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eight months after being investigated, li yun, former president of suzhou branch of china construction bank, was publicly tried a few days ago. he was accused of suspected bribery and embezzlement involving nearly 10 million yuan.

former president of ccb suzhou branch stands trial

the ningguo municipal people's court website shows that the ningguo municipal people's court of anhui province recently held an open trial of the case in which li, former party secretary and president of the suzhou branch of china construction bank, was suspected of committing bribery and embezzlement.

image source: ningguo people's court official website

the public prosecution agency alleged that between 2008 and 2016, the defendant li used his position as deputy president and president of the suzhou branch of china construction bank to seek benefits for others in terms of credit loans, business contracting, and promotion, and illegally accepted property worth a total of rmb 8.02947 million from 25 people, including relevant business leaders and subordinate employees in the jurisdiction.

from january 2010 to december 2014, the defendant li embezzled a total of rmb 1,565,360 in public funds by having employees of various departments of the suzhou branch of china construction bank and its subordinate branches reimburse his personal expenses at the suzhou branch of china construction bank.

his behavior has violated the law and he should be held criminally responsible for the crimes of bribery and embezzlement.

during the trial, the procuratorate presented relevant evidence, the defendant li and his defense counsel conducted cross-examination, the collegial panel conducted a full investigation into the criminal facts alleged by the public prosecution agency and listened to the defendant's final statement. the trial procedures were standardized and the trial order was good. the case will be sentenced at a later date.

just in early january this year, the anhui discipline inspection and supervision network reported that li yun, former party secretary and president of china construction bank suzhou branch, was suspected of serious violations of discipline and laws. he is currently undergoing disciplinary review by the discipline inspection commission of china construction bank anhui branch and supervisory investigation by the xuancheng municipal supervision commission. it has been more than 8 months since then.

several officials of state-owned banks were investigated

tianyancha information shows that the person in charge of china construction bank suzhou branch changed from ding yubing to li yun in february 2010, and from li yun to chen bangyun in january 2015, which means that li yun officially served as the president of suzhou branch for about 5 years. since then, li yun has no record of serving in any branch of ccb.

as the anti-corruption campaign in the financial sector continues to deepen, many officials from large state-owned banks have been investigated in recent years. according to statistics, in 2023 alone, a key year for anti-corruption campaign in the financial sector, nearly 50 people from the six major state-owned banks were investigated or "double-opened".

since the beginning of this year, many people from the ccb head office and branches have been investigated, including tong wentao, former deputy general manager of the asset management business center of ccb, fan ti, senior deputy manager of guangdong branch, peng jiabin, former deputy president of jiangxi branch, zhang shiqiang, former deputy president of guangxi branch, li huafeng, former deputy president of shenzhen branch, and shao maofeng, deputy president of gansu branch.

in addition, many people were expelled from the party and removed from their posts, and their retirement benefits were canceled, including li hui, former risk director of the ningxia branch, li xiaohong, former senior deputy manager of the zhejiang branch, and lao xinjiang, former deputy president of the zhejiang branch.

it is worth noting that ccb's anti-corruption efforts are still going deep into the grassroots. in july 2024, li wentao, customer service manager of chaoyang branch of ccb bengbu branch, anhui province, and hu renting, customer manager of yangpu branch of ccb shanghai branch, were suspected of serious violations of discipline and law and were investigated one after another. in june, li zhongzhi, customer manager of zhongshanmen branch of ccb tianjin, and wu wei, customer manager of ninghe branch of ccb tianjin, were banned from working in the banking industry for life.