CACI party secretary “civil and military”, the two academicians beaten into the hospital

Recently, a video has been circulating on the Internet, which shows that Zhang Tao, secretary of the party committee and chairman of the board of China Aerospace Investment Holding Corporation, beat up two other academicians for nearly 30 minutes nearly a month ago because he was unsuccessful in seeking to be nominated as a member of the International Academy of Astronautics, causing the two to be hospitalized so far. After the scandal caused a stir, China Aerospace Science and Technology Group decided to suspend Zhang Tao on July 4 to cooperate with the investigation, according to the latest news.

According to China News Weekly, documents obtained by the weekly from an insider in China’s aerospace sector show that on the afternoon of June 6, Zhang Tao invited 85-year-old academician Wu Meirong to visit the company, and Wu invited 55-year-old academician Wang Jinnian to attend in order to get to know Zhang Tao better.

That evening, Zhang Tao invited the two to dinner, during the meeting proposed to apply for membership of the International Academy of Astronautics this year, hoping that the two academicians Wu Wang support. Wang Jinnian because of the first meeting with Zhang Tao, said it is not clear what each other’s work, should understand clearly before. Zhang Tao’s response made him angry and he even got up and tried to beat Wang Jinnian. Wu Meirong was very frightened and asked to leave the meeting.

According to the CCTV footage, at around 10:30pm that night, Zhang Tao and his subordinates sent the two academicians back to Wang Jinnian’s residence. Before Wang Jinnian took the elevator, Zhang Tao suddenly kicked Wang Jinnian to the ground from behind and beat him. He then also pushed Wu Meirong to the ground. Zhang Tao had also rushed into the elevator, moved against Wang Jinnian and Wu Meirong who had already entered the elevator, and dragged Wang Jinnian out of the elevator to continue the beating. The beating lasted for about 30 minutes.

The report said that Wang Jinnian and Wu Meirong are still hospitalized. Wang Jinnian suffered multiple rib fractures and multiple soft tissue injuries throughout his body. Wu Meiyong suffered a slipped lumbar spine and a mild compression fracture of the thoracic spine. A secretary to the chairman of Aisino Investment Holdings Co., Ltd. said that the police station had intervened in the investigation after the incident, but the results were not yet available, and Zhang Tao was still working normally.

Wu Meirong, 85, who was beaten and hospitalized, was awarded the Von Kamen Prize by the International Academy of Astronautics (IAA) in 2014, the report said. Wang Jinnian was inducted as an IAA Fellow in 2016 and elected as a member of the IAA Bureau in 2017.

China Aviation Investment Party Group issued an internal notice on July 2, saying that the group attaches great importance to the incident and is fully understanding the truth. The follow-up will be handled according to the facts in accordance with the rules and discipline. I hope that the majority of party members and cadres do not spread and disseminate this incident, “strictly adhere to political discipline and political rules, to create a clean public opinion environment”.

China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Co., Ltd. on July 4 issued a “notice on the incident of Comrade Zhang Tao drunken beating”. The briefing specifically mentioned that Zhang Tao was “drunk” beating people. Ltd. party group attaches great importance to the incident and made a decision to suspend Zhang Tao’s duties with immediate effect and cooperate with the investigation. Group companies have sent an investigation team to the afternoon of the incident to the night of the whole process of the incident to conduct a comprehensive investigation, the follow-up will be further serious treatment according to the results of the investigation.

Public information shows that Zhang Tao, born in 1964, was the director of the Economic and Technical Cooperation and Trade Division of the Planning and Operation Department of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, the general manager of the Planning and Development Department of Hong Kong Aerospace Science and Technology International Group Limited, the executive director and party committee member of Hong Kong Aerospace Science and Technology International Group Limited, and the deputy director of the Operation and Investment Department of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation.

Established in December 2006 and formally operated in March 2008, Aisino Investment Holdings Limited has a registered capital of RMB 12 billion and a managed capital scale of RMB 224 billion, and is subordinate to China Aerospace Science and Technology Group Corporation.