On the evening of February 1, the next episode of the TV special "Loyalty and Betrayal--2023 Hunan Zhengfeng Anti-Corruption Warning" jointly produced by the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervisory Committee and Hunan Radio and Television Station was broadcast, which disclosed the people of Hunan Province who have been dismissed Wang Qun, a former government counselor, led many members of his family into the details of corruption while serving as the "top leader" and other positions in Changde.
Wang Qun said in the feature film that he once placed his wife as a "firewall" between himself and businessmen, and received benefits through his wife and son. In addition, he also promoted projects worth nearly 200 million yuan for his nephew, and Treat your nephew as your "cash machine". Red Star News reporters noticed that on the day the film was broadcast, Wang Qun’s bribery case was opened in the Shaoyang Intermediate People’s Court.
▲Wang Qun appeared in the anti-corruption feature film (Photo source: Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision)
The public resume shows that Wang Qun, who was born in 1961, is from Yuanjiang, Hunan. In 1981, he graduated from the Machinery Manufacturing Major of Tianxin Railway Technical School of the Ministry of Railways. After graduating from college, he has been working in Hunan. Wang Qun served as deputy secretary of the Zhuzhou Municipal Party Committee, acting mayor, and later mayor in 2008. He has served as secretary of the Changde Municipal Party Committee since 2013. From March 2017, he has served as secretary-general of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, member of the Party Leadership Group, and secretary of the Party Leadership Group of the General Office. On April 2 last year, the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Wang Qun, who has served as a counselor of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, was subject to disciplinary review and supervisory investigation by the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision.
In September last year, the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision released the news that Wang Qun was "double fired" in accordance with the law. After investigation, Wang Qun, as a party member and leading cadre, lost his ideals and beliefs, abandoned his original intention and mission, lacked political awareness, and was the subject of comprehensive and strict governance of the party. Weak responsibility, causing serious adverse effects on the party organization, and deliberately antagonizing organizational review by colluding confessions, forging evidence, concealing property, etc.; ignoring the spirit of the eight central regulations, accepting gifts in violation of regulations, and accepting banquets that may affect the fair execution of official duties; lacking organizational principles, Failure to report personal matters in accordance with regulations, violation of cadre selection and appointment regulations, seeking benefits for others and accepting property during the cadre selection and appointment work; being dishonest as an official, taking advantage of authority or positional influence to provide help for children to absorb deposits to seek benefits, Engaging in profit-making activities in violation of regulations, owning shares of unlisted companies; violating life disciplines; abusing power for personal gain, taking advantage of position convenience to seek benefits for others, and illegally accepting huge amounts of property.
In the feature film on the evening of February 1, more details about Wang Qun and his family were revealed. After investigation, Wang Qun connived and acquiesced in his wife and children using his own name to greet and solicit projects everywhere. Most of the more than 45 million yuan he was suspected of accepting bribes was handled by his wife and children. "I intentionally put my wife Cheng between me and my boss to be a 'firewall' and a 'setter.'" Wang Qun said.
A staff member of the Hunan Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision said that under Wang Qun’s instruction, Wang Qun’s wife carried the aura of mayor and secretary’s wife, wandered around the political and business circles of Zhuzhou and Changde, interfered in engineering projects, and interfered in organizational personnel. There were rumors in the society. "There is no greeting that she dare not say, and there is no money that she dare not collect."
Wang Qun's son has become what some organizations call resource talents. "Through my father's authority, he received 4.8 million in intermediary fees, 2.4 million Wan was given to me and my father." Wang Qun's son said in the feature film: "He was very happy. He said that when you grow up."
"Being able to help him with the power you have is also considered a job. My father had no thought at all, but he never thought that the Dong Chuang incident would happen and bring his son in with him." Wang Qun said, "I go in and out of this restaurant all day long, and I even bring them with me. He follows the example of the children. He asked the boss to pay the bill, asked others to pay for meals, and asked others to pay for shopping. He just did it when he saw it." The
feature film also revealed that Wang Qun's nephew did nearly 200 million in business by saying hello, and Wang Qun also said in the film that he later treated his nephew as his "cash machine". In this case, Wang Qun and six of his relatives were detained, setting a record for the highest number of detentions for relatives involved in the case in Hunan Province.
Red Star News reporters noticed that according to news from the Shaoyang Intermediate People’s Court on February 1, on that day, the first instance of the Shaoyang Intermediate People’s Court held a public hearing on Wang Qun’s bribery case.The Shaoyang Municipal People's Procuratorate alleged that from 2001 to 2023, the defendant Wang Qun used his position as member of the Standing Committee of the Zhuzhou Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Party Working Committee of the High-tech Zone, Secretary of the Tianyuan District Party Committee, Executive Vice Mayor of the Municipal People's Government, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Municipal People's Government Mayor, Secretary of the Changde Municipal Party Committee, Secretary-General of the Hunan Provincial People's Government, Counselor of the Hunan Provincial People's Government and other positions, as well as the convenient conditions for the formation of powers and status, provide relevant companies and individuals with state-owned capital injection, project planning approval, and engineering projects. Providing help in matters such as contracts and job promotions, and accepting property given by others in various ways, with a total value of RMB 45,266,074,690, of which RMB 12 million was unsuccessful.
Red Star News reporter Fu Yao intern Yin Yue
editor Zhang Bo