Wu Ying commuted his sentence to 25 years in prison and was sentenced to death with a suspended sentence for fund-raising fraud.

　　BEIJING, March 23 (Xinhua) According to Weibo, the Higher People’s Court of Zhejiang Province, on March 23, 2018, the Higher People’s Court of Zhejiang Province held a public hearing in accordance with the law to hear the case of Wu Ying’s commutation of sentence, and made a ruling in court: the penalty of Wu Ying was reduced to 25 years in prison and deprived of political rights for 10 years.

　　On May 21st, 2012, Zhejiang Higher People’s Court sentenced Wu Ying to death, suspended execution for two years, deprived of political rights for life, and confiscated all personal property. After the judgment becomes legally effective, it will be delivered to Zhejiang Women’s Prison for execution. After the expiration of the suspended execution of the death penalty, the Higher People’s Court of Zhejiang Province made a criminal ruling (2014) No.484 on July 11, 2014, reducing the criminal Wu Ying’s punishment to life imprisonment according to law.

　　In view of the fact that Wu Ying, a criminal, did show repentance after being commuted to life imprisonment, Zhejiang Women’s Prison put forward a proposal for commutation according to law, suggesting that Wu Ying’s punishment be reduced to 25 years’ imprisonment and the deprivation of political rights be changed to 10 years. It was audited by Zhejiang Prison Administration and submitted to Zhejiang Higher People’s Court for trial. On March 23, 2018, Zhejiang Higher People’s Court held a public hearing in Zhejiang Women’s Prison to hear the case. The People’s Procuratorate of Zhejiang Province appointed procurators to perform their duties in court, the Zhejiang Prison Administration and the Zhejiang Women’s Prison respectively appointed police officers to perform their duties in court, and the criminal Wu Ying attended the proceedings. Wu Yongzheng, a relative of Wu Ying, and other grassroots representatives of Xixi Street in Xihu District of Hangzhou attended the audit.

　　During the trial, the collegial panel organized all parties to give evidence and cross-examine according to law, and listened to the opinions of all parties. It was found through trial that Wu Ying could obey the discipline and actively reform after being reduced to life imprisonment; Abide by the rules and regulations, and deduct points without violation; Seriously participate in political, cultural and technical studies with good results; Actively participate in labor and strive to complete labor tasks; During the period, a total of 9 praises were received.

　　The Higher People’s Court of Zhejiang Province ruled that the criminal Wu Ying did show repentance during his life imprisonment and met the conditions for commutation. According to the provisions of Articles 78, 80 and 57, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC), Article 262, paragraph 2 of the Criminal Procedure Law of People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Articles 10 and 11 of the Supreme People’s Court’s Provisions on the Specific Application of Laws in Handling Cases of Commutation and Parole, the punishment of criminal Wu Ying was reduced to 25 years’ imprisonment and deprived of political rights for 10 years.