Xinhua News Agency reported that Shen Deyong, former Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court of China, pleaded guilty at his trial on May 11 in the Ningbo City Court, Zhejiang Province.
At the trial, Mr. Shen admitted and expressed remorse for accepting bribes totaling more than 64.56 million yuan (over 217 billion VND) between 1995 and 2022.
Mr. Tham Duc Vinh at the trial on May 11th.
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Mr. Shen (69 years old) was trained in criminal law and held important positions in the Chinese Communist Party and the judicial system for nearly four decades.
After a period of gradual advancement through the judicial system of his home province of Jiangxi, Shen became Vice Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court in 1998, according to the South China Morning Post .
In 2006, Shen served as the Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Disciplinary Inspection Commission and rose to prominence for handling the corruption case of former Shanghai Party Secretary and Mayor Chen Liangyu.
Shen became the Permanent Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court in 2008. During this period, he worked with Hong Kong officials on legal cooperation between mainland China and the special administrative region.
In 2018, he became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), the country's top political advisory body, and was elected chairman of the CPPCC's Committee on Social and Legal Affairs.
Mr. Tham was investigated from March 2022 for suspected serious violations of law and discipline. Subsequently, he was expelled from the party, stripped of all his positions, and arrested on suspicion of accepting bribes.
Mr. Tham is accused of abusing his position to receive bribes directly or through his wife and children, in exchange for helping to secure legal cases and promotions for certain individuals, and awarding construction contracts. The court announced on May 11th that it will deliver its verdict on a later date.
Shen is one of the highest-ranking officials to be implicated in corruption since President Xi Jinping shifted the focus of his anti-corruption campaign to law enforcement and security forces in 2021. Former Public Security Ministers Sun Lijun and Fu Zhenghua were both imprisoned for corruption during this period. Police chiefs in major cities like Chongqing and Shanghai, along with other intelligence and judicial officials, also fell from grace.
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