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Bank official gets death for bribery
(Shanghai Daily)
Updated: 2006-04-29 08:50
A former official from Beijing's Bank of Agriculture has been sentenced
to death, after being charged with taking bribes worth more than 10
million yuan (US$1.25 million) and embezzling more than 4.32 million
yuan, Xinhua news agency reported today.
Wen Mengjie, 49, was the official in charge of information technology at
the Beijing branch from February, 1999 to February, 2004.
He took advantage of his position in power, while purchasing electronic
facilities and software for the bank, by accepting bribes totalling 10.73
million yuan.
Wen also embezzled 4.32 million yuan in corporate funds, while he was in
charge of purchasing automated teller machines (ATM) for the bank.
The Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court heard Wen's case. All of
his personal property and assets will now be confiscated.
A business corruption crackdown office for the city also announced the
verdicts of three others criminals yesterday.
Wang Yue, 37, will be jailed for 10 years for taking a bribe of 100,000
yuan in July, 1999, while she worked for the Ministry of Foreign Trade
and Economic Cooperation.
Lu Yongqiang, 39, a former official of the China National Medicine and
Health Products Import and Export Corporation, will also be imprisoned
for 10 years for taking kickbacks from a Shanghai company on four
occasions totalling 169,000 yuan.
Former director of Beijing Telecommunication Facility Factory Yuan
Xinhua, 51, was charged with taking a bribe of 100,000 yuan in January,
1999. He will also be jailed for 10 years.
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