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embezzled over 100 million yuan! gu yanhua, former director of the qinghai provincial grain bureau, was sentenced to life imprisonment in the first instance

2024-09-26

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on september 25, the xining intermediate people's court made a first-instance judgment in accordance with the law on the case of embezzlement, bribery and misappropriation of public funds by gu yanhua, former secretary of the party committee and director of the qinghai provincial grain bureau, which was prosecuted by the xining people's procuratorate. the defendant gu yanhua was found guilty of the crimes of embezzlement, bribery and misappropriation of public funds, and was sentenced to life imprisonment, deprivation of political rights for life, and confiscation of all personal property; the property obtained by gu yanhua from misappropriating public funds shall be returned to the victim unit in accordance with the law; the proceeds from his embezzlement and bribery shall be recovered in accordance with the law and turned over to the state treasury; and his illegal gains will continue to be recovered and turned over to the state treasury.

after trial, the court found that from 2017 to 2021, the defendant gu yanhua used the convenience of his position as party secretary and director of the qinghai provincial grain bureau to colluded with others to embezzle 134.47 million yuan of public funds; from 2008 to 2021, gu yanhua used the convenience of his position as party secretary and director of the qinghai provincial grain bureau, as well as the convenient conditions formed by his own power and status, to provide assistance to relevant units and individuals in the contracting of engineering projects, obtaining provincial reserve oil storage indicators, and building reserve depots, and illegally accepted property from others totaling 5.89 million yuan; from june 2012 to april 2018, gu yanhua used the convenience of his position as party secretary and director of the qinghai provincial grain bureau to seek personal interests and colluded with others to embezzle 22 million yuan of public funds.

the xining intermediate people's court held that the defendant gu yanhua, as a state employee, took advantage of his position to embezzle public funds in collusion with others, the amount of which was extremely huge, and his behavior constituted the crime of embezzlement; he took advantage of the convenience formed by his power or position to seek improper benefits for the person who asked for help, and received property from units and individuals on multiple occasions, the amount of which was extremely huge, and his behavior constituted the crime of bribery; he took advantage of the convenience formed by his power or position to seek personal benefits and embezzled public funds in collusion with others, the amount of which was extremely huge, and his behavior constituted the crime of embezzlement of public funds, and he should be punished for multiple crimes. based on the facts, nature, circumstances, remorse and degree of harm to society of gu yanhua's crime, the court made the above judgment in accordance with the law.