XU GUANGHUA, former deputy chief of the Yanluo Subdistrict Office in Bao’an District, received a one-year jail term with a two-year reprieve for offering HK$220,000 (US$28,028) in bribes to Zhang Chunming, the then director of Songgang Subdistrict Office, in exchange for a promotion. The verdict handed down by the Yantian court showed Xu had offered the bribes in 2014-2016. Zhang was prosecuted recently for taking 38.51 million yuan (US$5.82 million) and HK$7.3 million in bribes between 2012 and 2017, while he was Songgang’s Party chief and head of the Songgang Subdistrict Office. (Richard Han) |