Former Adviser in Hebei Surrenders

Wednesday, August 1, 2018 5 His best choice is to admit what he did wrong and actively confess his crime to get lenient punishment.” CHINA Yang Kai, lawyer with the Beijing Lawyers Association CHINA DAILY HONG KONG EDITION Former adviser in Hebei surrenders Pressure from investigated by the CCDI for “serious violations of Party CCDI credited discipline” and was sen tenced to eight years in pris for voluntary The active surren on in 2016 for accepting bribes valued at 5.57 million confession der of Ai is not yuan ($814,000). In 2015, Zhou Benshun was also from his willing probed by the CCDI for disci By ZHANG YAN ness but the result plinary violations and sen [email protected] tenced last year to 15 years in of strong pressure prison for accepting bribes Ai Wenli, a former senior valued at 40 million yuan. political adviser in Hebei from the anti In 2016, Zhang Yue was province, surrendered him investigated by the CCDI for self to antigraft officials, the graft body.” disciplinary violations and Central Commission for Dis in July was jailed for 15 years cipline Inspection said on Yang Kai, lawyer with the for taking bribes valued at Foreign visitors tour Tian’anmen Square in scorching weather in Beijing on Tuesday. Beijing Meteorological Service issued a yellow alert Tuesday. Beijing Lawyers Association 157 million yuan. Last year, for heat, warning that the temperature will rise as high as 35 C. ZOU HONG / CHINA DAILY According to the antigraft Yang Chongyong was placed watchdog, Ai is suspected of under investigation for cor graft and “serious violations officers have “fully per ruption and has been of Party rules” and is under formed their duties accord charged with taking bribes Heat wave continues; break is coming investigation by the CCDI ing to the law and Party of up to 200 million yuan. and the National Superviso regulations and achieved Jing Chunhua, was sen ry Commission. good social effect, which will tenced to 18 years in 2016 for By HOU LIQIANG averaged 6.8 days with tem cold air, the subtropical high He is the first viceminis motivate corrupt officials to taking bribes of more than [email protected] peratures higher than 35 C Heat streak pressure systems in the west terial level official that the give up any idea of escaping 60 million yuan. since April, the thirdhighest ern Pacific that affect East Asia CCDI had announced had and awaken their loyalty to Yang Kai, a lawyer with Meteorologists have since 1961. This year’s temper are further north and are at given himself up since late the Party and trust the laws,” the Beijing Lawyers Associa renewed a yellow alert for atures are not only longlast Major cities having the more than twice their average 2012, when the new leader he said. tion, said recently that the high temperatures, the second ing and wideranging, but also longest string of days intensity. All these result in ship took office and the anti Seven highranking offi country has never slackened lowest of a fourtier warning of high intensity, according to with temperatures abnormally high tempera graft campaign became a top cials in Hebei province have its efforts to combat corrup system, for the 18th consecu a statement from the China above 35 C this year, tures in South Korea, Japan priority across the country been placed under investiga tion, and if corrupt officials tive day on Tuesday as a linger Meteorological Administra as of Sunday and central and eastern parts to combat both “tigers and tion for corruption since late are thinking they won’t be ing heat wave continued to tion on Monday. of China, it added. flies” — referring to high 2012, including Zhou Ben caught, they are wrong. scorch many parts of the Some areas in the region 31 Chongqing Sun Jun, chief forecaster ranking and lowranking shun, former secretary of the “The active surrender of country. south of the Yangtze River 27 Xi’an with the observatory, said tem officials. Hebei Party Committee. Ai is not from his willingness Some areas in Liaoning, have experienced 20 days of peratures will cool from “His confession of his The other five are Liang but the result of strong pres 27 Hangzhou Hubei, Hunan, Jiangxi, Zhe high temperatures this year — Wednesday to Friday in most crime is the result of the Bin, former minister of the sure from the antigraft jiang, Anhui and Fujian prov over 10 days more than last 26 Nanchang regions in southern China highpressure stance of the Organization Department in body, because if they investi inces, the Inner Mongolia year. It said the highest tem 25 Wuhan except the Sichuan basin, anticorruption campaign, Hebei; Zhang Yue, the top gate one corrupt official, autonomous region and perature in July reached 23 Zhengzhou which covers central and east which has achieved remark security chief in Hebei; they will discover many Chongqing municipality were records in 22 counties in Si 22 Changsha ern Sichuan and most areas of able success,” said Jiang Lai Zhang Jiehui and Yang more graft clues and dig expected to experience tem chuan, Jilin and Liaoning 21 Tianjin Chongqing. In the north, yong, vicesecretary of the Chongyong, both former deep into more corrupt offi peratures of 37 C to 39 C on provinces and in Chongqing. 20 Hefei scorching temperatures will Chinese Academy of Social viceheads of the Hebei Peo cials,” he said. “His best Tuesday, with some regions China is just one of the 18 Jinan come to an end on Sunday in Sciences’ research center on ple’s Congress; and Jing choice is to admit what he reaching 40 C, according to countries in the northern the BeijingTianjinHebei clean governance. Chunhua, secretarygeneral did wrong and actively con the National Meteorological hemisphere suffering from region and some areas in Moreover, his surrender of Hebei Party Committee. fess his crime to get lenient Center. scorching temperatures. Since Shandong and Liaoning prov also shows that supervisory In 2014, Liang Bin was punishment.” Weaker cold air from the July, the temperatures in most inces and Inner Mongolia. north and a subtropical high regions around the globe have air from the Arctic region is a High temperatures in East pressure system that is further been higher than average: major reason for the high tem China may be relieved as trop north this year are to blame Asia, Europe and North Amer peratures in the northern ical storm Jongdari approach for the wideranging heat, the ica have also been stricken by hemisphere this summer,” it es the coastal area on Officials punished for providing observatory said. heat, the statement said. said. Wednesday and lands on Fri As of Monday, the country “The obviously weaker cold In addition to the weaker day, Sun said. criminals ‘protective umbrella’ By CHINA DAILY facility moved to an 11story Jan 28. Three days later, he building owned by real surrendered to police and Research ship leaves on scientific mission Thirtyone officials in estate developer Yang, who has been held in detention Central China have been became a shareholder. on suspicion of misappropri By XIE CHUANJIAO punished for shielding a According to Zhang’s note, ating funds, according to the in Qingdao, Shandong criminal organization alleg early in 2016 Yang began to most recent information [email protected] 6,700 edly led by a local business intervene in the manage from the local public securi man who was linked to the ment of the hospital by tak ty bureau. Research vessel Dayang nautical miles suicide of a hospital presi ing over the financial and In their joint statement, Yihao, or Ocean No 1, departed Planned distance that dent in January. human resources depart the Hebei anticorruption its home port in Qingdao, Dayang Yihao will cover A former political adviser ments and replacing doctors bodies said Yang’s gang had Shandong province, on Tues in its scientific voyage and village police chief were in several departments with long held power at the grass day and embarked on a 100 among the government and out cause. roots level, engaged in crimi day scientific ocean Party officials who had for “The normal medical nal activities including expedition. years acted as a protective order of the hospital was dis intentional injury, forced The research vessel will Natural Resources. umbrella for the gang in turbed and the standard transactions, violent demoli head for areas of seamounts — “Around the area are a lot of Langfang, Hebei province, medical work was tram tion and forged seals for ille underwater mountains — in seamounts of different shapes, antigraft authorities said. pled,” he wrote. “Some doc gal interests. It added that the western Pacific Ocean to where research related to bio Most have been expelled tors were dismissed and he was illegally elected as a investigate resources and the diversity and the environment Scientific research ship Dayang Yihao prepares to sail in Qing from the Communist Party some quit voluntarily.” deputy to the people’s con environment. Eightyseven will be mainly focused,” he said. dao, Shandong province, on Tuesday. It will conduct scientific of China, with the rest Zhang and some doctors gress. scientists and technicians According to the associa investigations on deepsea ecosystems and natural resources in receiving a serious warning, raised their own funds to The 31 officials who pro from domestic universities tion, the expedition will carry the northeastern Pacific Ocean. LI ZIHENG / XINHUA according to a joint state reopen the hospital at a new tected the gang included and research institutions and out deepsea investigations of ment on Monday from the site, and though constantly Yang Guangheng, former 30 crew members are aboard.

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