Former Fire and Rescue Deputy Chief Pleads Guilty to Taking Over $5 Million in Bribes

What’s new: Zhang Fusheng, ex-deputy chief of the fire and rescue department at the Ministry of Emergency Management, has been charged with accepting nearly 40 million yuan ($5.5 million) in bribes over a period of 25 years, a local court said.

Prosecutors accused Zhang of exploiting his influence in the emergency management and public security ministries to help others with project contracts and promotions from 1997 to 2022. He allegedly took over 38.93 million yuan in bribes in return, Fuzhou Intermediate People’s Court said in a statement published Thursday.