Su Hongzhang | |
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| 苏宏章 | |
| Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission ofLiaoning | |
| In office October 2011 – April 6, 2016 | |
| Preceded by | Li Feng (李峰) |
| Succeeded by | Li Wenzhang (李文章) |
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| Born | May 1959 (age 66) |
| Political party | Chinese Communist Party (expelled) |
| Alma mater | Liaoning University |
Su Hongzhang (Chinese:苏宏章; born May 1959) is a former Chinese politician, and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission ofLiaoning Province. He was dismissed from his position in April 2016 for investigation by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection.
Su Hongzhang was born inShenyang,Liaoning. He joined theChinese Communist Party (CCP) in 1985 and graduated fromLiaoning University with a bachelor's degree in philosophy in 1983.[citation needed]
In 1995, Su served as deputy governor ofHeishan County and deputy head of the CCP Propaganda Department of Liaoning. In 2000 he became theCCP Deputy Committee Secretary ofFushun and moved to the post of the deputy party chief ofShenyang in 2007. Su was promoted to head the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Liaoning in October 2011, and a member of theprovincial party standing committee, a part of the province's highest echelon of power.[1]
On April 6, 2016, Su Hongzhang was placed under investigation by theCentral Commission for Discipline Inspection, the party's internal disciplinary body, for "serious violations of regulations".[1] Su was the first provincial-levelZhengfawei chief to fall under the axe of theanti-corruption campaign under Xi Jinping.[2]
The investigation against Su was opened shortly after the downfall of the one-time party chief of Liaoning,Wang Min. Chinese media reported that Su had given gold-plated materials to his superiors as a bribe in order to be promoted. It was considered highly unusual that he was elevated directly from the Shenyang deputy party chief position to a provincialparty standing committee position overnight. The conjecture of events led the media to report that in all likelihood the "superior" Su had bribed was Wang Min.[3]
Su was expelled from the CCP on July 25, 2016. He was said to have bribed people during the "democratic consultation process" and internal party election, interfered in specific judicial cases, taken bribes in exchange for promotions, and conducted illicit "money-for-sex transactions".[4]
On May 19, 2017, Su was sentenced on 14 years in prison for taking bribes worth 19.96 million yuan (~$2.93 million) and giving bribes worth 1.1 million yuan (~$0.16 million) by the Intermediate People's Court in Harbin.[citation needed]
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