Meng Yongshan

In this Chinese name, the family name is Meng.
Meng Yongshan
蒙永山
Chief Prosecutor of Qinghai People's Procuratorate
In office
November 2018 – June 2021
DeputyJia Xiaogang [zh]
Tai Ben
Zhang Jie
Preceded byYin Bai [zh]
Succeeded byZha Qingjiu [zh]
Personal details
BornNovember 1964 (age 60)
Guigang, Guangxi, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party (1992–2021; expelled)
Alma materSouthwest University of Political Science & Law
Sichuan University

Meng Yongshan (Chinese: 蒙永山; pinyin: Méng Yǒngshān; born November 1964) is a former Chinese procurator. As of June 2021 he was under investigation by China's top anti-corruption agency. Previously he served as chief prosecutor and party branch secretary of Qinghai People's Procuratorate.

Biography

Meng was born in Guigang, Guangxi, in November 1964. In 1981, he enrolled at the Southwest University of Political Science & Law where he received his Bachelor of Laws degree in 1985. In 1999 he graduated from the Criminal Law Postgraduate Course of Sichuan University. He once served as chief prosecutor of Qinzhou People's Procuratorate. He was promoted to deputy prosecutor of Guangxi People's Procuratorate in September 2006. In March 2014 he was promoted again to become deputy chief procurator. He was appointed to be party branch secretary of Qinghai People's Procuratorate in October 2018, concurrently holding the chief prosecutor position since the next month.[1]

Downfall

On June 2, 2021, he turned himself in and is cooperating with the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI) and National Supervisory Commission for investigation of "suspected violations of disciplines and laws".[2]

His deputy, Jia Xiaogang [zh], was sacked for graft in July 2020 and expelled from the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and dismissed from public office in November of that same year.[3]

On August 16, 2021, he was expelled from the Communist Party and removed from public office.[4] On October 9, he was indicted on suspicion of accepting bribes.[5]

On July 12, 2022, he was sentenced to 11 years in prison and fined two million yuan by the Chifeng Intermediate People's Court.[6]

References

  1. ^ Zhuang Yu (庄彧) (31 January 2019). 蒙永山当选青海省检察院检察长. ce.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  2. ^ "Chief procurator of Qinghai province under investigation". chinadaily.com.cn. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  3. ^ Zhou Zijing (周子静) (28 November 2020). 青海省人民检察院原副检察长贾小刚被“双开”. thepaper (in Chinese). Retrieved 3 June 2021.
  4. ^ Aybek, Askhar (17 August 2021). "Chief procurator of Qinghai expelled from Party". China Daily. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Former chief procurator of Qinghai indicted for bribery". China Daily. 9 October 2021. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
  6. ^ Zhang Linhu (张林虎) (12 July 2022). 主动投案 青海省人民检察院原检察长蒙永山获刑11年. chinanews.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 14 July 2022.
Legal offices
Preceded by Chief Prosecutor of Qinghai People's Procuratorate
2018–2021 		Succeeded by