China charges former top corruption inspector with taking US$71 million in bribes
- Dong Hong, a former aide of Vice-President Wang Qishan, was a senior figure in the Communist Party’s top anti-corruption watchdog
- He should be held criminally responsible for accepting bribes totalling 460 million yuan over two decades of his political career, prosecutors say
Chinese financial industry’s corruption cases
| Name | Position | Bribes taken (yuan) | Sentence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lai Xiaomin | Former chairman, Huarong Asset Management | 1.8 billion | Death penalty |
| Hu Huaibang | Former chairman, CDB | 85.5 million | Life in prison |
| Yao Gang | Vice-chairman, China Securities Regulatory Commission | 69.6 million | 18 years |
| Yao Zhongmin | Former supervisory board chairman, CDB | 36.2 million | 14 years |
| Xiang Junbo | Former chairman, China Insurance Regulatory Commission | 18.6 million | 11 years |
The prosecutors said that Dong, 67, should be held criminally responsible for accepting bribes totalling 460 million yuan, either directly or through third parties, in almost every position he held in the last two decades of his political career, CCTV reported.
According to the prosecutors, Dong’s corruption started as early as 1999, when he was secretary to Wang and joined the liquidation team after Wang was sent to deal with the aftermath of the bankruptcy of state firm Guangdong International Trust and Investment Company.
He continued to accept bribes in leading positions on the Hainan provincial party committee, in Beijing’s municipal government, at the party’s Central Literature Research Office, and on the CCDI’s central inspection team, prosecutors said.
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Dong appeared pale and thin in a photograph at the trial released by state news agency Xinhua. The court said Dong “confessed to his crimes and expressed repentance”.
