Ex-Hunan official jailed for poll frauds
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A FORMER senior political adviser from Hunan Province was sentenced to five years in prison for neglect of duty in one of the largest election frauds in China.
Tong Mingqian was convicted of failing to investigate and stop a large-scale election fraud while posted as a leading official of Hengyang City in Hunan, the Beijing Second Intermediate People’s Court said.
Tong was implicated in the fraud involving more than 500 lawmakers between December 28, 2012 and January 3, 2013. Then Hengyang Party secretary, Tong was responsible for organizing the election for the city’s deputies to the provincial people’s congress.
During the election, some candidates offered bribes to buy votes but Tong made no attempt to stop the illegal practice.
He also failed to order an investigation into the fraud after the election as required by law, the court said yesterday.
The fraud is one of the largest in terms of people and money involved. Investigations showed 56 candidates from Hengyang bribed 518 lawmakers and 68 staff for the election of deputies to the Hunan provincial people’s congress.
The amount of money involved in the bribery exceeded 110 million yuan (US$18 million).
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