When money and power are blindfolded, it is difficult for officials to keep themselves from being dazzled.
According to China’s Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), Gong Dao’an was born in 1964 in Li county in Hunan province. From 1981 to 2007, Gong respectively held a number of important positions in the Hubei Provincial Public Security Agency, such as Head of the Department in charge of serious cases under the Provincial Criminal Investigation Team; Team leader of the investigation team of economic projects…
From December 2007 to October 2010, Cung was appointed Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Public Security Bureau of Hamning City in Hubei Province. In June 2009, Cung led the police force to dismantle an online football betting ring with more than 100,000 gamblers participating, the total amount of gambling amounted to more than 50 billion yuan (nearly 173,700 billion VND). ).
In November 2010, Cung was assigned to Beijing to work and hold the position of Deputy Director of the 12th Department, ie the Technical Reconnaissance Department under the Ministry of Public Security. Cung has joined the ‘group of greedy officials’ led by Ton Luc Quan. This group has at least 8 officials, founded by Ton to take advantage of his position and influence in society to support a number of businesses. In return, they obtain illicit funds or assets from many of the businesses they help.
Thanks to the help from the power of the ‘mandarin group’ led by Ton, Cung Dao An’s mandarin route had many advantages. In October 2012, Cung was promoted to the position of Director of the 12th Department. By June 2017, Cung was transferred to Shanghai and held many important positions such as the Director of the Shanghai Municipal Police Academy; Secretary of the Party Committee and Director of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau.
From January 2018 until being “touched” by CCDI investigators in August 2020, Cung concurrently held two more positions as deputy mayor and member of the Shanghai Municipal People’s Council.
“During his working period from 1999 to July 2020, defendant Cung Dao An took advantage of his position to support many individuals and units in business activities; project contracting; edit the details of many cases; supporting and appointing many individuals to public agencies… thereby reaping illicit profits with a total value of more than 73.4 million yuan (nearly 257 billion VND),” the court’s statement said. People’s Project of Tangshan city in Hebei province, wrote.
“Because of the initiative to confess, as well as honestly declaring many details, Cung will receive a life sentence. All assets he obtained from accepting bribes will be confiscated from the public funds,” the statement added.
