After Dai Zisheng, the former president of Xinjing Daily, was “double-opened” (expelled from the party and public office) and charged with bribery last year, an executive ruling issued by the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court on Friday (7) recently emerged, indicating that Dai’s bribery case had been decided and his bank deposits of about 16.33 million yuan (the same below, about 1.77 million Hong Kong dollars) had been frozen, The ruling did not mention the length of the sentence. Previously, it was rumored that Dai was sentenced to eight years in the first trial, but no official confirmation has been received.
In 2014, the front page of the newspaper was headlined “Xi Jinping becomes chairman of the Central Committee of State Security” with a headline wearing a dressing gown. Under the headline “Xi Jinping becomes chairman of the Central State Security Commission,” a photo of the emperor in Qing Dynasty dress arrived.
Nearly 20 million deposits frozen
Dai Zigian was one of the founders of Xinjing News, and was a strong supporter of the outspoken Southern Weekend during the Nan Zhou incident. Dai Zigian fell in March last year, when the Beijing Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision announced that Dai Zigian, former deputy secretary of the party committee, vice chairman and general manager of Beijing Municipal Culture Investment and Development Group Limited, had been “double-opened” for serious disciplinary violations.
The verdict of the Beijing First Intermediate People’s Court circulated on WeChat was dated February 22 this year, and was released last Friday (7th). The verdict shows that Dai’s criminal verdict has come into effect and that bank deposits of about 16.33 million yuan have been frozen, and that if the frozen amount is still insufficient to fulfill the obligations set out in the legal documents, other property will be seized, seized, frozen, auctioned or sold. The ruling also states Dai’s name and date of birth, which matches Dai’s own information. The domestic media reported yesterday that the verdict has been uploaded to the official “China Judicial Documents Website”. However, some media have tried to access the verdict without success.
The Beijing Municipal Commission of Discipline Inspection issued a news release in June 2019, saying that Dai Zigang was suspected of serious disciplinary violations and was under disciplinary review and supervisory investigation. In addition to the economic crimes, what attracted the most attention was that Dai was accused of “pursuing low-class fun, causing bad influence, having improper sexual relations with others, falsifying identity documents, using the convenience of his authority to seek benefits for others and accepting other people’s property, the amount is particularly huge”. The briefing at the time also described him as not converging and not closing his hand after the 18th CPC National Congress, and not knowing respect and stopping after the 19th CPC National Congress, the nature of his illegal behavior was bad and serious, causing serious damage to the Party’s cause and image; but no details of the charges were given.
▪ The front page of the January 25, 2014 edition of the Xinjing Daily is suspected of sarcastically calling Xi Jinping “an emperor.
Repeated purges at top levels
Dai Zigui is a native of Ninghai, Zhejiang province. Before he became president and editor-in-chief of Xinjing News, he worked as an editor and correspondent in Xinjiang for another official media, Guangming Daily, from 1988 to 2006, and was the founding president of Xinjing News when Guangming Daily and Southern Metropolis Daily jointly established Xinjing News in 2003. He once said that the purpose of running the newspaper was to “tell the truth and the truth. During his time at the helm of the newspaper, he exposed the bloody case of land acquisition in Dingzhou, Hebei Province. The newspaper’s top brass has been purged several times by officials.
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