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Ren Zhiqiang is a well-known real estate entrepreneur in China, he was once elected as a representative of the Xicheng District People’s Congress in Beijing and a member of the Beijing CPPCC.
The Second Intermediate People’s Court in Beijing issued a first instance verdict on Tuesday (September 22) on the suspected corruption and bribery case of real estate mogul Ren Zhiqiang, convicted of corruption, bribery, misappropriation of public funds and abuse of power by part of the personnel of the state-owned company and sentenced him to a fixed-term prison term. For 18 years, he was fined 4.2 million yuan (RMB, the same below).
Ren Zhiqiang is a Chinese real estate businessman and the famous “Second Red Generation” of the Chinese Communist Party. Earlier this year, he wrote harshly criticizing Chinese leader Xi Jinping. His friends once said that the CCP’s handling of Ren Zhiqiang was “political persecution.”
Convicted of four charges and sentenced to 18 years in prison
The Second Intermediate People’s Court of Beijing announced that on Tuesday, the former president of Beijing Huayuan Group Co., Ltd., Ren Zhiqiang, was sentenced to corruption and other crimes.
According to the notice, the court determined that from 2003 to 2017, Ren Zhiqiang used his position to embezzle more than 49.74 million yuan in public funds; accepted bribes for more than 1.25 million yuan; embezzled public funds worth 61.20 million yuan; abused its power and caused particularly serious losses to state holding companies 1,167 More than 100 million yuan, including the loss of ownership of state shareholder Huayuan Group of more than 53.78 million yuan, and Ren Zhiqiang’s personal profit of more than 19.41 million yuan.
The court declared that Ren Zhiqiang’s behavior constituted corruption, bribery, embezzlement of public funds and abuse of power by the personnel of state-owned companies. Faced with the voluntary and truthful confession of all the crimes, the recognition of all the alleged crimes, the voluntary acceptance of the judicial sentence and the recovery of all the illegal product, the court sentenced him to 18 years in prison and imposed a fine of 4.2 million.
The notice said that after the sentence was handed down, the defendant Ren Zhiqiang expressed his obedience to the court’s decision in court and did not appeal.
The Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court began hearing Ren Zhiqiang’s case on September 11. Earlier news reported that Ren Zhiqiang’s family had hired a lawyer for him, but he resolutely refused the lawyer and asked for his own defense.
“Disloyal and dishonest with the party”
In July this year, the District Supervision Committee of the Beijing Xicheng District Disciplinary Inspection Commission announced that Ren Zhiqiang had political and economic problems: politically, “Ren Zhiqiang lost his ideals and convictions, abandoned his original mission and he agreed with the Party Central Committee on important questions of principle. Articles that oppose the four basic principles, vilify the image of the party and the country, distort the history of the party and the army, are not loyal and honest with the party, and oppose organizational censorship. “
In economic terms, the ad indicated that Ren Zhiqiang used public power as a tool for personal gain, made huge profits by illegally engaging in lucrative activities of affiliated companies, raised money with his children, and ate and drank illegal public funds.
Ren Zhiqiang’s friend and businesswoman, Wang Ying, posted on WeChat Moments that she believes the CCP’s handling of Ren Zhiqiang is completely “political persecution.”
Wang Ying said that Ren Zhiqiang had opinions about his party and its leaders. His party did not allow him to have opinions. Ren refused to regret it. The party fired him. “Here outside of the party we dare not say that something is wrong. But, outright and at once, rely on the following articles to imprison this old man ?! This is flagrant political persecution!”
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Since the beginning of March, Chinese social media users have been quietly circulating an article allegedly written by Ren Zhiqiang. The article strongly criticized the Chinese government’s ineffective response to the epidemic.
This long article of more than 8,500 words by Ren Zhiqiang mainly revolved around the new economic development work deployment meeting and the prevention and control of the corona pneumonia epidemic that Xi Jinping attended on February 23. Ren Zhiqiang criticized the Chinese authorities for their gross negligence in responding to the epidemic, pointing to the shortcomings of the Chinese system and hinting that Xi Jinping is “a clown who strips naked and insists on being an emperor.”
Ren Zhiqiang said in the article that these 170,000 people attended the conference: “The whole country is cheering on the great leader’s speech. It seems that China has entered the once great era of the Great Leap Forward, and has entered the red flag. waving everywhere The Treasure Book, the era of the three leaders called “long live, long live.”
After reading the speech, he discovered that “it was not an emperor standing there showing off his ‘new clothes’, but a clown who had taken off his clothes and insisted on being an emperor. Although he tried to hold up piece after piece of fig leaf! Cover the reality that you don’t wear clothes at all, but don’t hide in the least your ambition to be the emperor resolutely, and the determination to let you die if you don’t let me be the one! emperor! “
Who is Ren Zhiqiang?
Ren Zhiqiang is a well-known real estate businessman in China, he was once elected as a representative of the Xicheng District People’s Congress in Beijing and a member of the Beijing CPPCC. His father, Ren Quansheng, served as vice minister of the Chinese Ministry of Commerce.
He was also a “big V” on China Weibo’s social media, and was called “Ren Da Pao” for daring to speak.
In 2016, Xi Jinping inspected CCTV and CCTV issued a slogan “CCTV put the party’s last name, absolutely loyal, please check it out.” Ren Zhiqiang then questioned the “official media surname party” on Weibo, saying that “when all media have surnames and do not represent the interests of the people, people will be abandoned in a forgotten corner!”
Subsequently, China’s National Internet Information Office ordered Sina, Tencent and other websites to close Ren Zhiqiang’s Weibo accounts in accordance with laws and regulations, accusing Ren Zhiqiang’s Weibo accounts of continuing to post illegal information. , causing negative effects. Ren Zhiqiang was sentenced to stay in the party for a year. The reason given by the Xicheng District Party Committee in Beijing was: “Publicly posted repeatedly on Weibo, blogs and other online platforms and other public occasions that violated the four basic principles and violated the line, principles and policies of the party. Incorrect comments in other respects. “
