【新唐人2014年01月15日訊】中國富豪之一華邦嵩,是香港上市公司「惠生工程集團」的實際負責人,自去年8月至今,一直下落不明。外界傳聞,華邦嵩被帶走協助調查,與中共中央前政治局常委周永康的兒子周斌,擁有「惠生工程」股權有關。根據資料顯示,目前許多位出事的中石油高層,都與周永康有關。
總部位於上海張江高科技園區的「惠生工程」,在北京、南京及香港、沙特等地有十多個業務分支機構,員工近3000人,主要業務為國內石油企業興建的化工項目,德國「巴斯夫集團(BASF) 」在中國投資的項目,也由「惠生」負責。
去年12月30號,「惠生公司」首次透露了,針對「國有實體高層涉嫌貪腐案」的調查,與華邦嵩有關。
美國《華爾街日報》報導,外界傳聞周永康之子周斌,擁有「惠生工程」股權,因此,華邦嵩被調查引起相關的猜測,但「惠生集團」否認了此事。
大陸時政評論人士何家維:「這種事情太多了,為甚麼?因為當局它要選擇性的把這種事情揭出來,有些事情不能說,有些事情不能處理,如果處理的不好,那就會連纍到有人死亡,這是非常黑,黑的像無底一樣,幾乎沒人敢碰。」
有網友說,周永康當了十年「政法沙皇」,不要説9常委、7常委,就是所謂的200家族內幕,全在他手上,跟他直接鬧翻,就表示整個掀臺。
現年48歲的華邦嵩,是香港上市公司的「惠生工程集團」的實際負責人,據大陸《第一財經日報》早前報導,華邦嵩身家高達十幾個億美元,但是極少拋頭露面,幾乎從不接受媒體採訪。
據了解,身為江蘇興化人的華邦嵩,高中畢業後與一些朋友聯合搞了「興化配件廠」,但因無法量產,公司破產。1997年他與哥哥華邦山前往上海,成立了「惠生工程」的前身——上海惠生化工工程公司。
2005年,中石油決定在「蘭州大舉」投資石化項目,這成為了華邦嵩事業的轉捩點。「惠生工程」獲得了其中部分項目的EPC總承包商資格,當年4月,華邦嵩與「中石油」訂立合同,設計建造五座全新裂解爐等。
《法國國際廣播電臺》報導,蔣潔敏是當時「中石油集團公司」的副總經理、和黨組副書記兼「中石油」公司副董事長、總裁。不過,目前並無證據表明蔣潔敏與這一項目的審批有關。
但是,自從華邦嵩被協助調查之後,「惠生工程」的財務狀況有變,去年12月,「惠生」聲明2013年有相當程度的虧損,可能對2億1500萬美元的銀行債務違約。
北京愛知行研究所顧問高洪明:「中國經商搞得好的就有錢,肯定跟官方、官員都不錯,在中國這個經濟體制、政治體制,當官的在管理經濟權力方面大,對不對,你要想做大買賣,想賺大錢,跟當官的沒有聯繫那不可能的。」
四川成都的「中國天網人權事務中心」負責人黃琦,之前對《美國之音》表示,周永康在四川和北京培植了一批跟他關係密切的達官政要,現在接二連三因涉貪遭到調查,是否與北京高層權鬥有關,還不得而知,但是他認為,如果周永康家族利用權勢在四川斂財,應該是一個龐大的「系統工程」。
中國天網人權事務中心負責人黃琦:「一方面有直接出面斂財的這樣一些人,還有一些人負責對於揭發系列貪腐問題的人進行打壓的這樣的打手。所以説,整個這個過程應該是一個系統工程吧,才會形成這種貪腐金額巨大的貪污案。」
香港《東方日報》報導分析指出,目前光是政法系統就有20多名周永康的親信被捕,周案涉及官員之多、層級之高,貪腐金額必定是天文數字,估計上千億元跑不掉。
分析還說,冰凍三尺非一日之寒,如果中國沒有這樣的環境和土壤,就不會有這樣的「大老虎」,如果不徹底改變這樣的環境,剷除這樣的土壤,今次打了「周老虎」,將來必定還會有王老虎、張老虎、李老虎。
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Hua Bangsong Disappearance Could Be Linked to Zhou Yongkang
Chinese business tycoon Hua Bangsong has been missing since August 2013. Hua was responsible for Wison Engineering Group, a listed company in Hong Kong. Rumors suggest Hua has been detained to assist in the Chinese authorities’ corruption investigation. Hua is alleged to be associated with Zhou Yongkang’s son Zhou Bin, as both are shareholders of Wison. Sources also suggest several senior executives of PetroChina, who are allegedly involved in corruption, are also connected to Zhou Yongkang.
Wison Engineering Group is headquartered in Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park in Shanghai. It has dozens of branches, including in Beijing, Nanjing, Hong Kong and Saudi Arabia, and nearly 3000 employees. Wison Engineering focuses on establishing domestic oil companies, and chemical engineering projects. The company was also responsible for Germany’s BASF investment in China.
On December 30, 2013, Wison first revealed an investigation of its executives’ corruption was linked with Hua Bangsong.
The Wall Street Journal reported that rumors suggest Zhou Bin is a Wison Engineering shareholder. This has provoked speculation as to whether it is connected to Hua’s arrest, which the Wison Group denied.
He Jiawei, China current affairs commentator:"Too many things like this have happened. Why? Because the regime selectively exposes incidents. There are some things that the regime cannot say, and cannot deal with. If the regime handles things improperly, it will easily lead to someone’s death. It is very corrupt, so almost nobody dares to touch it."
Zhou Yongkang, held a decade-long position as security tsar, and was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee. Netizens suggest that Zhou’s hands control many things, and for the current Chinese leadership to stand directly against Zhou is to face turning everything upside down.
Hua Bangsong, aged 48, was responsible for Wison Engineering Group, a listed company in Hong Kong. According to early reports from China Business News, Hua has an accumulated wealth of several billion dollars. He was seldom seen in the public, and never accepted media interviews.
Sources suggest that Hua was native to Xinghua, Jiangsu Province. After graduating from senior high school, he set up a spare parts company with his friends in Xinghua. The company faced bankruptcy due to an inability to produce enough stock. In 1997, he went to Shanghai with his elder brother and set up Wison Chemical Engineering Co., Ltd. This is the former name of Wison Engineering Group.
In 2005, PetroChina decided to invest in petrochemical projects in Lanzhou. This became a turning point for Hua’s career. Wison Engineering obtained partial project contracts. In April 2005, Hua won contracts from PetroChina, to design and build five cracking furnaces.
Radio France Internationale (RFI) reported that Jiang Jiemin held several positions in PetroChina, including Deputy Chairman and Vice Secretary. So far, there has been no evidence to indicate Jiang was associated with approval of building five cracking furnaces.
Since Hua has been under investigation, Wison Engineering’s accounts status has changed. In December 2013, Wison stated a significant loss for 2013, and defaulted on bank loans totaling around $215 million.
Gao Hongming, Consultant, Beijing Aizhi Research Center: “In China, if one wants to make money, one needs to keep good relations with officials. Officials have many special privileged rights in the economic system and political system. If one wants to do big business and make lots of money, it won’t happen without keeping good relations with officials."
Huang Qi, web-master and co-founder of Tianwang Center, spoke to Voice of America. He said that Zhou Yongkang has trained many officials who were close to him in Sichuan and Beijing. Some of them were under investigation for corruption. It is unknown if the investigation is related to high level power struggles. Huang stated that if Zhou’s seizing of wealth in Sichuan relied on his power, there is likely a huge “network".
Huang Qi:"Some of them directly seized wealth. Some are responsible for suppressing people who exposed their corruption. The whole process should be a great network, to form such a tremendous amount of corruption cases."
Hong Kong’s Oriental Daily analyzed that now in the Political and Law Affairs sectors, 20 of Zhou Yongkang’s cliques have been arrested. The numbers and status of officials involved, as well as the amount of money that has been embezzled in the Zhou case must be astronomical. This is estimated to be beyond the hundreds of billions of yuan mark.
The report says that “one day’s cold cannot freeze three inch thick ice". Without such an environment and grounds in China, it would never have created this “big tiger". They may be fighting “tiger Zhou", but without completely changing such an environment and removing such a regime, “tiger Wang", “tiger Zhang" or “tiger Li" will appear in the future.
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