Su Hongzhang (Chinese: 苏宏章; born May 1959) is a former Chinese politician, and Secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Liaoning Province. He was dismissed from his position in April 2016 for investigation by the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection.
In 1995, Su served as deputy governor of Heishan County and deputy head of the CCP Propaganda Department of Liaoning. In 2000 he became the CCP Deputy Committee Secretary of Fushun and moved to the post of the deputy party chief of Shenyang in 2007. Su was promoted to head the Political and Legal Affairs Commission of Liaoning in October 2011, and a member of the provincial party standing committee, a part of the province's highest echelon of power.[1]
The investigation against Su was opened shortly after the downfall of the one-time party chief of Liaoning, Wang Min. Chinese media reported that Su had given gold-plated materials to his superiors as a bribe in order to be promoted. It was considered highly unusual that he was elevated directly from the Shenyang deputy party chief position to a provincial party standing committee position overnight. The conjecture of events led the media to report that in all likelihood the "superior" Su had bribed was Wang Min.[3]
Su was expelled from the CCP on July 25, 2016. He was said to have bribed people during the "democratic consultation process" and internal party election, interfered in specific judicial cases, taken bribes in exchange for promotions, and conducted illicit "money-for-sex transactions".[4]
On May 19, 2017, Su was sentenced on 14 years in prison for taking bribes worth 19.96 million yuan (~$2.93 million) and giving bribes worth 1.1 million yuan (~$0.16 million) by the Intermediate People's Court in Harbin.[citation needed]
PB Former member of the Politburo; PLA Also a military official; CDI Member of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection or affiliates ; S Committed suicide 1For details on the civil service ranks of officials, please see Civil Service of the People's Republic of China; 2Army generals listed have attained at least the rank of Major General, which usually enjoys the same administrative privileges as a civilian official of sub-provincial rank.
