In June 1999, a report material reflecting the economic problems of Ma Xiangdong, then member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Deputy Mayor of Shenyang, Liaoning Province, attracted great attention from the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China.

The Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, together with the Liaoning Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Procuratorate, quickly found out some of Ma Xiangdong’s serious violations of discipline and law, including corruption, misappropriation of public funds, and multiple overseas gambling trips. At the same time, he brought out his “buddies”─ Corruption issues involving Ning Xianjie, then director of the Shenyang Urban and Rural Development Commission, and Li Jingfang, director of the Municipal Finance Bureau.

As the investigation continues to deepen, the facts of Ma Xiangdong’s crimes have emerged one by one.

In the 13 years from February 1986 to June 1999, Ma Xiangdong used him to serve as director of the Commerce Bureau of Shenyang City, Liaoning Province, deputy secretary-general of the municipal government and director of the municipal commercial office, assistant to the mayor, deputy Convenient conditions for mayor, executive deputy mayor and other positions;

Repeatedly solicited and illegally accepted other people's property, and individually accepted bribes of more than 3.41 million yuan, more than 230,000 U.S. dollars, 110,000 Hong Kong dollars and worth of RMB 100,000 yuan of internal employee shares, and together with Ning Xianjie and others, he accepted bribes of RMB 78,000, more than 500,000 U.S. dollars, and other property; US$120,000, and each person received US$40,000; he also misappropriated more than US$398,000 of public funds and instructed Ning Xianjie, Li Jingfang and others to privately set up a company in Hong Kong for personal use.

Ma Xiangdong was unable to explain the legal origin of the huge amount of property worth more than 10.686 million yuan found by the judicial authorities from his home. In October 1999, Ma Xiangdong was arrested in accordance with the law. Also arrested were Ning Xianjie and Li Jingfang.

An in-depth investigation into the problems of Ma Xiangdong and others revealed the corruption of Mu Suixin, then deputy secretary of the Shenyang Municipal Party Committee and mayor.

Mu Suixin, who once served as director of the Liaoning Provincial Department of Construction, assistant to the governor, deputy governor and deputy secretary of the Provincial Party Committee’s Political and Legal Affairs Committee, used his authority to They engaged in power-for-money transactions in approving projects, tax reductions and exemptions, coordinating loans, and promotion and transfer of cadres. Bribery worth more than 6.614 million yuan was accepted, and the source of huge property worth more than 2.695 million yuan was unknown.

After grasping a large amount of criminal facts and evidence, the prosecutorial agency decided to take compulsory measures against Mu Suixin in June 2001. Prior to this, with the approval of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and the Ministry of Supervision decided to expel Mu Suixin from the party membership and public office. He was dismissed from his positions as a deputy to the National People's Congress, a deputy to the Liaoning Provincial People's Congress, and a deputy to the Shenyang Municipal People's Congress in accordance with the law.

Judgment:

On December 19, 2001, as approved by the Supreme People's Court, Ma Xiangdong, former deputy mayor of Shenyang Municipal People's Government, former deputy director of Shenyang Municipal Finance Bureau and state-owned assets management The former director of the bureau, Guo Jiusi, was executed.

The cases of former Shenyang Mayor Mu Suixin, former Vice Mayor Ma Xiangdong and other 16 people involving bribery, embezzlement, misappropriation of public funds, and unidentified sources of huge amounts of property were publicly heard by seven intermediate people's courts in Liaoning and Jiangsu provinces. The first-instance verdicts were issued on October 10:

Guo Jiuci and Ma Xiangdong were sentenced to death respectively; Mu Suixin, Ning Xianjie, and Zhou Wei were sentenced to death respectively, with a two-year reprieve; Chi Ruoyan, Eleven people including Jia Yongxiang, Liang Fuquan, Liu Shi, Li Jingfang, Zhao Shichun, Ma Sheng, Jiao Meigui, Tian Yingjie, Tai Ming and Liu Baoyin were sentenced to life imprisonment or fixed-term imprisonment.

After the first instance verdict was announced, seven people including Mu Suixin, Zhou Wei, Jia Yongxiang, Zhao Shichun, Liang Fuquan, Li Jingfang, Liu Baoyin accepted the verdict and did not appeal; Ma Xiangdong, Guo Jiusi, Ning Xianjie, Tian Yingjie, Jiao Nine people, including Meigui, Chi Ruoyan, Liu Shi, Taiming and Ma Sheng, were not satisfied with the first-instance judgment and appealed to the Liaoning Province or Jiangsu Province Higher People's Court respectively.

The Liaoning Provincial Higher People's Court approved the first-instance verdict against Mu Suixin and Zhou Wei in accordance with legal procedures; at the same time, after trial, it rejected the appeals of Guo Jiuci, Jiao Meigui and Tian Yingjie in accordance with the law. The original verdict was upheld and the Supreme People's Court was requested to review Guo Jiuci's death sentence in accordance with legal procedures.

The Higher People’s Court of Jiangsu Province heard the appeals of six persons including Ma Xiangdong, Ning Xianjie, Chi Ruoyan, Liu Shi, Ma Sheng and Taiming in accordance with the law, and ruled to reject the appeal, uphold the original judgment, and In accordance with legal procedures, the Supreme People's Court was requested to review Ma Xiangdong's death sentence.

The Supreme People's Court reviewed and held that Ma Xiangdong took advantage of his position as the former deputy mayor of Shenyang City to extort and illegally accept property from others equivalent to more than 9.76 million yuan; and colluded with others to embezzle public funds of US$120,000 (equivalent to More than 990,000 yuan), and more than 390,000 US dollars of public funds (equivalent to about 3.3 million yuan) were misappropriated for personal use;

There is also a huge amount of property of more than 10.68 million yuan whose legal source cannot be proven. The amount of bribes Ma Xiangdong accepted was particularly huge, the circumstances were particularly serious, and there were circumstances of soliciting bribes, so he should be severely punished in accordance with the law. As a state employee, Guo Jiuci took advantage of his position to solicit and illegally accept property from others, totaling more than 2.35 million yuan;

Using his position in a joint-stock enterprise to illegally accept RMB 670,000 yuan; misappropriated 100,000 yuan of public funds for personal business activities. The amount of bribes accepted was extremely huge, the circumstances were particularly serious, and his bribery behavior caused significant economic losses to the country and should be punished in accordance with the law.

The first-instance and second-instance rulings made by the People's Courts of Jiangsu and Liaoning Provinces against Ma Xiangdong and Guo Jiuci found clear facts, reliable and sufficient evidence, accurate convictions, appropriate sentencing, and legal procedures. Ma Xiangdong and Guo Jiuci were approved in accordance with the law. Guo Jiuci was sentenced to death, deprived of political rights for life, and all personal property confiscated.