The Dongguan Intermediate People's Court ruled that Liang was guilty of organizing prostitution, colluding in bidding, and bribery by the unit, sentenced to life imprisonment, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all his personal property.
On May 27th, 20 15, Liang was taken to the trial bench. It took 26 months from the trial to this judgment. Why did it take so long to try Prince Hui?
Professor of China University of Political Science and Law said in an interview that Liang's trial took 26 months, which should be mainly due to two reasons: the complexity of the case and new crimes.
Liang was called "porn tycoon" by the media, which caused widespread concern, and in the 20 14 Dongguan anti-pornography storm.
20 14 February, CCTV exposed that the sauna center of Prince Hotel had a naked dance competition and provided prostitution services, and the anti-pornography storm in Dongguan immediately began.
At that time, the reporter found that the actual controller of the Prince Hotel was Liang, and Liang also had many identities such as chairman of Zhongyuan Petroleum Group International Co., Ltd. and NPC deputies. In the Hurun Report in 2008, Liang ranked 406th with a personal wealth of 2 billion yuan.
Two months later, on April 20 14 14, Liang was dismissed as a deputy to the National People's Congress and was detained on suspicion of organizing prostitution.
2065438+On May 27th, 2005, Prince Hotel organized a hearing on prostitution case, and 47 people including Liang were put on the trial bench.
The prosecution alleged that since 2004, the sauna center of Prince Hotel has gradually developed into a place to provide prostitution activities, and organized more than 100 sauna technicians, including minors, to engage in prostitution activities. 2065,438+001871,and the illegal income reached 48,699,867.
Organized prostitution more than 654.38 million times a year. Hong Daode said that the above-mentioned criminal facts alleged by the prosecution are enough to show that the case of organizing prostitution in Prince Hotel is complicated.
In the trial of 20 15, the prosecution accused 47 people, including Liang, of organizing prostitution, assisting in organizing prostitution and helping to destroy evidence.
According to the verdict, Liang was guilty of organizing prostitution, colluding in bidding and bribery by the unit. It is believed that this shows that during the court trial, the judicial organs discovered Liang's new crimes. In addition to organizing prostitution, there are other crimes such as collusion in bidding and bribery.
So who did Liang collude with and pay bribes to?
Liang has a close personal relationship with Liu Zhigeng, the former vice governor of Guangdong Province, and other officials who have fallen off the horse.
Liu Zhigeng worked in Dongguan for 7 years, and served as mayor and secretary of the municipal party committee, and was accused of being the "protective umbrella" of the porn industry in Dongguan. It is reported that he privately called "Prince Hui" a "brother".
The picture shows 20 10, 10. Liu Zhigeng, then secretary of Dongguan, met with philanthropist Liang in Dongguan.
In 2008, Liang's personal wealth increased from 65.438 billion yuan to 2 billion yuan, and his ranking in the rich list rose from 654 to 406. It is understood that the main reason why Liang's personal assets doubled in that year was that he made huge profits from oil investment.
As early as 1998, Liang had already set foot in the oil industry. At that time, Zhongyuan Petroleum was incorporated in Hongkong, and was the chairman of Ren Liang. Since then, Liang has developed into an "oil tycoon", investing in oil wells at home and owning 65,438+00 oil wells overseas.
In addition, during the trial, Liang pleaded not guilty and denied the prosecution's allegations.
It is reported that during the trial, Liang denied that he was the owner of the Prince Hotel and did not know how many hotel shares he held. Although several hotel executives testified that he was in charge of hotel management, he still argued that he had no time to manage the hotel because the hotel needed professional managers. "You can't manage it with money and wisdom."
Liang also argued that he always thought that the hotel was doing regular massage, physical therapy and other businesses, and it was not until CCTV exposed that the hotel was involved in pornography. "CCTV will not tell lies." He said that he was saddened to learn that the hotel was involved in pornography and severely criticized the leaders of the sauna department. "You did such a thing, which greatly affected the company's image."
A number of hotel employees who appeared in court testified that Liang not only knew that the hotel was involved in pornography, but also "instructed" employees to destroy evidence after CCTV exposure.
Hong Daode said that if the defendant refuses to plead guilty, the court investigation time will generally be relatively prolonged, which is one of the reasons why the judgment took 26 months. But even if the defendant has not pleaded guilty, he can be sentenced with zero confession according to law. The Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that if the defendant has no confession and the evidence is true and sufficient, the defendant can be found guilty and punished.
It takes a certain amount of time to carry out criminal facts, and you can't escape the guilt before the law.