Supreme People's Court releases 4 typical cases of dereliction of duty crimes; personnel in "key positions" sentenced for abuse of power

2026-06-18

To fully leverage the educational, warning, and deterrent effects of typical cases, and to promote the deepening and practical implementation of learning education on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements, on June 18, the Supreme People's Court publicly released four typical cases of punishing dereliction of duty crimes accordance with the law. Reporters noted that the four cases cover dereliction of duty crimes committed by personnel of state organs, state-owned companies, enterprises, and public institutions involving key areas such as high-quality development, protection of state-owned assets, ecological and environmental protection, and road engineering construction. In Case 1, the bribery and abuse power case of Cao, Cao, as the municipal party committee secretary in charge of a region, abused his power and ignored local financial capabilities to raise funds and incur debts for the construction of-scale projects, causing huge losses and seriously affecting and constraining the sustainable economic and social development of the local area. In Case 3, the bribery and abuse of power case of, Lu, as the director of the county water conservancy bureau and secretary of the town party committee, abused his power and exceeded his authority to approve projects, condoning criminals illegally mine large amounts of non-renewable peat resources, resulting in major losses to the interests of the state and the people. Both were convicted and punished for the crime of abuse of. The people's courts strictly punish in accordance with the law those who accept bribes and abuse power, as well as those whose dereliction of duty causes major losses to public and the interests of the state and the people. In the four typical cases released this time, the trial courts imposed sentences in accordance with the law within the statutory sentencing range based on facts, nature, circumstances, and degree of harm to society of the defendants' crimes, and strictly punished those with circumstances warranting heavier or higher-tier penalties in accordance with the. In Case 2, the bribery and abuse of power case of Li, Li, as the director of the municipal transportation bureau in charge of expressway construction, accepted requests from illegal and abused his power in multiple links involving expressway projects, causing major losses to the interests of the state and the people. At the same time, Li also solicited huge bribes from and was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve for the crime of bribery, and sentenced to nine years of fixed-term imprisonment for the crime of abuse of power with a penalty.

While handling cases in accordance with the law with high quality and efficiency, people's courts actively use cases to explain the law and issue judicial suggestions, working with relevant departments to strengthen warning education, enhance supervision and management, improve systems and mechanisms, and promote governance at the source. In Case 4, the case of Lius embezzlement, bribery, and abuse of power by personnel of a state-owned company, the trial court found that the unit involved had problems such as the failure to effectively exercise its supervisory and a risk warning mechanism that existed in name only. After the trial of the case was completed, the court issued a judicial suggestion to urge the unit to improve its internal governance structure plug management loopholes, and regularly follow up and visit to promote the reconstruction of a full-chain supervision mechanism and build a strong defense line for the security of state-owned assets.The Supreme People's Court stated that people's courts at all levels are solidly carrying out study and education on establishing and practicing a correct view of political achievements, strictly and impart administering justice, and continuously improving quality and efficiency to provide higher-level judicial services and guarantees for promoting the performance of duties according to the law and the clean exercise of power, achieving a good start for the "15th Five-Year Plan". (Outlook New Era)

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