Chapter 7 Chapter 6: Scholars and Senior Officials Take Money and Don’t Work

As a scholar-type high-ranking official, Ding Li, deputy director of the Land Reclamation Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and deputy director of the Industrialization Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, has unique characteristics of accepting bribes.Although the amount he accepted in bribes was only 500,000 yuan, his acceptance of bribes has the general characteristics of middle-level government officials who "have the right to accept bribes but not to do things." His view on "taking money" is: taking other people's money to eliminate disasters for others is considered bribery ; Take the money and don't do things first, wait for others to finish the work, and then you will get a favor, and if the work is not done, return the money to others.

Therefore, no matter during the shuanggui period or in court, Ding Li insisted that although he took the money, he did not provide assistance to the enterprise, and he returned 100,000 yuan in advance.Ding Li believed that he had not accepted bribes, otherwise he would not have surrendered himself.Of course, his defense was untenable, and he finally pleaded guilty under the "education" of prosecutors and lawyers. On December 17, 2007, the Beijing Higher People's Court sentenced Ding Li to 8 years in prison for accepting bribes. The significance of analyzing Ding Li's bribery case is that he feels at ease when he takes the money without doing anything. Even if he takes the money, he thinks it is a reward for doing things for others. This is the "secret of getting rich" hidden by many government officials, and it is also something that many bribers have never thought of. trap.

Shandong Zhucheng is a treasure land of feng shui for writers, many people are good at "writing and painting", and there are countless experts in various fields who write a few articles and publish a few books.Most of the officials who come out of here are the kind of people who are appreciated by writing. The general characteristics of this kind of officials are that they are famous and have little power. Although they have academic achievements, their official careers are not smooth. They are often dubbed scholars in their units. Or a middle-level deputy cadre of the scholar type. Ding Li, the 56-year-old former deputy director of the Land Reclamation Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture and deputy director of the Agricultural Industrialization Office of the Ministry of Agriculture, is one of the representatives of such officials.

To make a digression, Ding Li is a fellow of Zhucheng, Shandong, with the same clan and surname as the author. It’s just that his parents left their hometown in Zhucheng and came to Beijing in the early years. Looking at Ding Li's resume, we will find traces of his official career: Ding Li, a native of Zhucheng City, Shandong Province, was born in 1951. He studied at Beijing No. 11 School and the High School Attached to Beijing People's University. He graduated from the Economics Department of Beijing Economics College. Started working in 1969, first as a worker in a factory, in 1976 as a cadre in the Propaganda Department of the Beijing Metallurgical Bureau, and from September 1982 to November 1985 as a teacher at the Institute of Economics, Beijing Economics College. After November 1985, he worked in the State Economic Reform Commission, and successively served as a cadre of the research team, an editor of the China Economic System Reform Magazine, and a deputy director of the Book Editing Office of the Reform Publishing House. Since August 1991, he has successively served as a cadre and deputy director of the System Reform Division of the Department of Policy, System and Regulations of the Ministry of Agriculture, director of the Economic Regulation Division, economist, and director of the office. He has studied agricultural industrialization. In March 1998, he was appointed as the deputy secretary-general of a state government in Hunan Province. After returning to the Ministry of Agriculture, he served as the director of the Industrial Policy Division of the Department of Policy, System and Law. Review work. Since May 2001, he has been the deputy director of the Agricultural Reclamation Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture, in charge of the planning and qualification certification of school milk production enterprises.

Ding Li is an expert in agricultural industrialization and a consultant to well-known companies such as Yili, Mengniu, and Wahaha. He not only has a very deep understanding of the agricultural reclamation system and agricultural industrialization, but is also proficient in business management and planning.Especially after he was in charge of the dairy industry, Ding Li pointed out the misunderstandings of domestic enterprises in the understanding of dairy industry industrialization through the investigation of many enterprises, and denied that the dairy industry industrialization is simply regarded as the integration of production, processing and sales. Misunderstanding.Ding Li promptly proposed that the industrialization of the dairy industry should be an industrialization with modern characteristics, developed a new idea of ​​integrating overall agriculture from various aspects such as production, processing, equipment, management, and scientific research, and promptly guided a group of dairy enterprises into the right direction. operating track.

The first thing that happened to Ding Li was not bribery, but rash decision-making during the visit. From September 16 to October 1, 2005, as the deputy director of the Land Reclamation Bureau of the Ministry of Agriculture in charge of China's dairy industry, Ding Li led a delegation to Uganda, Africa, to participate in the International Conference on School Milk, and stopped by to inspect the implementation of school milk in South Africa. about the plan.However, during this visit, Ding Li, as the head of the delegation, could not stand the pleas of the members, and changed the visit route without authorization in violation of the regulations. He led the delegation to visit Zimbabwe, Kenya and Egypt successively. The visit was extended by 3 days.

After returning to China, no one questioned me at that time, and the matter passed away quietly.However, after half a year, someone inadvertently disclosed the situation of this event, and then a "letter from the masses" was sent to the Disciplinary Inspection Team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection in the Ministry of Agriculture. Another report in this letter was Ding Li's personal property Much more than salary income, the whistleblower suspects that Ding Li's money may be sent by the company. On February 24, 2006, after receiving the report, the discipline inspection team of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection at the Ministry of Agriculture decided to investigate the situation after research. On the afternoon of March 10, when the disciplinary inspection team announced to Ding Li that the case was opened for investigation, Ding Li hastily transferred 1.05 million yuan of his personal savings to a middle school classmate of his, and transferred the other 370,000 yuan to one of his former classmates. under the name of a colleague.

The rapid transfer has the suspicion of "being a thief with a guilty conscience", and his actions have even attracted the attention of the discipline inspection team. On March 24, the discipline inspection team imposed double regulations on Ding Li.During the shuanggui period, Ding Li not only explained in detail the process of illegal overtime travel during his overseas travels, but also explained to the discipline inspection team that he had received money and goods from companies, classmates, and friends, and even middle school classmates gave him money to help him publish books. Everything was explained.These sums add up to almost 750,000 yuan.

According to the provisions of Article 386 of the current criminal law: Individuals who embezzle more than 100,000 yuan shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of more than 10 years or life imprisonment and may also be sentenced to confiscation of property; if the circumstances are particularly serious, they shall be sentenced to death and confiscation of property. This means that according to Ding Li's own account, he should be sentenced to at least 10 years in prison.Of course, Ding Li didn't understand the specific provisions of the criminal law at this time. He even only admitted that he took money from companies and individuals, but he didn't admit that he was accepting bribes at all.

The original reason why Ding Li refused to plead guilty was that he believed that the organization would explain everything clearly, and he thought that "telling clearly" would be all right.When the discipline inspectors told him that this kind of behavior was taking bribes and that he would be held legally responsible, Ding Li was still arguing with the discipline inspectors at first.After patiently explaining by the discipline inspectors, Ding Li suddenly regretted and became afraid.Immediately after the case entered the judicial process, Ding Li began to study some criminal law books while in custody. He felt that his original confession "can be justified", so Ding Li retracted the confession without hesitation when the prosecutor interrogated him.

In fact, Ding Li still only has a half-knowledge of the legal provisions and does not have a thorough understanding.The investigators explained the relevant legal provisions one by one, gave him "patient education", helped him understand the legal provisions accurately, let him understand the true connotation of "leniency for confession and strictness for resisting strictness", and reminded him of the shuanggui period. Confession is considered surrender, and if the confession is retracted, it will be difficult to get lenient treatment.Later, Ding Li said in his confession that he "experienced the sincere concern of the organization and the procuratorial organ", so he finally decided to truthfully confess his crime and actively refund the compensation in order to strive for leniency. Ding Li’s explanation started from a feed technology company in Hainan (hereinafter referred to as a company in Hainan). One night in February 2002, Ding Li received a call from a former colleague from the Ministry of Agriculture who was transferred to other places and said: "There are a few friends gathering, come and have dinner together." Go to a hotel booked by a friend.In addition to the acquaintances he has known for a long time, Ding Li met Mr. Lin, the general manager of a company in Hainan, through exchanging business cards.General Manager Lin briefly introduced to Ding Li: "Our company is engaged in feed technology and has a relatively large scale in Hainan. I hope Director Ding will take care of us and have the opportunity to inspect our work in Hainan." General Manager Lin was speaking politely, but Ding Li took it seriously.An important reason here is that Ding Li's girlfriend has never been to Hainan, and has always yearned for the island style there.He said excitedly: "If I have a chance, I will definitely go to your company in Hainan to have a look." After this gathering, General Manager Lin often called to invite him warmly. Ding Li also kept thinking about going to Hainan, but the unit did not arrange a business trip to Hainan.Until the eve of the National Day holiday in 2002, Ding Li felt that he could not wait any longer, so he called General Manager Lin: "I am going to Hainan for inspection, and I hope you can welcome me." General Manager Lin readily agreed. Where is there any investigation?Ding Li accompanied his girlfriend on a trip to Hainan and asked General Manager Lin to receive him in order to save money.Here is a digression, Ding Li's marriage is not smooth, he had two failed marriages, and this girlfriend is the new girlfriend he found after divorce. When Ding Li got off the plane with his girlfriend, General Manager Lin who was waiting at the airport took him to the five-star Haikou Mandarin Hotel in a special car. That night, Chairman Cui of a company in Hainan invited Ding Li to have dinner at a large restaurant with ethnic customs.Chairman Cui said to Ding Li: "Our company is applying for a national key leading enterprise. Director Ding happens to be in charge of this work in the Ministry of Agriculture. I hope you can take care of us and help us." Ding Li also serves as the deputy director of the Agricultural Industrialization Office, and is indeed in charge of the declaration of national key leading enterprises.But what is unknown is that Ding Li is not the decision maker, but is only responsible for the review and submission of materials.The Agricultural Industrialization Office of the Ministry of Agriculture is only responsible for summarizing the review opinions of the expert group, and then reporting to the National Agricultural Industrialization Joint Conference for approval.However, according to the experience of applying for leading enterprises in the past few years, as long as the enterprise enters the prescribed quota for provincial declaration to the Ministry of Agriculture, it can generally be approved smoothly.So Ding Li asked Chairman Cui: "Have you entered the list of regulations in Hainan Province?" "Entered the list." Chairman Cui said quickly. "Success, I'll go back to Beijing to find out, and try to help you complete it." Ding Li said earnestly. After the meal, General Manager Lin sent Ding Li back to the hotel, and stuffed a paper bag containing RMB 30,000 into Ding Li's bag.The next day, Ding Li took his girlfriend to a company in Hainan for a symbolic tour, and then went to a tourist attraction.That night, when Chairman Cui hosted a banquet to see him off, Ding Li made it clear: "Don't worry, I will try my best to help." The next day, Ding Li left Hainan with his girlfriend and went to the Northwest.There is also a company that wants to declare a leading enterprise, waiting for his "inspection". Later, a company in Hainan was approved to become a leading enterprise. Ding Li did not help much, but got 30,000 yuan in compensation. What Ding Li really helped was a biotechnology group company in Shandong (hereinafter referred to as a Shandong certain group). This group learned that Ding Li, a native of Shandong, was in charge of the declaration of leading enterprises. Chairman Niu of the group arranged for the director of the Beijing Office to find Ding Li.When Ding Li heard that the company in his hometown had asked him, an expert, about the industrialization of agriculture, he readily agreed. During the "May 1st Golden Week" in 2004, Ding Li made a special trip to inspect a certain group in Shandong. Chairman Niu introduced the situation of the group to Ding Li, and said that the group is applying for a national key leading enterprise, and hoped that Ding Li could help.However, while Ding Li promised to help, he clearly told Chairman Niu: "The name of your group is not on the list stipulated by Shandong Province. It will be very difficult to be evaluated, but I will help to fight for it." Chairman Niu He said boldly: "It doesn't matter if you don't get the evaluation, it's an honor for us to know an expert like you!" Afterwards, Chairman Niu asked the director of the Beijing Office to send 100,000 yuan in cash to Ding Li's office.Ding Li felt that he couldn't be dissatisfied with his fellow villagers, so he introduced a leader to help.But that leader didn't help much, because the specific list of Shandong Province participating in the evaluation of national key leading enterprises had to be balanced by the province, and a certain group in Shandong was finally defeated. From 2001 to May 2004, Ding Li took advantage of his position as the deputy director of the Agricultural Industrialization Office and was responsible for the evaluation of national key leading enterprises. He accepted the entrustment of six enterprises in Hainan, Shaanxi, Jiangsu, and Shandong, and promised to These six companies declared and selected national key leading companies to provide assistance, and received bribes from the above-mentioned companies six times, totaling RMB 500,000. Why do many enterprises hope to be appraised as a national key leading enterprise?This is based on the spirit of "choosing a group of leading enterprises with a foundation, advantages, characteristics and prospects as the focus of state support" put forward by the "Opinions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the State Council on Doing a Good Job in Agriculture and Rural Affairs in 2000" , jointly recognized and supported by the eight departments of the Ministry of Agriculture, the State Planning Commission, the State Economic and Trade Commission, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the People's Bank of China, the State Administration of Taxation, and the China Securities Regulatory Commission. An interest-linking mechanism is used to connect with farmers, drive farmers to enter the market, and organically combine and promote the production, processing and sales of agricultural products. Enterprises that reach the specified standards in terms of scale and operating indicators and are recognized by the National Joint Conference on Agricultural Industrialization become leaders. After the establishment of the enterprise, the enterprise can obtain preferential treatment in terms of taxation and bank loans, so many agricultural enterprises are vying to declare. The next step is to talk about a legendary figure related to Ding Li, Liang Xisen, chairman of Shandong Xisen Group. The legend of Liang Xisen is because it is said that he is a farmer who can only write his own name, but he owns the rose garden of the best and most expensive villas in Beijing.Liang Xisen grew up in a poor family. He begged for food at the age of 10, worked iron at the age of 13, left home to make a living at the age of 17, and entered the Guandong at the age of 23. He has rich and difficult life experiences. Liang Xisen has a bright mind and a strong personality. After starting a number of enterprises in his hometown, he brought his own construction team to Beijing in 1996 and undertook the decoration project of the Rose Garden Villa project.At that time, Liang Xisen, as the construction party, was in arrears of construction costs. In August 1997, Liang Xisen and another creditor filed a bankruptcy application for Rose Garden with the court, and at the same time applied for property preservation. On July 16, 1999, Liang Xisen bid 398 million yuan for the Rose Garden at the auction. Soon after, Beijing stopped approving villas. Coupled with the recovery of the real estate market after 2000, Rose Garden villas became very popular, and Liang Xisen’s personal assets doubled. Several times.In the "2005 Hurun Rich List", Liang Xisen ranked 66th with a net worth of 2 billion yuan. Liang Xisen became famous in the first battle, but his "rural utopia" experiment after becoming famous is even more unimaginable to outsiders.He decided to invest 1 billion yuan to transform all farmers in Huangjia Town, Leling City, Shandong Province into workers.After transforming his cottage into a villa, Liang Xisen's Luxi Cattle Company, a subsidiary of Shandong Xisen Group, became an important enterprise for farmers to become workers. Ding Li had heard about Liang Xisen's "Rural Utopia" experiment for a long time, but he had no chance to meet Liang Xisen. However, Liang Xisen, who had the same idea as Ding Li, took the lead in throwing an "olive branch" to Ding Li. In March 2004, Liang Xisen asked a reporter friend to introduce Ding Li, and Ding Li readily attended the appointment.In this meeting with only three people, Liang Xisen told about his legendary entrepreneurial experience and his vision for the construction of a new countryside, which made Ding Li admire.Therefore, Ding Li took the initiative to ask: "Is your group a key leading enterprise in Shandong Province?" Liang Xisen said: "Our group is not a leading enterprise in Shandong Province, not even in Dezhou City, but this does not affect my new rural transformation in my hometown. Forget it, let's not talk about this matter, let's drink." Billionaire Liang Xisen Ding Li was moved by his boldness, and he drank a lot of alcohol that day for the first time.Maybe it was because Liang Xisen drank too much wine when he met his bosom friend that day, maybe it was because he wanted something from Ding Li. When they broke up after drinking, Liang Xisen handed Ding Li a bag.Ding Li took it home and opened it, and there was a full 100,000 yuan inside. The more Liang Xisen said nothing, the more Ding Li guessed, did Liang Xisen want to make friends with him?He is a rich man with a net worth of more than 2 billion yuan, and he has contacted many provincial and ministerial officials. How can he care about himself, a small deputy department official?The more Ding Li thought about it, the more confused he became, so he called the reporter friend he introduced to ask.When that friend said that Luxi Cattle Company, a subsidiary of Xisen Group, wanted to become a national key leading enterprise, Ding Li finally understood that Liang Xisen gave him 100,000 yuan because he wanted him to help declare.However, Ding Li told the reporter friend helplessly: "I will try my best to help, but they had better become the key leading enterprises at the municipal and provincial levels first. They must be the key leading enterprises at the provincial level before they can apply for the national key leading enterprises." After saying this, the reporter didn't say anything more. Before May Day in 2004, Liang Xisen called Ding Li and invited him to visit Xisen Group, and Ding Li readily went.Accompanied by a deputy director of the Land Reclamation Bureau of Shandong Province, Ding Li visited the Luxi Cattle Company.Later, when Liang Xisen invited Ding Li and his party to dinner, Ding Li thought that Liang Xisen would raise the matter of declaring the leading company, but Liang Xisen didn't mention a word, and never mentioned this issue again. The more Liang Xisen did this, the more uneasy Ding Li felt.In order to get the money with peace of mind, Ding Li had no choice but to reciprocate, give full play to his expertise as an agricultural expert, and "drum and cheer" for Xisen Group.In an interview with TV media, he said: Liang Xisen’s exploration in the countryside, if zoomed in, reflects the industry’s feedback to agriculture.In the past, we paid attention to industrialized management and leading enterprises, and we all knew that they played a role in agricultural development and increasing farmers' income. Now we need to see that they also play a role in rural changes, and we must use the power of large enterprises to solve the "three rural issues". "question.Entrepreneurs are the embodiment of advanced productivity, representing advanced ideas, advanced culture and even advanced consumption, so this class is very important.We must learn advanced things from the "rich people" and guide them to interact with the "poor people".In addition, the government should design and arrange the system so that the "rich" can be recognized by the society when they contribute their wealth.Even if it is just an "idealist" like Liang Xisen, if they can be recognized by the society, they will drive more entrepreneurs to join the ranks. Later, Ding Li also acted as the commentator on the CD promoting Liang Xisen's career.He felt that he couldn't take the 100,000 yuan from others for nothing. After all, he failed to help Luxi Niuye become a leading enterprise. Ding Li felt that although he didn't help Liang Xisen in terms of leading companies, but from the perspective of publicity, he spoke well for Xisen Group and publicized Liang Xisen and his company in many media, which can be regarded as a return for the 100,000 yuan . Ding Li always thought that he could get money with peace of mind because he had put in the labor.But there were also some unfinished things. Ding Li felt that it was inappropriate to take the money, so he returned it, but in the end it was still considered bribery.Of the 500,000 yuan that the court found Ding Li received in bribes, 100,000 yuan was refunded before Ding Li got shuanggui.This enterprise is a certain food group in Jiangsu (hereinafter referred to as a Jiangsu certain group). In April 2004, a colleague brought Manager Ye from a subsidiary company of a Jiangsu group to Ding Li's office and asked Ding Li to help him report the matter to the leading enterprise of a Jiangsu group.When Ding Li inquired and learned that a certain group in Jiangsu was not within the quota that Jiangsu Province declared to the Ministry of Agriculture, he immediately said: "This matter is difficult to handle, let's talk about it later." Manager Ye saw it and had to leave. The next day, Manager Ye invited Ding Li to dinner alone, and asked Ding Li to think of a way, as long as he can be rated as a leading company, he can say anything.Ding Li knew that the matter was difficult, but he said in an official tone: "Let me see." This kind of "living talk" made Manager Ye feel that it was possible to do it, so Manager Ye left 40,000 yuan for Ding Li on the spot . Since then, Ding Li has not helped at all, and he can't help much. Of course, a certain group in Jiangsu will not be rated as a leading enterprise.However, Manager Ye did not know these inside facts. Manager Ye believed that Ding Li was a high-ranking official in the capital, and that he should be able to handle everything.So he decided to wait under the big tree Ding Li, hoping for some shade. Not long after giving Ding Li 40,000 yuan, Manager Ye asked Ding Li if he had any acquaintances at the National Development and Reform Commission during a meal, because their company was applying for a national debt project to the National Development and Reform Commission.Manager Ye provided Ding Li with a list of department-level and department-level leaders from the National Development and Reform Commission in charge of this work. After reading it, Ding Li said, "I don't know these people, but I know another person from the National Development and Reform Commission." In fact, the person Ding Li mentioned was only met once during a meeting together, and he didn't even have this person's phone number.But Manager Ye seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and told Ding Li the phone number of that person the next day.At this point, Ding Li had no choice but to ask.The acquaintance told Ding Li: "This is impossible, because a certain group in Jiangsu has foreign investment and does not meet the requirements for applying for national debt projects." Then, Ding Li told the truth to Manager Ye, but Manager Ye thought that money was a magic power, and while saying, "You can help me to see it again", he handed a paper bag to Ding Li.After Ding Li returned home, he found 100,000 yuan in cash inside. After he deposited the money in the bank, he never found anyone to help a certain group in Jiangsu.After a while, Ding Li couldn't stand Manager Ye's urging, so he had no choice but to say: "The national debt project of the National Development and Reform Commission can't be completed, so I will refund the money to you." He said to Ding Li: "Let's talk about it later, when the whole thing is clear." The 100,000 yuan in Ding Li's hands made him restless.He found and introduced Manager Ye to discuss how to refund the money with the colleague he knew. In the end, the two of them thought of two ways: one is to go to Jiangsu to refund the money together, and the other is to ask Manager Ye to come to Beijing to get the money.After the two discussed it, Ding Li called Manager Ye and asked him to withdraw the money.Later, Manager Ye arranged for the director of the Beijing Office of a Jiangsu group to come to Ding Li's house to withdraw money.Ding Li called Manager Ye when he was refunding the money. Manager Ye said that only 100,000 yuan would be refunded, and Ding Li asked someone to take away 100,000 yuan.For the other 40,000 yuan, although Ding Li did not help, the Jiangsu side believed that Ding Li had already contributed, and he was determined not to, so Ding Li did not withdraw. In February 2006, under the great attention and support of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the leaders of the Ministry of Supervision and the party group of the Ministry of Agriculture, the Disciplinary Inspection Team and Supervision Bureau stationed in the Ministry of Agriculture filed a case for investigation of Ding Li's serious violations of discipline based on reports from the masses, and implemented double-regulation measures. It was found out that Ding Li was suspected of accepting 500,000 yuan in bribes, and he was transferred to the judiciary on June 7, 2006. In October 2006, after research by the Party Group of the Ministry of Agriculture and approval by the Work Committee of the Central State Organs and the Ministry of Supervision, Ding Li was punished by expulsion from the Party and public office.After Ding Li was transferred to the judiciary, the Disciplinary Inspection Team of the Ministry of Agriculture followed the requirements of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, the leaders of the Ministry of Supervision and the party group of the Ministry of Agriculture. It truthfully reflected the circumstances of Ding Li's surrender during the shuanggui period, and did a lot of work for a lighter punishment for Ding Li. During his time in shuanggui and in custody, Ding Li deeply reflected on his crimes, and wrote several sincere and heartbroken letters of repentance, expressing his willingness to accept the punishment of the party organization and the judiciary, to accept reform, and to strive for a new life. On June 6, 2006, Ding Li was investigated by the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate on suspicion of accepting bribes. On June 8, he was criminally detained, and on June 22 he was arrested.After the investigation by the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate was completed, it was handed over to the Second Branch of the Beijing Municipal Procuratorate for examination and prosecution on January 26, 2007. On May 18, 2007, Ding Li's bribery case was prosecuted. On June 14, the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court heard the case. Due to Ding Li's popularity, many of Ding Li's classmates came to the court to listen on the day of the court hearing. Many people stood and listened outside the court because the court could not sit.When the presiding judge just walked into the court, Ding Li's elderly mother walked towards him with difficulty on crutches, hoping that the presiding judge would prohibit the reporter from attending the hearing.After the request was rejected, the old man sat back in the gallery, bowed his head with red eyes and remained silent. "I pleaded guilty and have no objection to the charges. But I did not ask for bribes, nor did I do anything for the other party." Ding Li said that he usually collects money first and then does things later. If he can't do it, he will return the money to the briber. In the court, Ding Li still argued that he had neither the right to decide nor the right to veto the evaluation of leading companies.In my country's judicial interpretations related to the crime of accepting bribes, it is stipulated that taking advantage of the convenience of one's position includes taking advantage of one's authority to be in charge of, be in charge of, and undertake certain public affairs.The Agricultural Industrialization Office where Ding Li works is specifically responsible for organizing and undertaking the evaluation of leading enterprises. As the deputy director of the office, Ding Li has certain responsibilities in organizing and undertaking the evaluation activities, although he cannot decide whether the enterprise can be rated as a leading enterprise. Ding Li has always argued in court that he did not do anything for the other party, and that he promised to help was out of face.However, regarding Ding Li's excuse of "not doing things for the other party", the judicial interpretation clearly stipulates that seeking benefits for others includes three stages: commitment, implementation and realization. If the specific entrusted items provided by others promise to seek benefits for others, there are elements for seeking benefits for others.Therefore, no matter what idea or purpose Ding Li has, it will not affect the establishment of the crime of accepting bribes. Finally, Ding Li also argued that he has close contacts with enterprises, often shoots promotional videos and writes promotional articles for various enterprises in the agricultural port, and charges "labor fees", but he does not know whether this is legal.In the final presentation stage, Ding Li burst into tears, saying that he did not know the law, did not distinguish right from wrong, did not draw a clear line with the enterprise, did not stand the temptation of money, and discredited the Ministry of Agriculture, feeling very regretful. Famous lawyer Qian Lieyang was entrusted by Ding Li's mother to appear in court as Ding Li's defender.Before the trial, Qian Lieyang met with Ding Li in the detention center several times, reviewed the relevant case files and materials transferred to the court in detail, and cross-examined the evidence related to the case with the public prosecutor during the trial. No objection.While persuading Ding Li to actively return the stolen goods, Qian Lieyang defended Ding Li in court for a lighter punishment. Qian Lieyang listed five reasons: First, Ding Li actively confessed to the discipline inspection team all the facts of accepting bribes involved in the case during the shuanggui period before the judicial authorities took measures, which constituted surrender according to law.The second is that Ding Li did not seek illegitimate benefits for the briber, and the 100,000 yuan he received from a Jiangsu group had voluntarily returned before the incident.The third is that Ding Li actively returned the stolen goods and recovered the losses to the maximum extent. The subjective malice was not serious, and the circumstances were relatively minor.Fourth, Ding Lineng actively cooperated with the judiciary to find out the problem, and he showed a deep confession and repentance.Fifth, Ding Li is a rare agricultural professional who has made great contributions to the country's agricultural construction in the past.I urge the court to consider the circumstances of the case comprehensively and give a lighter sentence so that the defendant can return to society as soon as possible and continue to make contributions to society. The court accepted Qian Lieyang's defense reasons, and Ding Li truthfully confessed the facts of the crime of accepting bribes that the investigation agency had not grasped and was willing to return the stolen goods.When the Beijing No. 2 Intermediate People's Court made the first-instance judgment on Ding Li's bribery case, it found that the bribe was 500,000 yuan and sentenced him to 8 years in prison. According to the laws of our country, Ding Li’s prison term should be more than 10 years. Ding Li was given a light sentence because of circumstances such as surrender, but in the end Ding Li felt that although he received money but did nothing, the subjective malice was not serious, and the sentence was still too high, so he An appeal was filed. On December 17, 2007, the Beijing Higher People's Court upheld the original judgment in the final instance. The reason why Ding Li appealed, we can understand that although Ding Li has learned some legal knowledge, he is still unclear.Many officials usually think about the consequences before accepting bribes, because they know that the money received from the bribes is improper, and they also understand that it will bring serious consequences.But in order to satisfy selfish desires, after reaching out for money, they will always be smart enough to seek legal reasons for their crimes.Ding Li thinks that just taking money and not doing anything is considered bribery, but this reason is not only pale but also ignorant. The practice of taking money and doing nothing is not a new invention of Ding Li, but a misunderstanding of officials like Ding Li before they became corrupt officials.Many officials seem to know a little about the law on the surface, and they talk about it sensibly.However, when judging their own behavior by the law, they always feel that they "can justify themselves". This is because they do not have a deep understanding of the law or even have many deviations.Ding Li always feels that he is not taking bribes if he takes money and does not do things;The reason why Ding Li thinks this way is because he wants to take advantage of the law's loopholes and play around the edges of the law. This is an instinct, but it is his lack of deep understanding of the law, coupled with this little cleverness, that puts himself in it. . The judicial interpretation clearly stipulates that seeking benefits for others includes three stages: commitment, implementation and realization, and as long as one of the stages is involved, it is considered bribery.Every time Ding Li took money, he promised to help, and as long as he agreed, he was considered a bribe. Ding Li's biggest misunderstanding is that he "smartly" wraps "black gold" with "red paper" and turns it into "labor compensation" for corporate publicity. He thinks that the nature has changed.Don't underestimate this thin layer of red paper. In Ding Li's world view, he turned illegal bribery into "legitimate labor income" and the money that should be taken for granted. This is exactly what Ding Li sees. "Labor relations" made him put handcuffs on himself. Regrettably, because many bribers do not understand the operating procedures of certain powers, the mystery of power has given officials like Ding Li the soil to survive for taking money and doing nothing.We also regret to see that behind Ding Li, there are still many officials who take money and do nothing but "succumb to the past".