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2020-06-10 16:02
Date of last update: 2020-06-10 16:02He Zhiping, former director of the Home Affairs Bureau, was arrested in New York, the United States in November 2017. In 2018, he was convicted of seven counts of bribing the Chad president, Uganda foreign minister and money laundering, and was sentenced to three years in prison last March. He was released from prison a few days ago and was repatriated by the United States. He arrived in Hong Kong this morning (10th) and was tested for new pneumonia virus at the Expo.
"Hong Kong 01" reporter called He Zhiping's wife Hu Huizhong many times today, but the call was connected but no one answered. "Hong Kong 01" also hit He Zhiping in New York in the past and went to trial.
The 70-year-old He Zhiping, who is an accountable senior doctor from an ophthalmology doctor, is the most impressed by Hong Kong people, or he obtained the signing for Hong Kong in 2003. After he retired, he started non-governmental diplomacy, served as vice chairman of the China Energy Foundation, was active in the United Nations, was accused of bribery and money laundering by the United States, and eventually became a prisoner in a foreign land.
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▼He was sentenced to three years in March 2019 and He Zhiping was in tears▼
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The former Director of Home Affairs, He Zhiping, was arrested in New York for bribery. He was charged with eight counts, five counts for violating the Overseas Anti-Corruption Law, and two counts for money laundering, with a maximum sentence of 65 years in prison. As of March 26 last year, he was convicted of seven counts of conviction, sentenced to three years in prison and fined 400,000 US dollars (about 3.14 million Hong Kong dollars). But he immediately appealed and listed four reasons, including no evidence that the crime had a local connection with the United States.
He Zhiping was allowed to be released early because of his good behavior. He was released from prison on June 8 this year (Early morning on the 9th of Hong Kong time) in New York.
▼ He Zhiping was convicted in November 2018 and said, "All of them are in advance" ▼
Hong Kong's first professor of ophthalmology surgery visited the domestic free clinic before politics
The 70-year-old He Zhiping was born in Hong Kong in 1949. He was enrolled in Diocesan Boys College and later went to the United States to study. In 1988, he became the first professor of ophthalmology in Hong Kong. He was enthusiastic about public welfare. He had been to many free clinics in the Mainland before he entered politics. It is rumored that he was appreciated by domestic politicians. In 1993, he became a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. He married Taiwanese actress Hu Huizhong in 1998, and they have a daughter.
In 2002, he served as the Director of the Civil Affairs Bureau in 2003 for the Hong Kong people to obtain the signing
In 2002, He Zhiping was invited by the then Chief Executive Dong Jianhua to join the accountability team and became the fourth Director of the Home Affairs Bureau after the return. The most impressive part of his tenure was that in 2003, he went to Che Kung Temple to seek a visa for Hong Kong people. As a result, he was awarded a sign that means "everything is unlucky." It is still being discussed from time to time.
However, in 2007, He Zhiping failed to transition to the accountability team of then chief executive Tsang Yin-quan.
He Zhiping and his wife Hu Huizhong attended the unveiling ceremony of Xi’an National Civil Aerospace Base in 2008. (Profile picture)
Retired as Director of the Civil Affairs Bureau and then served as Vice Chairman of China Energy Foundation
After He Zhiping resigned, he began diplomatic work. A United Nations document in 2015 showed that He Zhiping became the vice chairman of the China Energy Foundation and has been working closely with the United Nations. He spoke at the Energy Forum in South Korea in 2011 and organized sustainable development in Hong Kong and Washington in 2013. Energy seminars for development.
A previous search of "Hong Kong 01" found that China Huaxin established the non-profit organization China Energy Foundation in Hong Kong in 2010. The foundation was approved by the United Nations as a non-governmental organization with special consultative status. Vice Chairman and Secretary General.
▼The letter of courtship written by Hu Huizhong for her husband He Zhiping▼
Eight arrests in New York in 2017
He Zhiping was arrested in New York in November 2017. He was charged with eight counts of bribery and money laundering, one for conspiracy to violate the Overseas Anti-Corruption Law, four counts for violating the Overseas Anti-Corruption Law, one Conspiracy to commit money laundering and two crimes of money laundering.
Meet the top leaders of African countries at the United Nations Exhibition
According to the hearing of the Federal District Court in the Southern District of New York in the previous year, He Zhiping participated in the activities of the United Nations through the China Energy Foundation, and knew the president of the 67th General Assembly of the United Nations, Jeremic, and told Yeremic in September 2014. Anxious to meet Chad’s President Debi, and finally introduced by Jeremic, he met Senegal’s former Foreign Minister Gadio, and then Gadio took the road to contact Debi.
When He Zhiping was young, he was fascinated by the violin and went to the United States to study music, and then transferred to physics and chemistry. (He Zhiping website)
After being arrested, he applied for bail five times and was refused due to his high absconding ability
After He Zhiping was arrested in November 2017, he applied for bail five times and was refused because the prosecution believed that he had a high chance and ability to abscond. One year later, the case was tried in the Federal Court of Southern District of New York at the end of November of the previous year.
Bribing Chad’s President Deby for $2 million in cash for the Huaxin business
The case alleges that He Zhiping was suspected of bribing Chad President Deby in December 2014, sending a gift box with cash of 2 million US dollars (about 15.6 million Hong Kong dollars) in exchange for business opportunities for Huaxin; in May 2016, it was 500,000 US dollars Donate money and bribe Uganda’s foreign minister Kutesa in exchange for attending the Uganda President’s inauguration, meeting with the country’s president, and acquiring a Uganda bank. In addition, He Zhiping also involved money laundering in several remittances.
The former Senegalese Foreign Minister Gadio, who was also involved in the case, was later turned into a prosecution stain witness during the trial in exchange for the prosecution withdrawing control.
Seven convictions lead to He Zhiping responding to "preemption"
After more than a week of trial, the jury unanimously ruled on December 5, 2018 in New York time that seven of He Zhiping’s eight counts of charges were successful. At that time, He Zhiping's expression in the court was sad and tense, and he told reporters: "It's all up to you."
He Zhiping (second from left) joined the government in 2002 as the Secretary for Home Affairs. (Government Information Service)
Wife Hu Huizhong didn't show up but he wrote a letter of pleading for a gentleman
During the trial, Ho's wife Hu Huizhong never appeared in court. However, He Zhiping submitted 149 letters of appeal from people from different sectors in the court, including Hu Huizhong's five-page chief handwritten Chinese letters of appeal.
In the letter, Hu Huizhong described what a "nearly extinct gentleman" was, and talked about his giving up more than a million dollars in annual salary to work in the government as an ideal to serve his society.
In addition to Hu Huizhong, He Zhiping's 92-year-old mother Zhang Canxia and his daughter He Ganxuan are also pleading, and the two said they were proud of He Zhiping. Zhang Canxia also mentioned, "Just ask to see my son again, and I will die at the same time." He described that he was very worried about his son.
Former boss Dong Jianhua and Liang Zhenying did not write a letter of appeal
Many of the 149 pleading letters were written by politicians, including Zhang Guojun and Liang Zhixiang, members of the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment of China, Wang Guoxing of the Federation of Trade Unions, Liu Zhaojia, the vice chairman of the National Hong Kong and Macao Research Association, Ye Guoqian, the People’s Congress of the Hong Kong District, and the former Director of Home Affairs Zeng Decheng and others, but He Zhiping's former boss, former chief executive Dong Jianhua, and Liang Zhenying, who worked with him as convener of the guild, did not write.
In March 2019, the verdict was once suspected of tears
As of March 26, 2019, He Zhiping was sentenced to three years in prison and fined 400,000 US dollars (about 3.14 million Hong Kong dollars). Judge Loretta Preska said that he is 70 years old and he still has a lot to contribute. He Zhiping was suspected for a time. Tears, the court secretary moved to wipe his nose with a tissue.
When He Zhiping was sentenced, he personally made pleading statements in English, which lasted about five to ten minutes. He said: "The letter of appeal reminds him of the path he chose to walk in life, and refers to the most recent chapter in his life, which is also the most difficult chapter in his life." (The letters remind me of the path I've taken in my life… The latest chapter is the most difficult in my life.)
Opening my mouth and pleading life is close to the last chapter but the most difficult
He Zhiping filed an appeal in July last year and filed four major reasons for the appeal in writing, requesting that the conviction be revoked, including that his acting identity was to use the China Energy Foundation in Hong Kong and Huaxin Energy in Shanghai, and not to be represented by "domestic concern" The identity makes the charge. However, the prosecutor submitted a 96-page document to the Court of Appeal on October 9 of the same year, rebutting He Zhiping's rationale for appeal point by point. He believed that He's conviction was supported by sufficient evidence and pointed out that He Zhiping's reason for rebuttal was worthless.
"Good behavior" can be released early
Because He Zhiping was arrested in New York at the end of 2017, he was remanded in the New York Metropolitan Correctional Institution for 16 months before being sentenced. He is expected to be released from prison as soon as mid-June 2020 after deducting his sentence served during remand.
"Hong Kong 01" earlier called the US Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City for inquiries. He was confirmed that He Zhiping had been released early on June 8 due to "good conduct" (good conduct release). It is reported that He Zhiping has arrived in Hong Kong at 7 o'clock this morning (10th), but under the epidemic of new coronary pneumonia, he needs to quarantine at home for 14 days before he can formally obtain "freedom".
"Hong Kong 01" reporter called Mr. Hu Zhizhong He Zhiping many times today. The call was connected but no one answered. The reporter also contacted Hu Huizhong many times in the past, but she did not give any response.
A database of American immigration detainees was updated late at night (8th) Hong Kong time. He Zhiping's information was added to show that he was detained in an immigration detention center in New York State. (US government website)
News of He Zhiping's release from prison after arriving in the United States
He Zhiping is released from prison | Has been transferred to immigration prison to prepare for repatriation good behavior early release
[He Zhiping Appeal] The court was originally scheduled to be released from prison in June, but the judge did not rule after hearing the speech
[He Zhiping Case] The 96-page document of the US Department of Justice refutes the grounds for appealing the hearing to be held at the end of next month
[He Zhiping Case] Pro-opening and pleading for delivery of paper towels and blowing your nose Officer: You still have a lot to contribute
He Zhiping's corruption case
