财经金融新闻 刘铁男被判无期徒刑

In today's podcast, a former deputy head of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) has beensentenced to life in prison for taking over 35 million yuan in bribes¹ between 2002 and 2012, according to a microblog post from a Langfang court in Hebei Province.

在今天的播客中，2002年和2012年，国家发改委原副主任因收受贿赂3500多万元被判处无期徒刑，这是河北省廊坊法院在微博所发表的声明。

In handing down the ruling on December 10, the Langfang Intermediate People's Court in Hebei Province saidthat Liu was given a lenient² sentence for confessing voluntarily in taking nearly 19 million yuan in bribes in four cases which police did not initially³ look into.

12月10日，在执行法律法规时，河北廊坊中级人民法院称刘铁男主动交待出他曾四次收受贿赂1900万元，在最初的调查中警方对此并不知情，因上述情况刘铁男得到了宽大处理。

The court said that Liu, 59, traded his influence in the approval of highly regulated industrial projects and licensing⁴ of lucrative⁵ car dealerships for personal gain on numerous occasions while serving in various government posts, including head of the NDRC's Department of Industry.

法院称刘今年59岁，利用个人影响批准了许多受到严格管控的工业项目，并为一己私利曾多次为汽车代理商办理许可证，刘铁男曾担任过许多政府职位，包括国家发改委工业部主任。

Together with his son, he received a total of 35.6 million yuan from five companies including Nanshan Group Co. Ltd based in Shandong Province and Zhejiang Hengyi Group Co. Ltd.

刘铁男同儿子一共收受五家企业贿赂，包括山东省南山集团，以及浙江恒逸集团有限公司，总价值为3560万元。

The trial of Liu's son, Liu Decheng is pending⁶.

刘铁男儿子刘德成的案件还没有进行审理。

The jurisdiction⁷ of Liu's case was set in Hebei's city of Langfang instead of Beijing in accordance with aSupreme People's Court ad-hoc arrangement aimed at weeding out potential obstruction⁸ of justice.

根据最高人民法院的特别安排，刘铁男一案的审判地放在了廊坊市而不是北京市，其目的是为了要铲除司法的不公正性。

Liu was sacked as the director of the National Energy Administration in March 2013 and expelled from the party five months later. His investigation⁹ led an upheaval¹⁰ of top leadership at the administration from several officials later put under corruption¹¹ probes.

2013年3月，国家开除了刘铁男国家能源局局长职务，5个月之后开除党籍。随后，国家进行了反腐调查，他的案件让行政机构中的高层领导产生了不小的震动。

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1 bribes   

n.贿赂( bribe的名词复数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂v.贿赂( bribe的第三人称单数 )；向（某人）行贿，贿赂

参考例句：

• It was alleged that he had taken bribes while in office. 他被指称在任时收受贿赂。
• corrupt officials accepting bribes 接受贿赂的贪官污吏

2 lenient   

adj.宽大的，仁慈的

参考例句：

• The judge was lenient with him.法官对他很宽大。
• It's a question of finding the means between too lenient treatment and too severe punishment.问题是要找出处理过宽和处罚过严的折中办法。

3 initially   

adv.最初，开始

参考例句：

• The ban was initially opposed by the US.这一禁令首先遭到美国的反对。
• Feathers initially developed from insect scales.羽毛最初由昆虫的翅瓣演化而来。

4 licensing   

v.批准，许可，颁发执照( license的现在分词 )

参考例句：

• A large part of state regulation consists of occupational licensing. 大部分州的管理涉及行业的特许批准。 来自英汉非文学 - 行政法
• That licensing procedures for projects would move faster. 这样的工程批准程序一定会加快。 来自辞典例句

5 lucrative   

adj.赚钱的，可获利的

参考例句：

• He decided to turn his hobby into a lucrative sideline.他决定把自己的爱好变成赚钱的副业。
• It was not a lucrative profession.那是一个没有多少油水的职业。

6 pending   

prep.直到，等待…期间；adj.待定的；迫近的

参考例句：

• The lawsuit is still pending in the state court.这案子仍在州法庭等待定夺。
• He knew my examination was pending.他知道我就要考试了。

7 jurisdiction   

n.司法权，审判权，管辖权，控制权

参考例句：

• It doesn't lie within my jurisdiction to set you free.我无权将你释放。
• Changzhou is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Province.常州隶属江苏省。

8 obstruction   

n.阻塞，堵塞；障碍物

参考例句：

• She was charged with obstruction of a police officer in the execution of his duty.她被指控妨碍警察执行任务。
• The road was cleared from obstruction.那条路已被清除了障碍。

9 investigation   

n.调查，调查研究

参考例句：

• In an investigation,a new fact became known, which told against him.在调查中新发现了一件对他不利的事实。
• He drew the conclusion by building on his own investigation.他根据自己的调查研究作出结论。

10 upheaval   

n.胀起，(地壳)的隆起；剧变，动乱

参考例句：

• It was faced with the greatest social upheaval since World War Ⅱ.它面临第二次世界大战以来最大的社会动乱。
• The country has been thrown into an upheaval.这个国家已经陷入动乱之中。

11 corruption   

n.腐败，堕落，贪污

参考例句：

• The people asked the government to hit out against corruption and theft.人民要求政府严惩贪污盗窃。
• The old man reviled against corruption.那老人痛斥了贪污舞弊。