The bribe amount was particularly large. Former General Manager of China Datang, Kou Wei, was sentenced to death with a reprieve in the first trial.

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Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Xing'an League Intermediate People's Court sentenced Kou Wei, the former general manager of China Datang Group Co., Ltd., to death with a two-year reprieve for crimes of bribery, embezzlement, and other offenses, and deprived him of political rights for life, with a total fine of 4 million yuan. The trial found that he used his position to illegally accept bribes exceeding 154 million yuan, causing significant losses to state-owned assets. The court considered his remorse and confession in granting a lighter sentence.

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2026-04-11 11:44:15

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On April 1, 2026, the Intermediate People’s Court of Xing’an League, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, publicly announced the first-instance verdict in the case of former Party Secretary Deputy Secretary and General Manager of China Datang Group Co., Ltd., Kou Wei, for accepting bribes, using influence to accept bribes, embezzlement, and abuse of power by state-owned enterprise personnel. Kou Wei was sentenced to death for accepting bribes, with a two-year reprieve, lifelong political rights deprivation, and confiscation of all personal property; twelve years in prison for embezzlement, with a fine of 154M RMB; eight years in prison for using influence to accept bribes, with a fine of 9.05M RMB; four years in prison for abuse of power by state-owned enterprise personnel; and the death penalty with a two-year reprieve, lifelong political rights deprivation, and confiscation of all personal property. The proceeds of his bribes, influence-based bribe acceptance, and interest, as well as the embezzled funds, are to be turned over to the state treasury according to law; any shortfall will continue to be recovered; embezzled funds are to be returned to the victimized units.

The court found that: from 1996 to 2024, the defendant Kou Wei, leveraging his positions as Party Secretary and Director of Manwan Power Plant in Yunnan Province, member and Deputy Director of the Yunnan Power Industry Bureau Party Group, Deputy General Manager of Yunnan Electric Power Group Co., Ltd., Party Secretary, General

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