Former Beijing bank official executed for bribery

时间：2007-09-13 01:24:01

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Sept. 12 - A former official of the Agricultural Bank of China (ABC) Beijing branch was executed on Tuesday morning for taking bribes1 and embezzling2 about 15 million yuan (1.97 million U.S. dollars), according to statement from Beijing No. 1 Intermediate People's Court.

 

Wen Mengjie, former director of the information technology department of the ABC Beijing branch, was found guilty of taking bribes worth 10.73 million yuan (1.4 million U.S. dollars) during the bank's purchase of electronic equipment and computer software from February 1999 to February 2004, it said.

 

Wen, 50, was also accused of embezzling another 4.32 million yuan (570,000 U.S. dollars) from the bank during the purchase of ATMs, Beijing Evening News reports.

 

Wen was reported as saying that he did not ask for money, but negotiated kickbacks3 with four supplying companies after signing purchase contracts. Company managers and accountants had testified that Wen sought kickbacks "in various forms".

 

In order to secure supply contracts, the four companies had to put money into Wen's private bank account and make extra payments to Beijing Jinxin Sichuang Technology Co., Ltd., a company established by Wen, the statement said.

 

The exposure of Wen's case resulted from his purchase of homes with an "extremely large amount of money".

 

Wen was captured on closed circuit TV cameras in a bank, which showed him wearing black sunglasses and calling himself "Wu", repaying home loans worth millions with bags full of cash.

 

Bank staff tipped off investigators4 at a local anti-corruption bureau, who launched a ten-month investigation5.

 

Investigators said Wen had bought three houses in eastern Beijing in November 2002 with money "obviously exceeding his legal and reasonable income".

 
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1 bribes f3132f875c572eefabf4271b3ea7b2ca     
n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂
参考例句：
  • It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
  • corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏
2 embezzling 1047ebe52d9fa01687627a4cf0bc4cc7     
v.贪污，盗用（公款）( embezzle的现在分词 )
参考例句：
  • Accordingly, object embezzling waste to be carried temporarily the schedule of administration. 因此，反对贪污浪费就提上了临时中央政府的议事日程。 来自互联网
  • Some were sentenced for taking bribes, others executed for embezzling funds. 有的因受贿而被判刑，有的因侵吞公款而被判处死刑。 来自互联网
3 kickbacks cd387b7f155951097a73538b40e21c28     
n.激烈反应( kickback的名词复数 )；佣金，回扣
参考例句：
  • Everyone at City Hall is receiving kickbacks. It's the only way to get anything done there. 市政府里的每个人都收回扣，在那里只有送红包，事情才办得成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
  • G raft or kickbacks paid to officials or law enforcem ent authorities. 暗中付给官员或执法人员的回扣。 来自互联网
4 investigators e970f9140785518a87fc81641b7c89f7     
n.调查者，审查者( investigator的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • This memo could be the smoking gun that investigators have been looking for. 这份备忘录可能是调查人员一直在寻找的证据。
  • The team consisted of six investigators and two secretaries. 这个团队由六个调查人员和两个秘书组成。 来自《简明英汉词典》
5 investigation MRKzq     
n.调查，调查研究
参考例句：
  • In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
  • He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

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