Chapter 5 The deputy governor who lost his love for his daughter

There are many corrupt officials in the political arena in Liaoning.From Mu Suixin and Tian Fengqi to Liu Ketian and Zhang Guoguang, there are four provincial and ministerial cadres, while Ma Xiangdong (former vice mayor of Shenyang), Jia Yongxiang (former president of Shenyang Intermediate People's Court), Guo Jiusi (formerly state-owned Director of Asset Management Bureau), Ning Xianjie (former director of Shenyang Construction Committee), Li Jingfang (former director of Shenyang Finance Bureau), Zhao Shichun (former director of Shenyang State Taxation Bureau), Liang Fuquan (former president of Shenyang Intermediate People's Court) , Jiao Meigui (former Vice Chairman of the Shenyang Municipal People's Political Consultative Conference), Liu Shi (former Procurator-General of the Shenyang Municipal People's Procuratorate) and other department-level cadres have sprung up in dozens and hundreds, which is shocking.However, cadres like Liu Ketian who have always been considered "good officials" and "honest officials" were eventually implicated, which is really regrettable.

To talk about the political turmoil in Liaoning, one cannot fail to mention Mu Suixin (former Mayor of Shenyang), Tian Fengqi (former President of Liaoning High Court), Liu Ketian (former Vice Governor of Liaoning Province), Zhang Guoguang (former Liaoning Provincial Governor, Governor of Hubei Province), Chai Wangqun (Minister of Propaganda of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee who was implicated in the Shenyang case).And if you want to talk about the "dead ghosts" hiding behind these high-ranking cadres, you have to talk about Shenyang's "manor owner" Xia Renfan.Xia Renfan, known as a "reformer", was lucky. He not only became the first batch of college students after the resumption of the college entrance examination, but also served as the deputy manager of the Shenyang Tramway Company with more than 8,000 employees within two years of graduation. He started at the age of 35. Act as manager.After taking office, Xia Renfan boldly implemented various reforms including the salary system, distribution system, and business methods.The income of employees has increased, the quality of service has improved, and the economic benefits of the enterprise have reached an unprecedented level. Xia Renfan was also selected as one of the "Top Ten Young Reformers" in the country.However, there are also constant controversies surrounding Xia Renfan: Xia Renfan gave himself a salary increase, bought suits and reimbursed them with public funds, entertained expenses were reimbursed in the name of travel expenses, took his wife with him when he was on a business trip, and so on. At the end of August 1985, Xia Renfan was dismissed.The leadership of Shenyang City also has different opinions on the handling of Xia Renfan.Because the reform of the urban economic system was the general trend at that time, the reform needed a group of "breakers" who dared to destroy the old ideas and systems. In 1986, Xia Renfan was re-appointed as the manager of Shenyang Long-distance Passenger Transport Company.The director of the Shenyang Transportation Bureau is a position that Xia Renfan has coveted for a long time. In order to achieve his goal, he gave gifts to Mu Suixin many times.Mu Suixin nominated Xia Renfan to be the head of the municipal party committee several times, but after the organization department went to investigate, he found that Xia Renfan had a very bad reputation and the public's vote of confidence was too low.In addition, the leadership team of the Transportation Bureau approached the municipal party committee and claimed that "if Xia Renfan is appointed as the director, we will resign collectively."The municipal party committee had no choice but to give up.Xia Renfan's wish to be further promoted to a high-ranking official turned into a dream.So, he began to prepare for the construction of a "private estate".Xia Renfan found a self-employed buddy, and registered the "Century Seedling Company" in the name of this buddy.He told his buddies many times: no matter whoever asks about the manor, just say it belongs to him, and he must stand up.Before Xia Renfan was arrested, most of the manor had been completed, and its luxury was comparable to Lai Changxing's "Red Mansion" in Xiamen.There are three buildings in the manor, two villas with an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters each, and a complex building with an area of ​​more than 2,000 square meters.Each floor of the villa is paved with high-grade marble from the walls to the ground, and each floor has a large-screen floor-standing rear-projection color TV.There are also ponds and modern flower bases in the manor.The flower base is a greenhouse covering an area of ​​5,000 square meters, all of which are automatically controlled and planted with various imported famous flowers.There are nearly a hundred gardeners and workers who have worked in the manor for many years.

Reports from the masses accelerated Xia Renfan's downfall.According to the investigation, during his tenure, Xia Renfan illegally occupied 8.2407 million yuan of corporate public funds from November 1998 to April 2000; In June 2001, he successively bribed Mu Suixin with US$30,000, RMB 50,000 and a "Patek Philippe" watch worth 90,000 yuan; from July 1999 to January 2001, he used public funds of 18.378 million yuan to build the "manor" . On March 10, 2003, the Intermediate People's Court of Shenyang City made a first-instance judgment against Xia Renfan and sentenced him to death.Xia Renfan refused to accept it. In order to "save his life" in the second trial, he began to appeal on the one hand, and on the other hand, he began to strive for "meritorious service". He successively confessed the facts of bribing Liu Ketian and Zhang Guoguang.Zhang Guoguang was expelled from the party by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in February 2004 and handed over to the judiciary for handling. His main problem was that he accepted more than 960,000 yuan in bribes and gift money during his tenure as governor of Liaoning; He was expelled from the party by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and further handed over to the judiciary for investigation.

In the official circles of Liaoning, Liu Ketian can be regarded as a well-rounded and proud one.His ancestral home is Ninghe County, Hebei Province, and he was born in Shenyang in January 1951.He successively graduated from the graduate class of the Training Department of the Party School of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the School of Economics and Management of Liaoning University, and obtained a master's degree in economics and a doctorate in economics respectively.He started from the grassroots, and served as deputy director of the Industrial Division of the Shenyang City Planning Commission, Liaoning Province, deputy director of the Shenyang City Planning Commission, deputy secretary of the Dadong District Committee of Shenyang City, and district chief. In June 1989, 38-year-old Liu Ketian served as assistant to the mayor of Shenyang Municipal Government. In August of the following year, he was elected as the deputy mayor. In February 1995, at the age of 44, he was elected as the vice-governor of Liaoning Province at the Third Session of the Eighth National People's Congress of Liaoning Province.Jumping from deputy mayor to deputy governor, Liu Ketian has almost become a big "star" envied by everyone in Liaoning's official circles.In January 1998, he was re-elected as vice-governor of Liaoning Province. Wuchan Group and Zhongliao International Group are responsible for ports, combating smuggling, foreign experts, etc., and are responsible for contacting the Material Reserve Bureau, China Grain Storage Shenyang Company, Customs, Entry-Exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau and other departments.With so many things under his jurisdiction, Liu Ketian can be said to have a high position and authority, and he promises everything he says.

The fragrance of flowers provokes many butterflies to dance, and the weight attracts troubles.Xia Renfan, who has a special relationship with Mayor Mu Suixin, also set his sights on Vice Governor Liu Ketian. "Red top businessman" Xia Renfan is well versed in the relationship between power and money in the officialdom, and knows how to use the small money in the unit to make big money, and then do big things to seek more future and personal gain.Due to Xia Renfan's "ambitious goals", the stalls are getting bigger and bigger, and the company's funds cannot be turned around for a while.However, the 30 million yuan loan in the bank has expired, and he is so anxious to turn around.Xia Renfan relied on his relationship with the bank to eat and drink, but it didn't help.Therefore, he approached Liu Ketian, the vice-governor, and asked him to put pressure on the bank to delay the repayment of the passenger transport company's loan.Liu Ketian couldn't help Xia Renfan's hard work, coupled with various promises and benefits, finally agreed to help clear the way.

In June 1998, after Liu Ketian said hello to himself, he asked his secretary to approach the leader of Shenyang Construction Bank to handle the postponement of repayment of the 30 million yuan loan from the Construction Bank for the Passenger Transport Group.What Xia Renfan failed to accomplish with great effort, Liu Ketian only asked the secretary to come forward and easily handle it. Liu Ketian's power suddenly shined in Xia Renfan's eyes. At the end of 1999, Xia Renfan caused something to happen again.Because the company's tax evasion was discovered by the taxation department, after verification, the passenger transport company evaded a total of tens of millions of dollars in taxes.As a result, the Liaoning Provincial Local Taxation Bureau issued a ticket, ordering the passenger transport company to immediately pay the payable taxes and a fine of 28 million yuan. Because Xia Renfan kept procrastinating, he had to pay a large amount of late fees.

Xia Renfan felt very sad that the tax bureau would take nearly 30 million yuan from the passenger transportation company for a single order.In desperation, he found Liu Ketian, the deputy governor.Liu Ketian called the leader of the Provincial Taxation Bureau. The call was really effective, and the matter was never brought up again, and it was finally let go.You have helped me so much, you have to express it well!How to do it?Sending money was too straightforward, and Liu Ketian refused to accept it. He had to come up with a good way to make it easy for the other party to accept, so that he could catch big fish in a long-term and let Vice Governor Liu contribute to himself for a long time.

During that time, there was a whirlwind in the Liaoning political arena that the children of cadres went abroad to study.Liu Ketian also has children, and his daughter is no worse than others, so we can't delay her bright future.Every time Xia Renfan invited him to dinner, he fanned the flames and asked Vice Governor Liu to send his daughter abroad as soon as possible.But how can you go abroad smoothly?Liu Ketian was also thinking of a way.He loves his daughter and must never let her fall behind others. In 1999, Xia Renfan approached Ying, an Australian Chinese, and asked him whether he could help guarantee his going abroad.After further understanding, Ying told Xia Renfan: "There are many types of Australian immigration, including investment immigration, business owner immigration, senior management and business talent immigration, etc. In addition, there are family immigration and skilled immigration. Family immigration includes spouse immigration, Children immigration, parents immigration, other family members immigration and care immigration; and skilled immigration can be divided into general skilled immigration and employer-sponsored immigration. General skilled immigration is divided into independent skilled immigration, family-sponsored skilled immigration, and skill-matched immigration.” Xia Renfan Hearing this gave me a headache, and asked, "Can you put it simply, what is the most convenient way?" Ying said, "Yes, it's very troublesome to say, and every kind of immigration has prerequisites, among which is foreign language proficiency. Many people will be baffled by one, and it is not so easy to comply with each of them. I think the most convenient way for the daughter of Governor Liu is to engage in corporate immigration." Xia Renfan asked: "Is corporate immigration Go to Australia to set up a business?" Ying replied: "That's almost what it means." Then, Ying explained in detail the various conditions of enterprise immigration.Xia Renfan asked: "To be clear, how much does it cost to get Governor Liu's daughter out?" Ying replied: "I think 200,000 US dollars is about the same. I can help you with specific matters."

After Xia Renfan agreed, he went to find Liu Ketian with Yingmou.The three of them talked about helping Liu Ketian's daughter obtain a visa to Australia by registering a business in Australia.Liu Ketian agreed and felt that this method was good.He understood Xia Renfan's meaning in his heart, so he pushed the boat smoothly and said: "The funds for the bid to run the company still need Mr. Xia's support." Xia Renfan was naturally very willing. At the end of 1999, Xia Renfan exchanged the public funds of the Passenger Transport Group for 200,000 U.S. dollars and handed it over to Ying, as the fee for registering a company for Liu's daughter to apply for a visa to Australia.But in fact, registering a company in Australia does not immediately apply for a visa to Australia.During that time, the rich people who were around Liu Ketian all knew that Liu Ketian wanted his daughter to study in Australia.More proactive people helped to come up with a smarter and faster method, so Liu Ketian's daughter quickly completed the visa application for Australia.After Xia Renfan found out, he called Ying to approve him.He felt that his movements were slow, and the "flattery" shot was a beat slower, allowing others to take the lead.Ying persuaded: "If you have such a heart, are you afraid that Governor Liu will not accept your favor?"

Xia Renfan smiled and said, "What's your best idea?" Ying said: "When Governor Liu's daughter arrives in Sydney, she doesn't need to spend money anymore? Everything will be fine? She has a lot of money to spend! Not to mention food and travel, she must have a place to live first. You can’t let the governor’s daughter live in a student apartment, can you?” Xia Renfan said: "You mean to help her buy a house?" Ying said: "Yes, the same money is still used on his daughter. Isn't the effect the same?" Xia Renfan thought it was a good idea.So he asked Ying to buy a house in Sydney with the $200,000.After Ying bought the house, he told Xia, and Xia told Liu Ketian about it.Unexpectedly, just one year later, the political situation in Shenyang began to be turbulent.Xia Renfan was "double regulated" by the Shenyang Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection in February 2001 due to his alleged economic problems.Coupled with the case of Mu Suixin and Ma Xiangdong, Liu Ketian was so anxious that he couldn't sleep at night.He thought about the scenes of his relationship with Xia Renfan, and felt that he was still innocent as an official, and he had never left any big excuses for others.Despite the chaotic political situation in Shenyang, he kept encouraging himself: "Be firm, and nothing will happen." Of course, if something happened, it would be the one where Xia Renfan asked people to buy a house in Sydney.Liu Ketian asked Ying to come over to discuss countermeasures.At first, Liu Ketian advocated ending the matter, hoping not to let it affect him.He told Ying: "If the procuratorate finds you, don't say that this house is for my daughter. This matter has nothing to do with us." Ying is also afraid of losing the backing of a high-ranking official, which will affect future business. So he tried his best to cheer up Liu Ketian, saying: "It will be fine, even if someone puts a knife on my neck, I will not say anything. Besides, I am Australian, and your daughter is also in Australia. Our affairs are all It’s not so easy for them to investigate if it happened abroad. Don’t worry, I’ll take care of it.”

Liu Ketian hesitated again and again, and said: "I think it's better to sell the house. Without the house, there will be no physical evidence, don't you think so?" Ying said: "Okay, I will sell it when I go back. After the sale, we will Then give the money to your daughter. As long as I don’t say it alone, no matter how much Xia Renfan says, it won’t affect you.” After returning to Australia, Ying sold the house immediately.Then, between March and May 2002, the house sale money was handed over to Liu's daughter several times. Liu Ketian thought that things were done seamlessly, and since he was a deputy governor, even if Xia Renfan dared to betray the leaders of Shenyang City, he might not be able to betray him, the provincial leader.Unexpectedly, on February 10, 2003, after Xia Renfan was sentenced to death by the first trial, in order to protect himself, he began to "bite" people, and finally confessed his affairs. On August 10, 2003, Liu Ketian and his wife were "double-regulated" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. On the afternoon of August 12, Liaoning Province held a meeting of cadres to announce this shocking news. In front of the case investigators, Liu Ketian still put on the airs of the deputy governor, setting himself up for his own meritorious service.However, the most frightening thing is that in another room, the Chinese-Australian businessman Yingmou who claimed that he would not speak with a knife resting on his neck truthfully confessed the purchase and sale of a house in front of the procuratorate.The investigators rushed to Australia and found the relevant records of buying and selling houses, as well as the original bank records of each time Ying withdraws the money for selling houses to Liu's daughter.In the face of ironclad evidence, Liu Ketian finally gave in, and at the same time explained a series of issues about accepting gifts. In November 2003, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection approved the decision of the Liaoning Provincial Party Committee to expel Liu Ketian from the Party after reporting to the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China for approval.The Standing Committee of the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress has removed Liu Ketian from his post as vice governor of Liaoning Province and deputy to the National People's Congress.In view of Liu Ketian's suspected bribery crime, he decided to hand over the case to the judiciary for handling according to law.At the same time, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection issued a circular to the whole country in 2003, requiring party leaders, especially middle and senior leaders, to learn profound lessons from Liu Ketian's crimes.The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection pointed out: "As a senior leading cadre of the party, Liu Ketian took advantage of his position to accept huge bribes for his daughter to study abroad, which violated party discipline and state laws. What is more serious is that his bribery behavior occurred in the former mayor of Shenyang City Mu Suixin, After the case of Ma Xiangdong, the former executive deputy mayor, and Xia Renfan's investigation by the discipline inspection and supervision agency, he was really greedy for profit and acted recklessly." The fundamental reason why Liu Ketian embarked on a path of serious violations of discipline and law lies in the changes in his outlook on the world and power, the vicious expansion of selfishness and greed, the loss of the principle of party spirit in the face of family ties, and the placing of family interests above national interests , blatantly trampling on the law for their children, taking risks, and grabbing illegal benefits.Just as he said in the inspection after the incident: "Seeing other people sending their children to study abroad, especially to enter famous foreign universities, I am not far behind. I actively think of ways to find ways to send my children out. Create more conditions for your children." In addition, "there is a serious fluke mentality in thinking", and finally lost the battle in front of the test of money and became a prisoner of money. Unlike some other cadres, Liu Ketian has always been a "good official" in the hearts of the masses. After the "Muma case", due to the "domino effect", the fallen corrupt officials exposed each other, resulting in the fall of corrupt officials in the Liaoshen area.However, Liu Ketian remained on the throne of vice-governor for a while, which added to the admiration of many cadres and masses for him.No one would have thought that a few years later, Liu Ketian would follow in the footsteps of "Muma" and be "double regulated" by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection. In August 2003, the news that Liu Ketian was "double-guided" was reported among the leading cadres, so people gradually revealed the news, but more people still took it as gossip, which was not reliable.Some people speculate that since Liu Ketian met with Taiwanese businessmen in July and "promoted" Liaoning's preferential policies for the development of the automobile industry, he has seldom appeared in public.It is true, but after all, no official media announced this statement.It was the end of the year when I was sure Liu Ketian had an accident. On November 25, 2003, the Sixth Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Tenth National People's Congress of Liaoning Province passed a resolution, deciding to remove Liu Ketian from the post of Vice Governor.The next day, the seventh meeting of the Standing Committee of the Thirteenth Shenyang Municipal People's Congress legally dismissed Liu Ketian from his position as a deputy to the Tenth National People's Congress of Liaoning Province.It is said that because Liu Ketian is suspected of accepting bribes, Liu's case has been transferred to the judiciary for handling according to law.Soon, the media also announced the news. However, in the minds of cadres and masses in Shenyang, Liu Ketian is indeed an "approachable and low-key person". To say that he committed the crime of accepting bribes really surprised many people. According to a reporter's recollection, once, when many provincial leaders visited the newspaper office, Liu Ketian, who was plainly dressed and unassuming, was mistaken by the reception staff as a follower. Everyone surrounded other leaders, but Liu Ketian, who was left out in the cold, did not show any signs of it. Not going out fast. In the mind of his teacher, Liu Ketian is a studious student.After becoming an official, Liu Ketian returned to Liaoning University to study for a doctorate in economics.According to his doctoral supervisor, when he took the Ph.D. exam, he "had a good score in English, and because he has been engaged in foreign economic and trade work for a long time, he has a good understanding of macroeconomics."Liu Ketian's doctoral dissertation was titled "Introduction to Macroeconomics". A well-known economist wrote a preface for it. His doctoral supervisor commented: "Pretty good!" Liu Ketian did not alienate his classmates because of his status as a high-ranking official. On the contrary, he "gets along very easy-going with his classmates." "I really want to learn knowledge, and I am very motivated." He has to listen to all the lectures. If he can't spare the time, he will record first and then listen to it later.Liu also likes to recite poems, and has published "Selected Poems of Liu Ketian".The Writers Association was very moved by his hobby and took the opportunity to get closer to him.As for Liu Ketian, he is even more arty, and loves to associate with people in the literary and art circles.Just when Xia Renfan had an accident and Liu Ketian was thinking about how to escape this test, he also delivered a speech at the Provincial Writers Conference. From February 5 to February 6, 2002, the Second Council of the Seventh Liaoning Writers Association was held in Shenyang.Leaders from the Propaganda Department of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Political Consultative Conference also attended the meeting. However, more than a hundred people, including members of the Bureau of the Writers Association, directors, consultants, leaders in charge of literary work in various cities, and award-winning writers, paid more attention to Liu Ketian, the vice governor of the poet. arrival.At the meeting, Liu Ketian, on behalf of the provincial government, presented awards to the winners of the 5th Liaoning Cao Xueqin Novel Award, the 3rd Liaoning Excellent Children's Literature Award and the 2nd Liaoning Literature Award.At the awards ceremony, Liu Ketian also delivered a speech, saying, "It is indeed an honor and a pleasure to meet you all."He said: "From an economic point of view, we often talk about the knowledge-intensive degree and talent-intensive degree of a region. I think today's space of a few hundred square meters may be the place with the highest knowledge-intensive degree and the highest talent-intensive degree in Liaoning Province. I don't think this is an exaggeration, it really brings together the elites of our literary circles in Liaoning Province." He also said that he wanted to "represent the provincial government" and "as an ordinary reader and literature lover" to the award winners I would like to express my sincere congratulations and hope that the writers will "use your magical pen to go deep into life and write newer and more beautiful articles." His wonderful speech and approachable tone are still unforgettable for many writers in the Liaoning literary circle. Some people sympathize with Liu Ketian, because he usually "lives a simple life and acts low-key", but was eventually "harmed" by Xia Renfan.Xia Renfan is a classmate of Liu Ketian, and Liu Ketian takes care of Xia Renfan, on the one hand, because of the friendship of classmates.Liu Ketian, who pays more attention to integrity and self-discipline, usually dare not accept other people's property, but in front of this classmate, he still relaxes his vigilance.He thought that Xia Renfan was the most reliable and the most affectionate.Xia Renfan may and indeed is more "love and righteous". When confessing many corrupt officials, he has not reported Liu Ketian's name.But in order to save his life, he had no choice but to go all out and let Liu Ketian "back up" for him. (Text/Wang Dadong) The incident of Liu Ketian and Xia Renfan reminds us that we must respect friendship between people, but more importantly, we must respect law and order.A friendship that breaks the law is ultimately unreliable.As the saying goes: "There is no love without reason in the world, and there is no hate without reason." After breaking the law, you can only blame yourself.For the leading cadres who are still in office, whether they have reached the edge of the "cliff" or have been keeping themselves clean, it is not without benefit to study Liu Ketian's successes and failures. On April 1, 2005, the Higher People's Court of Liaoning Province made a final judgment on the bribery case of Liu Ketian, the former vice governor of Liaoning Province: the appeal was rejected and the original judgment was upheld—sentenced to 12 years in prison according to law.