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The second hearing of the Jinghua City case was held. Shen Qingjing denied committing any crimes, arguing that the petition, land donation and donation to Jinghua City were all acts of fighting for rights and public welfare in accordance with the law, and criticized the lack of evidence that the first instance found that he had paid bribes and actually controlled the company.
Former President of Popular Partyke wenzhe After being sentenced to 17 years in prison in the first case of the Jinghua City scandal, Ke and seven other defendants appealed to the prosecutor. The Taiwan High Court opened a lawsuit today and summoned Weiqing Group Chairman Shen Qingjing, Taipei City Councilor Ying Xiaowei and assistant Wu Shunmin. Shen Qingjing told the court that he completely denied committing the crime. First of all, this case was a case filed by Jinghua City Company, not by him. He was a witness and victim who personally experienced urban planning for 40 years.
He said that in 1991, in the absence of a land donation law, the Taipei city government forced Jinghua City to donate 30% of its approximately 2,400 square meters of land with a market value of more than 24 billion yuan. It was clearly recorded in the urban plan that the guaranteed floor area was 120,284 square meters. Later, the circular building of Jinghua City had a floor area of 111,919 square meters or a floor area ratio of 678.91%.
Shen Qingjing pointed out that Jinghua City not only donated 2,400 square meters of land, but the Beijing Municipal Government asked Jinghua City Company to donate 600 square meters of land to small landowners on the northwest side of the base, and also donated 220 million yuan to the Beijing City Government to help build the Puppet Theater Museum. Jinghua City Company paid such a high price to implement the urban plan.
He said that laws and regulations have the force of urban planning and Jinghua City Company must abide by them. However, the North City government later apparently failed to comply. In 2018, Lin Qianrong, deputy mayor of the City Council, chaired the Metropolitan Committee and removed 120,284 square meters of floor area protected after Jinghua City Company donated the land. Jinghua City Company was unfairly harmed by the city government and could only file administrative lawsuits and representations in accordance with the law. It is a way for people to fight for their rights legally.
Shen Qingjing explained that he did not know and did not agree with Jinghuacheng Company’s subsequent application of large incentives in accordance with Article 24 of the Urban Planning Law, but prosecutors believed that he had criminal intentions. He said that it was Jinghua City Company that petitioned for the Bei City government, and it was also Jinghua City Company that petitioned for Ying Xiaowei. He was not the largest shareholder of Jinghua City Company. Jinghua City Company had many shareholders from outside listed companies, and had professional managers, a board of directors, and shareholders’ meetings to make decisions. The prima facie verdict stated without reason that he had substantial control and final decision-making power over Jinghua City Company and found him guilty. “I can’t be sure.”
Regarding the 45 million yuan, Shen Qingjing said that it was a charity donation, not a bribe. The 45 million yuan was donated not to Ying Xiaowei, but to five associations. The check was clearly made payable to all the associations.
He said that when he was young, his family was poor, he was involved in gangs and he was a rehabilitated person. He knew that if the rehabilitated children and stray children were not given proper counseling, they would cause more harm to the society. Ying Xiaowei and teacher Yu Xuehong arranged for him to give speeches in juvenile detention centers and prisons across the country. During that period, Viking Group was affected by the Asian financial crisis and was busy overcoming the crisis. He will still find time to go. He will support the association only for the public welfare and to fulfill the promise made to teacher Yu Juehong. It has nothing to do with Jinghua City.
Shen Qingjing also said that other donations were nonsense. He did not know that China National Engineering Group Corporation and Sinopec were independent companies. His holding of shares in Jinghua City Company did not mean that he personally owned them. Prima facie, it cannot be assumed that he can dominate or control these companies merely because he is the Chairman of the group. Prima facie, he was found to have committed bribery without any evidence. He really can’t accept it.
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Shen Qingjing clearly denied committing the crime during the High Court hearing and said that he was not a criminal but a victim. He emphasized that this case was a representation of Jinghua City Company, not his personal representation, and he was deeply dissatisfied with the prima facie determination.
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He advocated that the land donations, land donations and 220 million yuan in donations since 1991 were all due to urban planning and public welfare needs, and were not bribes. He said that 45 million yuan was donated to five associations, and the associations’ names were clearly written on the checks payable to them.
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He denied the first instance and claimed that he had substantial control over Jinghua City Company and the power to make final decisions. He believed that the company had outside shareholders, a board of directors, and professional managers. Just because he was the chairman of the group, it cannot be assumed that he was controlling the company and could be found guilty of bribery.
