Top official gets life as lover squeals A former top economic planning official was convicted of bribery and sentenced to life in prison, after a former lover went public with a litany of accusations against him. The guilty verdict against Liu Tienan, once deputy director of the National Development and Reform Commission, Chinas top economic planning agency, is the latest step of the Communist Partys anti-corruption campaign. Liu Tienan is sentenced to life in prison for bribery, the Langfang Intermediate Peoples Court said yesterday. He was convicted of taking 35.58 million yuan (HK$44.66 million) in bribes. It added that the case was based on clear facts and concrete and sufficient evidence. The court holds that the defendant Liu Tienan as a government employee took advantage of his post to seek gains for others, illegally took cash or gifts from others by himself or via his son Liu Decheng. His activities amounted to committing the crime of bribery. Liu took bribes from various business people in exchange for project approvals and other favors, the court said. They included cash and gifts for his son, among them a villa in Beijing and a Porsche. Liu fell after his mistress gave incriminating information to a prominent journalist who then posted online her accusations of shady business deals, fake academic credentials and death threats. Liu had ties to powerful former security czar Zhou Yongkang and former China National Petroleum Corporation head Jiang Jiemin, both now under investigation for corruption. Zhou who was expelled from the Communist Party and arrested last week also led CNPC and rose through the oil sector to the elite Politburo Standing Committee. He is the most senior party official to be investigated since the infamous Gang of Four a faction that included the widow of Mao Zedong were put on trial in 1980.
Posted on: Thu, 11 Dec 2014 06:29:31 +0000
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