Former China Telecom Vice President Leng Rongquan's prison term is nearing its end; after retirement, he once had others cover his expenses for Antarctic travel.

Operator Finance Network, Zhao Xinyu / Written by

A roundup of leaders who caused trouble within the operator systems—being sentenced to more than ten years is not considered too much. Among them, Leng Rongquan, former deputy general manager of China Telecom Group, was sentenced to 14 years for taking bribes of more than 100k yuan. Now there are only a few years left until he completes his prison term.

Leng Rongquan was investigated in 2015. At that time, he was already 66 years old, and had been enjoying several years of comfortable retirement life. Many people in the industry never expected what happened to him, and that is also easy to understand, because the ways he took bribes were varied and well concealed.

First: Take money directly

Leng Rongquan used the simplest and most direct method to take money. According to related materials published on the Judgment Documents website, some companies directly delivered money to Leng Rongquan. Around the Spring Festival in 2009, one company’s person in charge went directly to Leng Rongquan’s home and gave him RMB 100k in cash.

In addition, after Leng Rongquan retired, there were companies that sent him RMB 240k under the name of “consulting fees,” which is also giving money directly—though they found a pretext. Since directly collecting cash still involves certain risks, the amounts involved were not that large.

Second: Have business owners cover expenses after retirement

When Leng Rongquan took bribes while in office, he had already arranged his retirement life. He had reached an agreement with an executive of a company: after he retired, that boss would arrange to cover some expenditures. After Leng Rongquan retired, the boss paid RMB 138k in costs for Leng Rongquan’s daughter’s wedding banquet in accordance with the agreement. This is the typical pattern of “handling matters while in office, getting money after retirement,” which, to a certain extent, avoids the risk of being investigated while still in office.

It is worth mentioning that after retirement, there was also a boss who paid RMB 196k for Leng Rongquan’s trip to Antarctica. It can be roughly seen that Leng Rongquan’s post-retirement life was still quite eventful.

It is understood that among Leng Rongquan’s charges there is also a count of “taking bribes by leveraging influence.” This mainly refers to the fact that after his retirement he did not stay idle; he still used the influence from his former position to help others with matters and took benefits in return.

(Editor: Zhao Xinyu)

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