2 1 Why was Shen Hao, president of Century Media Company, taken away from the office by the police?

20 14 at 2pm on September 25th, several sources confirmed that Shen Hao, president of 2 1 Century Media Company and publisher of 2 1 Century Business Herald, was taken away from the office of Guangzhou Southern Newspaper Media Group by the police. On the same day, the Party Committee of Southern Newspaper Group decided to remove Shen Hao from the post of editor-in-chief of Century Newspaper Department.

According to the police investigation, 2 1 century network mainly involves two aspects: one is to force enterprises to pay cooperation fees through negative news, and the other is to collect' protection fees' from enterprises, and promise not to report them negatively.

On September 30th, 20 14, Shen Hao admitted that "2 1 century" had received the "protection fee". 201165438+1On October 20th, Shen Hao, president of 2 1 Century Media Co., Ltd., was arrested by the First Branch of Shanghai People's Procuratorate.

Among the charges arrested by the procuratorate, Shen Hao's 2 1 Century Business Herald, 2 1 Century Net and Wealth Management Weekly, as well as eight operating companies, were suspected of extortion and forced trading. At the same time, Shen Hao is also suspected of taking bribes, embezzling and misappropriating funds by non-state staff.

2065438+On February 28th, 2005, more than 30 suspects, including Shen Hao, the former president of 2 1 Century Media Co., Ltd., were transferred to the procuratorial organs for examination and prosecution, involving personal crimes such as forced trading, extortion, bribery of non-state staff, embezzlement of posts and so on, involving hundreds of millions of yuan. On February 24, 20 15, the People's Court of Pudong New Area of Shanghai made a first-instance judgment on the case of extortion, forced trading and occupation of the position of Le Bing by the defendants Guangdong 21st Century Media Co., Ltd. and Shen Hao.

Pudong court sentenced the defendant Guangdong 21st Century Media Co., Ltd. to a fine of RMB 9.485 million for the crime of forced trading. Defendant Shen Hao committed the crime of extortion, forced trading and embezzlement, which was characterized by surrender and meritorious service. He was sentenced to four years in prison and fined RMB 60,000.