Jiang Zunyu Explained

Office1:Secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Political and Legal Commission
Term Start1:April 2013
Term End1:October 2014
Predecessor1:Wang Huiming
Successor1:Li Huanan
Office2:Communist Party Secretary of Longgang District
Term Start2:October 2009
Term End2:April 2014
Predecessor2:Yu Weiliang
Successor2:Yang Hong
Jiang Zunyu
Native Name:蒋尊玉
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Feng County, Jiangsu, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party (expelled)
Spouse:Li Yan
Children:1
Alma Mater:PLA Xi'an Political School

Jiang Zunyu (born June 1957) is a former Chinese politician,[1] best known for his term as one of the top officials of the Special Economic Zone of Shenzhen. He held the title of Secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Political and Legal Commission before his dismissal in 2014 on suspicion of corruption.[2] [3]

Biography

Jiang was born and raised in Feng County, Jiangsu. He graduated from the Xi'an Political School of the People's Liberation Army. He then worked in a series of military construction projects. He got involved in politics in February 1976 and joined the Chinese Communist Party in July 1978. Jiang came to Shenzhen in the 1980s, when the city was becoming a boomtown from the creation of the Special Economic Zone in the area. Between 1989 and 1992 Jiang worked for the office overseeing the construction of the Shenzhen airport. In 1992 he joined the municipal land management bureau.

In August 2001, he entered the municipal government, becoming the deputy secretary-general, a position he held until July 2005. He became the Party Secretary of Longgang District in October 2009. He served there until April 2013, when he was appointed as the Secretary of the Shenzhen Municipal Politics and Law Commission, and joined the municipal Party Standing Committee, making him a full department-level official.

On October 13, 2014, state media reported that he was being investigated by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party for "serious violations of laws and regulations". The preliminary investigation into Jiang revealed that his family had acquired some 42 properties and owned financial assets in the form of cash and securities totalling over 200 million yuan (>$32 million).[4]

Jiang Zunyu was expelled from the Communist Party on April 7, 2015, after an investigation by the CCDI. The investigation concluded that Jiang had abused his power to seek benefits for others in construction projects, received cash gifts, participated in gambling, and took large amounts of bribes personally and through his family.[5]

Jiang's trial opened in May 2016. He was charged with taking bribes worth some 32 million yuan and 46 million Hong Kong dollars. He disputed the charges against him and said that he fabricated incriminating evidence in order to satisfy the interrogation of the disciplinary authorities; Jiang said, "to come up with all this pretext, it took me a whole week of work!"[6] At court, Jiang only admitted to receiving an equivalent of 4 million yuan in bribes in the form of cash, a sports car, and some gold bars.[6] On August 28, 2017, Jiang was sentenced to life in prison upon being convicted on charges of bribery; he appealed the sentence.[7] The Higher People's Court of Guangdong rejected his appeal on June 21, 2019.[8]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: http://city.ifeng.com/a/20141024/414356_0.shtml . zh:深圳政法委书记蒋尊玉正在接受组织调查 . 2014-10-24 . Ifeng . zh . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141024174837/http://city.ifeng.com/a/20141024/414356_0.shtml . 2014-10-24 .
  2. Web site: http://news.163.com/14/1024/21/A9BONOI3000146BE.html . zh:深圳市委常委政法委书记蒋尊玉接受组织调查 . 2014-10-24 . 163.COM . zh . 2014-10-24 . https://web.archive.org/web/20141024173403/http://news.163.com/14/1024/21/A9BONOI3000146BE.html . 2014-10-24 . dead .
  3. Web site: http://news.china.com/domestic/945/20141024/18894644.html . zh:深圳政法委书记蒋尊玉落马 或涉大运会工程腐败. 2014-10-24 . China.org . zh .
  4. News: zh:深圳市委原常委蒋尊玉买42套房 另有资产2亿. http://wei.sohu.com/20150210/n408880384.shtml. Sohu. February 10, 2015. zh.
  5. Web site: http://news.sina.com.cn/o/2015-04-08/075931692135.shtml. Sina. April 8, 2015. zh:蒋尊玉被双开 曾与他人通奸. zh.
  6. News: zh:深圳政法委原书记一审获无期. http://china.caixin.com/2017-08-28/101136601.html. Caixin. August 28, 2017.
  7. Web site: http://news.ifeng.com/a/20170829/51795312_0.shtml. 咩事 . 2017-08-29. zh:曾被中纪委机关报痛斥的广东高官一审宣判:无期徒刑!.
  8. Web site: 深圳市政法委原书记蒋尊玉受贿案二审维持原判 . 南方网 . 2019-06-21.