From 65438 to 0995, Yuncheng prefectural party committee and administrative office decided to develop infiltration irrigation in the whole region. In less than a year, Yuncheng invested 285 million yuan to complete the control area of infiltration irrigation of 65.438+0.03 million mu, supporting 767 million mu;
At the end of 1996, Gao Qinrong, a reporter working for a media in Shanxi, heard farmers complain that this infiltration irrigation project was almost useless for agricultural production;
At the end of 1997, after more than a month's investigation and visit, Gao Qinrong found that infiltration irrigation in Yuncheng was a serious fraud, which wasted both people and money, and then sent an internal reference to the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection and People's Daily.
1In March, 1998, the Commission for Discipline Inspection of the CPC Central Committee gave instructions on the problem of infiltration irrigation in Yuncheng reflected by Gao Qinrong, and asked the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection to investigate and deal with it first;
On April 5 1998, officials of Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection talked with Gao and asked Gao to explain the problem. Since then, a multi-department task force has been stationed in Yuncheng, but the focus of the investigation is not fake infiltration irrigation;
On May 27th, 1998, readers of People's Daily sent a letter to the internal edition, and published Gao Qinrong's article "False Infiltration Irrigation Wastes Huge Money in Yuncheng, Shanxi Province", and the fraudulent incident of Infiltration Irrigation in Yuncheng was made public for the first time.
In July, 1998, officials of the Shanxi Provincial Commission for Discipline Inspection talked to Gao again and asked: Why do you want to write internal reference? What is the motivation for writing internal reference? Who gave the clue?
1September 1998 and 10/October, Southern Weekend, Democracy and Legal Illustrated (predecessor of this newspaper), CCTV news survey and focus interview reported "fake infiltration irrigation" in Yuncheng one after another, and the incidents followed one after another.
199865438+On February 4th, Gao Qinrong was arrested in Beijing, and on February 26th, 65438 was officially arrested;
1On April 28th, 999, Gao Qinrong was tried in Yuncheng People's Court. The public prosecutor accused Gao Qinrong of "introducing prostitution", "fraud" and "accepting bribes". The defense lawyer made a complete defense for Gao Qinrong, arguing that Gao's case was suspected of retaliation, illegal procedure and framing, and pointed out that none of the charges of the public prosecution agency could be established;
1On May 4, 1999, the court of first instance found Gao Qinrong guilty of the above three crimes and sentenced him to 13 years, with execution of 12 years. Gao Qinrong appealed and Yuncheng Intermediate People's Court upheld the first-instance judgment;
200 1 during the two sessions of the national people's congress, seven CPPCC members jointly submitted a proposal-"why anti-corruption journalists were sentenced to heavy sentences"; Celebrities in Beijing's cultural and legal circles signed in support of Gao Qinrong;
In 2003, at the first meeting of the Tenth National People's Congress, Han, a representative of Shaanxi Provincial People's Congress, called attention to the case of Gao Qinrong.