Yue Dechuan, former leader of the 13th Inspection Group of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, was sentenced to 12 years in the first instance for taking bribes of more than 21.16 million yuan

Shandong High Judge WeChat News: On June 26, the first instance of the Dezhou Intermediate People's Court publicly sentenced Yue Dechuan, the former leader of the 13th Inspection Group of the Shandong Provincial Party Committee, to take bribes. The defendant Yue Dechuan was sentenced to 12 years of fixed-term imprisonment for bribery, and was also fined 2 million yuan. The bribery property and fruits on record were confiscated according to law and turned over to the state treasury.

It is found through trial that from the second half of 2010 to June 2023, the defendant Yue Dechuan took advantage of his position as Secretary of Xuecheng District Party Committee of Zaozhuang City, Member of the Standing Committee of the Dongying Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, Member of the Standing Committee of the Yantai Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, Director of the Municipal Supervision Commission, and Leader of the 13th Provincial Party Committee Patrol Inspection Group, as well as the convenient conditions for the formation of his authority or status, Through the professional behavior of other national staff, they provided assistance to relevant units and individuals in land planning adjustment, project contracting and other aspects, and illegally received property from others, amounting to more than 21.16 million yuan.

The Intermediate People's Court of Dezhou City held that the defendant Yue Dechuan's behavior constituted the crime of accepting bribes, and the amount was especially huge, which should be punished according to law. In view of the fact that he has to truthfully confess his crime after he arrives at the case, take the initiative to account for most of the facts of the bribery crime that the case handling organ has not yet mastered, plead guilty and repent, actively return the illegal income and other statutory and discretionary circumstances of a lighter punishment, he can be given a lighter punishment according to law. If he pleads guilty and accepts punishment, he can be lenient according to law. The court thus rendered the above judgment.