Ye Shuyang’s bribery case

Ye Shuyang started accepting the first bribe for smuggling imported cars in 1988 when he served as Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee and Secretary of the Party Committee of the Public Security Bureau in Xinfeng County, Guangdong Province, until 2008 when he was exposed for accepting huge bribes. He was suspected of accepting bribes in RMB, The source of the huge property is more than 18 million Hong Kong dollars and more than 16 million yuan. The source is unknown.

In the past 20 years, Ye Shuyang not only had no problems discovered, but also rose through the ranks, being promoted to a member of the Standing Committee of the Shaoguan Municipal Party Committee, Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee, and Director of the Public Security Bureau. The most ironic thing is that he also became a police officer. Appointed the leader of the assessment working group for the establishment of a punishment and anti-corruption system. The reason why Ye Shuyang was not investigated and punished in a timely manner was partly related to the concealment of his means of amassing money, and partly related to the ineffective supervision of relevant departments and the difficulty of supervising the "top leaders", which led to the expansion of Ye Shuyang's selfish desires and the increasingly serious use of power for personal gain.

On August 14, 2008, Ye Shuyang, the former director of the Shaoguan Municipal Public Security Bureau, was investigated and punished by the Guangdong Provincial Discipline Inspection Commission for serious disciplinary violations. On December 19 of the same year, the Guangdong Provincial Procuratorate opened a case against him for suspected bribery. On July 13, 2009, the investigation into the Ye Shuyang case was completed. In early December 2009, the Heyuan City Procuratorate filed a public prosecution against Ye Shuyang in the local court.

In early January 2010, the Heyuan City Procuratorate in Guangdong Province filed a public prosecution in the local court against Ye Shuyang, the former director of the Shaoguan City Public Security Bureau in Guangdong Province. In order to achieve his "grand goal" of "leaving 20 million to his son, 20 million to his daughter and son-in-law, and 20 million to himself to spend his old age", Ye Shuyang took corruption and bribes in as many fields as possible. Investigators from the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Guangdong Provincial Procuratorate said that Ye Shuyang’s criminal facts involved so many people, bribers and related witnesses that during the investigation, more than 500 interviews were conducted, hundreds of transcripts were made, and thousands of written materials were obtained. There are nearly 50 volumes of dossier materials. Case investigators from the Anti-Corruption Bureau of the Guangdong Provincial Procuratorate believe that Ye Shuyang has many areas of corruption and bribery, which can be described as five "exploits":

First, using his authority to serve as a proxy for pornography, gambling, drug crimes and illegal activities protective umbrella. When Ye Shuyang was the director of public security, he provided illegal business protection to Chen and Lu, the owners of some Shaoguan hotels and electronic game rooms with gambling businesses, and accepted millions of yuan in bribes.

The second is to use their authority to seek benefits for the contractor in project construction. When Ye Shuyang was serving as secretary of the county party committee in Xinfeng, he used his authority to obtain the project contracting rights for Fengcheng Town Government's old city renovation and new site development for a construction boss named Long Mou, and accepted a bribe of RMB 800,000. During the construction of the new office building of the Shaoguan Municipal Public Security Bureau, Ye Shuyang sought commercial interests for many contractors in terms of project construction rights and project payments, and thus accepted bribes of more than 1 million yuan.

The third is to use the power and influence of the position to seek benefits for the mine boss. Ye Shuyang used his authority and positional influence as director of public security, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee, and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee to seek commercial interests for Diao, the owner of Shaoguan Mine, and accepted more than 1 million yuan in bribes.

The fourth is to use their powers to interfere in the handling of cases by judicial organs. Ye Shuyang intervened in a series of job-related crimes at the Shaoguan Steel Plant investigated by the procuratorate, and once accepted RMB 2 million from Zhu, the owner of Shaoguan Yida Fuel Company.

The fifth is to use authority to arrange personnel. Ye Shuyang did not miss any opportunity to make money. He accepted a bribe of HK$200,000 just for a horizontal transfer of a police officer in the Shaoguan Municipal Public Security Bureau. He doesn't do things and doesn't take money, and his behavior is quite like a gangster. Ye Shuyang usually "does things" for others and does not accept bribes immediately. Instead, he accepts "gifts" during holidays. After the "time and space change", the traces of corruption faded. Such a large amount of bribes is difficult to detect. Even if they are investigated and punished, the crime of "red envelopes" during the New Year is relatively minor, and at best the source of the huge wealth is unknown.

The Guangdong Provincial Procuratorate’s Anti-Corruption Bureau analyzed that Ye Shuyang’s approach took advantage of the slowdown in the pace of power-money transactions, the transformation of space, and the extension of time to change the appearance of power-money transactions and confuse the nature of the problem. Covering up the traces of accepting bribes is one of the important features of his illegal behavior.

When Ye Shuyang "does things" for others, he often does not accept bribes at the time, but hints or expresses to the other party that "red envelopes" and "gifts" will be sent to the house during the New Year. During Ye Shuyang's tenure in Xinfeng County, most people who came to him for help expressed their "thank you" with "red envelopes". When he was working in Shaoguan City, more than 40 units or departments and more than 70 cadres asked him for help in adjusting their positions, and each gave Ye Shuyang a "red envelope".

In addition, unlike ordinary corrupt officials who take the initiative to ask for money, Ye Shuyang is well versed in the "win-win" approach. He is very patient in his corruption methods and deliberately reduces "transaction" friction with the other party, which can lay the foundation for long-term bribery. foundation, the possibility of exposure is greatly reduced.

In the transaction of power and money, he did not force or insist on it, but adopted a reciprocal and wait-and-see approach. He even summed up a set of "five no's" principles, that is, "do not actively ask for money, If you don’t do things, don’t accept money, don’t ask for money that should be paid but haven’t given it, don’t bargain, and don’t mind how much money you give.” They adopt the wait-and-see approach and wait for the briber to come to their door. In 2006, the Shaoguan Municipal Public Security Bureau uncovered a cross-border drug production and trafficking criminal gang. There were rumors in the society that they were willing to pay huge sums of money to bail out drug dealers. After Ye Shuyang heard about it, he appointed relevant personnel to release him: If someone in the criminal gang is willing to pay 20 million yuan, he can be "settled" to be released. This trick worked as expected. The intermediary of Sun, the main criminal of the criminal gang, found Ye Shuyang and was willing to pay 10 million yuan to bail Sun and promised to give Ye Shuyang millions of yuan after the incident was completed. After some operations, Ye Shuyang received HK$8 million and changed Sun's condition from criminal detention to release on bail pending trial.

The procuratorial organ analyzed that Ye Shuyang’s method was often used in his series of power and money transactions. The purpose is to balance the mentality of both parties who give and receive bribes, and avoid resentment and friction.