On April 18, the first instance of the Longnan Intermediate People's Court of Gansu Province publicly sentenced Wu Lihua, the former vice mayor of Qingyang City, Gansu Province, to take bribes and have unidentified sources of huge amounts of property. The defendant Wu Lihua was convicted of taking bribes and having unidentified sources of huge amounts of property. He was sentenced to 14 years of fixed-term imprisonment and a fine of one million yuan in gold. The stolen money and goods seized in the case were confiscated according to law and turned over to the state treasury.
▲ Court hearing scene The trial found that from 2010 to 2023, the defendant Wu Lihua took advantage of his position as the head of Huan County, the secretary of Zhengning County Party Committee, and the deputy mayor of Qingyang City to help others in enterprise operation, project contracting, project settlement, etc., and received 33 people's property totaling 33.7608 million yuan for many times. The defendant Wu Lihua's property and expenditure obviously exceeded his legal income, so he could not explain the source of 13.0377 million yuan.
The Longnan Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Wu Lihua, as a national staff member, took advantage of his position to accept others' requests to seek benefits for others or promised to seek benefits for others, and illegally accepted property in a very large amount, which constituted a crime of bribery; The defendant Wu Lihua's property and expenditure obviously exceeded the legal income, so the source could not be explained, and the difference was especially huge. His behavior constituted the crime of huge amount of property with unidentified source. In view of the fact that Wu Lihua, the defendant, truthfully confessed her crime after arriving at the case, has confessed her guilt and repentance, actively returned the stolen goods, and will be given a lighter punishment according to law. The court thus rendered the above judgment.
According to the open resume, Wu Lihua, female, born in Qingcheng, Gansu Province in March 1965, started work in July 1984 and worked in Qingyang for many years. From January 2010 to September 2011, she served as the deputy secretary of Huan County Party Committee and the head of Huan County; From September 2011 to December 2016, served as the secretary of Zhengning County Party Committee; From December 2016 to March 2020, he served as a member of the Party Leadership Group, Vice Mayor of Qingyang Municipal People's Government, and Secretary of Zhengning County Party Committee; From March 2020 to June 2023, he served as a member of the Party Leadership Group and vice mayor of Qingyang Municipal People's Government.
On April 7, 2023, the Gansu Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection announced that Wu Lihua was suspected of serious violations of discipline and was subject to disciplinary review and supervision investigation by the Gansu Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection.
In July of the same year, the Gansu Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection released the news that Wu Lihua had been "double opened" according to law, and was accused of "repeatedly refusing to organize rescue", Moreover, "he seriously violated the law, indulged in greed, used power for personal gain, was willing to be 'hunted', used public power as a tool for personal gain, sought benefits for others in project contracting, enterprise management and other aspects, and repeatedly accepted bribes from relevant units and individuals. The amount was especially huge, and he and his family had huge assets, which could not be explained the source".
Red Star Journalist Tang Xiaojun Fu Yao Intern Shi Zixiao
Edited by Zhang Li and directed by Wei Kongming
