According to the official WeChat official account of Heilongjiang Higher People's Court, on February 7, 2023, the Intermediate People's Court of Suihua City, Heilongjiang Province, publicly announced the judgment of the first instance of the case of corruption, bribery, and embezzlement of public funds against Zhang Enliang, the former secretary of Hegang Municipal Party Committee. The defendant Zhang Enliang was sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment and a fine of 500000 yuan for the crime of corruption; He was sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment for the crime of taking bribes and was also fined 6.8 million yuan; He was sentenced to six years' imprisonment for the crime of misappropriating public funds. To impose a combined punishment for several crimes, it was decided to carry out a fixed-term imprisonment of 20 years and a fine of 7.3 million yuan. The confiscated and detained defendant Zhang Enliang's criminal proceeds and fruits of corruption and bribery shall be confiscated and turned over to the state treasury. Source of picture: The official WeChat official account of Heilongjiang Higher People's Court found through trial that from May 2012 to March 2017, the defendant Zhang Enliang embezzled more than 3.79 million yuan of public funds by taking advantage of his position as Deputy Secretary of the CPC Heihe Municipal Committee and Mayor. From July 2004 to March 2021, Zhang Enliang took advantage of his position as deputy secretary and secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Committee of the Communist Youth League of China, chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Youth Federation, deputy secretary and mayor of the Heihe Municipal Party Committee, and secretary of the Hegang Municipal Party Committee, as well as the convenience formed by his own power or position, through the behavior of other state staff, in personnel appointment and removal, project contracting Seeking benefits for others in terms of project fund allocation and other aspects, and illegally receiving property from the above-mentioned units and individuals, amounting to more than 73.17 million yuan. In the first half of 2015, Zhang Enliang took advantage of his position as deputy secretary of the CPC Heihe Municipal Committee and mayor to misappropriate a total of 30 million yuan of public funds, a huge amount, for profit-making activities. Suihua Intermediate People's Court held that the defendant Zhang Enliang's behavior constituted a crime of corruption, bribery and misappropriation of public funds, and should be punished for several crimes. Zhang Enliang has a confession and pleads guilty to punishment. If all the criminal proceeds are recovered, he may be given a lighter punishment according to law. Taking into account the facts, nature, circumstances and degree of harm to society of the whole case, the above judgment was made. (Xinhua News Agency)