Heavy sentencing! Death penalty with reprieve! Receiving bribes averaging 44,800 yuan per day, former Party Secretary and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal People's Congress, Long Xiang, has been severely punished! On August 11, according to domestic media reports, a major case involving a vice-provincial-level official has reached a new development: Long Xiang was publicly sentenced in the first instance for accepting bribes, embezzlement, abuse of power, and insider trading. Sentenced under cumulative penalties, he was ultimately decided to be executed with a two-year reprieve, deprived of political rights for life, and his entire personal property was confiscated. Clearly, his massive corruption has met with strict legal punishment.
According to relevant records, Long Xiang, born in June 1963 in Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, began working in July 1984. In 2003, he served as Deputy Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, later holding key positions including Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, Deputy Party Secretary of Nanjing, and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Nanjing Municipal People's Congress. As a native of Nanjing, he worked in major local roles for over 21 years. Logically speaking, having been born and raised in Nanjing, and having served there for more than two decades, he should have safeguarded the interests of the local people, using his authority to build his hometown and serve the public good.
But in reality? He transformed his long-standing local networks and supervisory and management powers into tools for rampant profiteering. Starting from 2009 when he served as Deputy Secretary of the Nanjing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Director of the Nanjing Municipal Supervision Bureau, he accumulated bribes totaling over 261 million yuan over 16 years—equivalent to an average daily bribe receipt of 44,800 yuan. This astronomical figure is truly staggering!
As a senior official long responsible for discipline inspection and supervision work, he should have been upholding the law and setting an example, but instead he broke the law while knowing it. While investigating corruption cases involving other cadres, he secretly colluded with unscrupulous businessmen, exchanging favors for continuous, massive gains. His heavy sentence today is entirely self-inflicted and elicits no sympathy whatsoever.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1873219794317324/
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