Meng Yongshan Explained

Office1:Chief Prosecutor of Qinghai People's Procuratorate
Term Start1:November 2018
Term End1:June 2021
1Blankname1:Deputy
1Namedata1:
Tai Ben
Zhang Jie
Meng Yongshan
Native Name:蒙永山
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Guigang, Guangxi, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party (1992–2021; expelled)
Alma Mater:Southwest University of Political Science & Law
Sichuan University

Meng Yongshan (; born November 1964) is a former Chinese procurator. As of June 2021 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency. Previously he served as chief prosecutor and party branch secretary of Qinghai People's Procuratorate.

Biography

Meng was born in Guigang, Guangxi, in November 1964. In 1981, he enrolled at the Southwest University of Political Science & Law where he received his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1985. In 1999 he graduated from the Criminal Law Postgraduate Course of Sichuan University. He once served as chief prosecutor of Qinzhou People's Procuratorate. He was promoted to deputy prosecutor of Guangxi People's Procuratorate in September 2006. In March 2014 he was promoted again to become deputy chief procurator. He was appointed to be party branch secretary of Qinghai People's Procuratorate in October 2018, concurrently holding the chief prosecutor position since the next month.[1]

Downfall

On June 2, 2021, he turned himself in and is cooperating with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and National Supervisory Commission for investigation of "suspected violations of disciplines and laws".[2]

His deputy,, was sacked for graft in July 2020 and expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and dismissed from public office in November of that same year.[3]

On August 16, 2021, he was expelled from the Communist Party and removed from public office.[4] On October 9, he was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes.[5]

On July 12, 2022, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined two million yuan by the Chifeng Intermediate People's Court.[6]

References

Notes and References

  1. News: Zhuang Yu (Chinese: 庄彧). http://district.ce.cn/newarea/sddy/201901/31/t20190131_31407968.shtml . zh:蒙永山当选青海省检察院检察长 . ce.cn . 31 January 2019 . 3 June 2021 . zh.
  2. News: Chief procurator of Qinghai province under investigation . 3 June 2021 . chinadaily.com.cn . 2 June 2021.
  3. News: Zhou Zijing (Chinese: 周子静). https://www.thepaper.cn/newsDetail_forward_10182140 . zh:青海省人民检察院原副检察长贾小刚被“双开” . thepaper . 28 November 2020 . 3 June 2021 . zh.
  4. News: Aybek, Askhar . Chief procurator of Qinghai expelled from Party . 14 October 2021 . China Daily . 17 August 2021.
  5. News: Former chief procurator of Qinghai indicted for bribery . 14 October 2021 . China Daily . 9 October 2021.
  6. News: Zhang Linhu (Chinese: 张林虎). https://www.chinanews.com.cn/gn/2022/07-12/9801866.shtml . zh:主动投案 青海省人民检察院原检察长蒙永山获刑11年 . chinanews.com.cn . 12 July 2022 . 14 July 2022 . zh.