Jiuzhou Gaming Group bribed former police supervisor Lin Mingzuo case: the first-instance verdict of Chen Zhenggu and Xu Peijing is released

The most high-profile case of former police inspector Lin Mingzuo (who has changed his name to Lin Kangcheng) has not yet been concluded due to his illness.

Luxury cars, famous wines, and even high-end Pu'er tea and infrared machines have become "mind-attacking weapons"! The Jiuzhou gambling case involved former police superintendent Lin Mingzuo (who has changed his name to Lin Kangcheng) in a corruption case. The Taichung District Court found in the first instance today (2) that Jiuzhou President Chen Zhenggu and its "most beautiful director" Xu Peijing successively provided cash, luxury cars, limited-edition Macallans of 2.58 million yuan, suites and other illegal benefits to Lin in order to obtain investigation information. They were sentenced to five years in February and four years in June respectively.

After investigation, Chen Zhenggu and Xu Peijing, in order to enable members of the Jiuzhou Group to grasp police trends in advance when they were under investigation, from February 2023 to May 2024, they successively "paid heavily" to Lin Mingzuo, the then captain of the Taichung City Criminal Division, in the hope of exchanging investigative secrets and asylum. Xu Peijing first remitted 200,000 yuan to Lin Mingzuo. They also provided a car for him to use free of charge; Chen Zhenggu was even more generous, transferring a bottle of limited edition Macallan whiskey worth up to 2.58 million yuan, Xu Peijing provided a suite for Lin Mingzuo to live in, and even high-end Pu'er tea and an infrared machine that Lin needed due to illness and cost about 1.2 million yuan were also deemed to be bribery interests.

The court found that these seemingly sporadic "gifts" had a clear purpose behind them, which was to exchange for investigation information obtained by Lin Mingzuo using his position as a police officer. It was also found that Lin Mingzuo had a close relationship with Xu Peijing, and the two even dated and lived together. Lin Mingzuo was suspected of having obtained the intelligence information of the prosecutor's investigation of the Jiuzhou Group, and then leaked the relevant investigation directions to the group members, allowing Jiuzhou to respond in advance.

As for Lin Mingzuo, who has attracted the most attention in this case, the trial process has not yet been completed due to illness, and no verdict was announced today. However, the court has first determined that Chen Zhenggu and Xu Peijing did commit bribery and improper benefits. The relevant determination will also become an important basis for judicial judgment in the subsequent trial of Lin Mingzuo's crimes involving corruption, bribery, and leaking secrets.