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the fallen department official was prosecuted! he was criticized for failing to prevent water pollution

2024-09-20

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on september 20, a reporter from justice.cn learned from the supreme people's procuratorate thatrecently, the case of sun zhongquan (deputy department level), former vice chairman of the yuncheng cppcc of shanxi province and former secretary of the yanhu district committee, suspected of bribery, was designated for jurisdiction by the shanxi provincial people's procuratorate, and the changzhi municipal people's procuratorate filed a public prosecution with the changzhi municipal intermediate people's court in accordance with the law.the case is under further processing.

during the review and prosecution stage, the procuratorate informed the defendant sun zhongquan 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 counsel.the changzhi municipal people's procuratorate filed the following charges:the defendant sun zhongquan used his positions as secretary of the yongji municipal commission for discipline inspection, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee, mayor, secretary of the municipal party committee, deputy chairman of the yuncheng cppcc, and secretary of the yanhu district party committee to seek benefits for others and illegally accepted property from others in an extremely large amount. he should be held criminally responsible for bribery in accordance with the law.

sun zhongquan profile picture

working in yuncheng for a long time

four days before his fall, he was still talking about integrity at a meeting

public information shows that sun zhongquan, han nationality, was born in june 1967 in hejin city, shanxi province. he has a bachelor's degree, started working in august 1988, and joined the communist party of china in june 1992.

sun zhongquan has served in yuncheng for a long time and has served as a member of the standing committee of wenxi county and deputy county magistrate of wenxi county. from 2011 to 2020, he served as a member of the standing committee of yongji municipal party committee, secretary of the discipline inspection commission, deputy secretary of yongji municipal party committee, mayor, and secretary of the municipal party committee.

in february 2022, sun zhongquan was elected as vice chairman of the yuncheng cppcc and stepped down as secretary of the yongji municipal party committee in march. he later served as vice chairman of the yuncheng cppcc and secretary of the yanhu district party committee.

according to the website of the central commission for discipline inspection and the national supervisory commission on january 16, 2024, sun zhongquan is suspected of serious violations of discipline and laws, and is currently undergoing disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the shanxi provincial commission for discipline inspection and supervision.

justice.com reporters noticed that four days before he was investigated, on january 12, sun zhongquan stated at the democratic life meeting of the standing committee of the salt lake district party committee that one must be strict in self-cultivation, strict in the use of power, and strict in self-discipline.

acting recklessly in water pollution prevention and control work

profiting from relatives’ business activities in violation of regulations

according to the website of the central commission for discipline inspection and the national supervisory commission on july 10, 2024, sun zhongquan, former vice chairman of the yuncheng municipal committee of the chinese people's political consultative conference of shanxi province and former secretary of the salt lake district committee, was expelled from the party and removed from public office.

the notice stated that sun zhongquan had lost his ideals and beliefs, betrayed his original aspirations and mission, disregarded the spirit of the central committee's eight regulations, and was irresponsible, inactive, and acted recklessly in the work of water pollution prevention and control and ecological environment protection in yongji city. he engaged in formalism and bureaucracy, accepted gifts and cash, and borrowed houses and vehicles from the objects of management and service for a long time; he violated organizational principles, did not truthfully explain the problems when the organization inquired, did not report personal matters in accordance with regulations, illegally sought benefits for others in job adjustments and accepted property; he lost his integrity and illegally profited from the business activities of his relatives; he used his position to seek benefits for others in engineering contracting and other aspects, and illegally accepted huge amounts of property.

sun zhongquan seriously violated the party's organizational discipline and discipline on integrity, constituted a serious duty violation and was suspected of bribery, and did not stop after the 18th cpc national congress. the nature of his behavior is serious and the impact is bad, so he should be dealt with seriously. in accordance with the relevant provisions of the "regulations on disciplinary actions of the communist party of china", "supervision law of the people's republic of china", "administrative punishment law of the people's republic of china for public officials", etc., after the standing committee of the shanxi provincial commission for discipline inspection studied and reported to the shanxi provincial party committee for approval, it was decided to expel sun zhongquan from the party and the provincial supervision commission shall expel him from public office; terminate his qualifications as a representative of the 12th party congress of shanxi province; confiscate his illegal gains; and transfer his suspected criminal issues to the procuratorate for examination and prosecution in accordance with the law, and transfer the relevant property together.