The court found that during the period from 1998 to 2006, Zhou took advantage of his position to seek benefits for others and accepted bribes from Beijing Ruijing Qingyuan Real Estate Company, Beijing Yicheng Real Estate Development Company and several advertising companies and consulting companies. Among these payments, Zhou's wife Lu took bribes of 8.89 million yuan.
The court held that Zhou's bribery amount was extremely huge, and his behavior seriously violated the integrity and reputation of state employees, and his crime was bad and the circumstances were serious. In view of the fact that after being examined for suspected bribery, he voluntarily confessed most of the facts of bribery that the relevant departments did not know, pleaded guilty and repented, and all the money and stolen goods involved in the case have been recovered, and he was sentenced to death according to law, which may not be executed immediately.
At the same time, the court held that the defendant Lu accepted a huge amount of bribes, pleaded guilty and repented, and all the money involved had been recovered. According to his position and role in the same crime, the court will consider it when sentencing.
It is understood that Zhou Helu did not appeal in court, and Zhou also said that the verdict was "expected".