head to township head, and then to Jiangpu County Party Committee Secretary.

The picture shows Liu Handong, who used to be a middle school teacher.

In November 2001, Liu Handong was promoted from Secretary of the Jiangpu County Party Committee to Member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, while continuing to serve concurrently as Secretary of the Jiangpu County Party Committee and County Magistrate.

In April 2002, the government abolished Pukou District and Jiangpu County and merged them into the new Pukou District. In the following month of the same year, Liu Handong was appointed as member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, Secretary of the Pukou District Party Committee, and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of Nanjing High-tech Industrial Development Zone.

Afterwards, he served successively as member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission, and Secretary of the Jiangning District Party Committee; member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Jiangning District Party Committee; Deputy Secretary and Mayor of Zhenjiang Municipal Party Committee; Director and Party Secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance and concurrently Secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the Provincial Local Taxation Bureau.

In 2018, Liu Handong transferred to the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress and served as vice chairman of the Provincial People's Congress Standing Committee. He stepped down in January this year, and was officially announced to be under investigation nearly three months after his resignation.

Many former subordinates were investigated one after another

Nanjing is the place where Liu Handong has worked the longest. Except for serving as acting mayor and mayor of Zhenjiang, he has worked in Nanjing for more than 40 years, whether in districts and counties of Nanjing or in the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance and the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress.

It is worth noting that recently, many of Liu Handong's former subordinates have been investigated one after another. In November and December last year, Yan Minglin, deputy district-level cadre of Jiangning District, Nanjing, and director of the Shangfang District Old City Reconstruction Management Committee, Cheng Yuxiang, a former bureau-level cadre of Nanjing, and Wang Lei, a first-level inspector of the Nanjing Transportation Bureau, were investigated one after another.

Yan Minglin, Cheng Yuxiang and Wang Lei are all from Nanjing. Yan Minglin has worked in Nanjing Jiangning District for a long time. When Liu Handong was a member of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Jiangning District Party Committee, Yan Minglin was promoted from Assistant to the Mayor of Jiangning District to Deputy Mayor of Jiangning District.

Cheng Yuxiang worked in Jiangning District, Jianye District and Pukou District for a long time. In December 2014, he was appointed as deputy secretary of the Party Working Committee (in preparation) and deputy director of the Management Committee (in preparation) of Nanjing Jiangbei New Area. However, he was dismissed from the position in March of the following year and retired in July 2016.

When Liu Handong was in charge of Jiangning District, Cheng Yuxiang served as deputy secretary of the Jiangning District Committee and secretary of the Party Working Committee and director of the Management Committee of Jiangning Binjiang Economic Development Zone. When Cheng Yuxiang was investigated, he had been retired for more than six years.

Wang Lei has worked in Jiangning District and Pukou District for a long time. He has also served as the mayor of Pukou District, director of the Management Committee of Nanjing High-tech Industrial Development Zone, and secretary of the Party Committee and director of Nanjing Municipal Transportation Bureau. In July 2021, he was appointed as the first-level inspector of Nanjing Municipal Transportation Bureau.

When Liu Handong was the secretary of Jiangning District Committee, Wang Lei was a member of the Standing Committee of Jiangning District Committee of Nanjing. In addition, Liu Handong served as the acting mayor and mayor of Zhenjiang for nearly four years, and then served as the director of Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance for six years.

During his work in Zhenjiang, the media mentioned that Liu Handong was the first person responsible for the construction of the party's work style and clean government in the Zhenjiang Municipal Government system. He personally inquired about and deployed the city's financial management system reform and the economic responsibility audit of leading cadres.

Liu Handong is the first provincial and ministerial-level official in Jiangsu to be investigated since the 20th National Congress

According to media reports, when he was in charge of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance, he particularly emphasized financial discipline, saying that it is necessary to rely on financial discipline as a powerful weapon to guide financial work, standardize financial operations, and maintain financial order.

At that time, the media asked, "What major impact will this have given the current frequent violations of financial discipline?" Liu Handong replied, "Some comrades mistakenly believe that as long as they don't put the money into their own pockets, they can use the fiscal funds at will. Some of these problems have consumed and wasted fiscal and economic resources, and some have even put individuals behind bars, causing immeasurable losses to the Party and the people."

The financial department holds the right to recommend the allocation of financial funds and the right to manage and supervise. Regarding the anti-corruption work in the financial system, Liu Handong once asked the financial departments at all levels in Jiangsu to emphasize system construction, so as to achieve the goal of using systems to manage power, manage affairs, and manage people.

While serving as the director of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Finance, Liu Handong also served as the party secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Local Taxation Bureau. The third inspection team of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee conducted a special inspection of the Provincial Local Taxation Bureau from August to September 2016.

From the subsequent rectification notice, it can be seen that the inspection team’s feedback mentioned that some leading cadres had a weak sense of the overall situation, had a parochial mentality, the team cohesion was not strong, violations of regulations and discipline occurred frequently within the system, and that in the selection of cadres there were sometimes problems such as insufficient communication, inconsistent selection standards, preferential promotion, and "leaking of information."

It is understood that Liu Handong is the first provincial and ministerial-level official in Jiangsu to be investigated since the 20th National Congress. The last provincial and ministerial-level official in Jiangsu to be investigated was Zhang Jinghua, former deputy secretary of the Jiangsu Provincial Party Committee. Zhang Jinghua was investigated before the 20th National Congress and had served as secretary of the Zhenjiang Municipal Party Committee and Nanjing Municipal Party Committee.

Zhang Jinghua was investigated in December 2021. In the same month, the Party Leadership Group of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress held an enlarged meeting to convey the central government's decision to conduct a disciplinary review and supervisory investigation on Zhang Jinghua. Liu Handong, then deputy director of the Standing Committee of the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress, attended the meeting.

The official report mentioned that Zhang Jinghua used the convenience of his positions as Secretary of the Zhenjiang Municipal Party Committee, Member of the Standing Committee of the Provincial Party Committee, Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Party Committee and Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the Nanjing Jiangbei New Area, and Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in engineering contracting, project development, debt collection, and promotion, and illegally accepted property from others in an extremely large amount.