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pi guihuai, former mayor of tongren, was expelled from the party and removed from office: he was dismissed after luring the tiger away from the mountain, and was accused of deliberately resisting investigation

2024-09-01

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on september 1, pi guihuai, former member of the party leadership group and deputy director of the guizhou provincial investment promotion bureau, was expelled from the party and removed from office.

the notice pointed out that upon investigation, it was found that pi guihuai had lost his ideals and beliefs, betrayed his original aspirations and mission, engaged in political speculation, attempted to interfere with the work of the central ecological and environmental protection inspections, and deliberately resisted organizational review; he ignored the spirit of the central government's eight regulations, accepted gifts in violation of regulations, and used public funds to purchase maotai liquor for personal use in violation of regulations; he violated organizational principles, failed to report personal matters in accordance with regulations, and sought benefits for others in the selection and appointment of cadres and the recruitment of employees; he lost his integrity, obtained large returns through private lending, illegally owned shares in non-listed companies, used his power to subscribe for bonds and absorb deposits for relatives to seek benefits, and engaged in power-for-sex and money-for-sex transactions; he violated life discipline; he lost the bottom line of discipline and law, alienated public power into a tool for personal gain, engaged in power-for-money transactions, used his position to seek benefits for others in project contracting and promotion, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.

pi guihuai, male, han nationality, was born in march 1972 in yiyang, hunan province. he started working in july 1993 and joined the communist party of china in april 1995. he has a postgraduate degree.

pi guihuai has worked in tongren, guizhou for a long time. he served as a member of the standing committee of the tongren municipal party committee and secretary of the shiqian county party committee for several years. he became mayor of tongren in 2021.

subsequently, according to the appointment notice published on the wechat public account "guizhou provincial people's government website" on january 28, 2023, pi guihuai was appointed as the deputy director of the guizhou provincial investment promotion bureau.

shortly after his transfer to this provincial government's full-time department-level public institution, the official website of the guizhou provincial commission for discipline inspection and supervision announced on the evening of march 17 that pi guihuai, member of the party leadership group and deputy director of the guizhou provincial investment promotion bureau (retains the rank of full-time department-level director), was suspected of serious violations of discipline and laws and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the guizhou provincial commission for discipline inspection and supervision.

the people's daily client reported earlier that the strategy of luring the tiger away from the mountain is a sophisticated tactical calculation. some "tigers" are in the core positions of the power operation of the party, government and military, and have unique advantages in obtaining information. whether they use their power to inquire about information or conceal and destroy evidence, it will interfere with the handling of the case and increase the difficulty of the work.

the paper noted that in march this year, news from the supreme people's procuratorate stated that recently, the case of pi guihuai (a director-level official), former deputy director of the guizhou provincial investment promotion bureau, suspected of bribery and money laundering, was designated for jurisdiction by the guizhou provincial people's procuratorate, and the bijie municipal people's procuratorate filed a public prosecution with the bijie municipal intermediate people's court in accordance with the law.

during the prosecution review stage, the procuratorate informed the defendant pi guihuai of his litigation rights in accordance with the law, interrogated the defendant in accordance with the law, and listened to the opinions of the defense lawyer. the bijie municipal people's procuratorate filed an indictment alleging that the defendant pi guihuai used his positions as deputy director and director of the third cadre division of the organization department of the guizhou provincial party committee, deputy director and director of the fifth cadre division, member of the standing committee of the tongren municipal party committee and minister of the organization department, secretary of the shiqian county party committee, executive deputy mayor of tongren city, deputy secretary of the tongren municipal party committee and mayor to seek benefits for others and illegally accept money and property from others in extremely large amounts; he concealed and concealed the source and nature of some of the money and property received as bribes, and he should be held criminally responsible for the crime of accepting bribes and money laundering in accordance with the law.

the latest report of the guizhou provincial commission for discipline inspection and supervision on september 1 pointed out that pi guihuai seriously violated the party's political discipline, organizational discipline, discipline on integrity and discipline in life, constituted serious violations of duty and suspected of bribery, and did not stop after the 18th national congress of the communist party of china. the nature is serious and the impact is bad, and he should be dealt with seriously. in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "regulations on disciplinary punishment of the communist party of china", "supervision law of the people's republic of china", "administrative punishment law of public officials of the people's republic of china", etc., after discussion at the standing committee of the guizhou provincial commission for discipline inspection and the standing committee of the guizhou provincial party committee, and reported to the standing committee of the central commission for discipline inspection for research and approval by the central committee of the communist party of china, it was decided to expel pi guihuai from the party; the guizhou provincial supervision commission will expel him from public office; terminate his qualifications as a representative of the 13th party congress of guizhou province; confiscate his illegal gains; and transfer his suspected criminal issues to the procuratorate for review and prosecution, and the property involved will be transferred together. the expulsion from the party has been ratified by the fifth plenary session of the 13th guizhou provincial party committee.